My ‘New Dawn’ rose is having its best year yet– a tumble of delicate pink blooms cascade down its canes, covering the arbor.
Likewise, my Carolina Lupine (Thermopsis caroliniana), is peaking this week with dozens of yellow racemes. I don’t know why this isn’t more commonly grown, as it is spectacular.
I added a stem of white Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea alba), several stems of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) for contrast, and several Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) as filler, all arranged in a bed of fragrant, white privet blooms that grow wild in our woods. While an invasive species here, the fragrance is pleasurable.
I’m linking to Cathy’s In A Vase On Monday meme at Rambling in the Garden. Click to see what other gardener’s are arranging this week.
Eliza Waters 
Oh what subtle unassuming beauty. The Kardashians should study this rose.
Ha! Love that, Cindy! Thanks much. ❤
Oh my God,lovely photographs of awesome flowers!!!👍👍🌹
Thank you very much Francis! 🙂
Most welcome.🌹🙏
Beautiful.
Thank you, Sandra.
it is a superb floral composition
In one of the gardens of my childhood my father had planted a lupine. This shrub was vigorous and very prolific in flowering.
Thank you, much appreciated!
A beautiful vase of flowers and I enjoy your description: a tumble of delicate pink blooms cascade down.
Thank you, Anne. It is indeed a lovely rose.
I like to think of names for your collections, Eliza… I call this one ‘Serenity’…
Thank you, Anita, what a lovely compliment! x
What a glorious vase Eliza, the New Dawn rose looks beautiful! 🌹
Thank you, Xenia! ❤
Our New Dawn is also enjoying its best year yet.
Glad to hear it. The weather over the past year must have been just what it wanted. 🙂
Indeed
A gorgeous rose Eliza! And I like the look of those lupins too. I had forgotten that privet blooms are fragrant. Is the rose scented too?
Thank you, Cathy! The rose is faintly scented– apples come to mind.
Delicious!
Lovely arrangement Eliza! I have two New Dawn roses too on my arbor and they never fail to please with their abundance of the softest pale pink. They are one of my best performing roses and they are perfect in your arrangement. I’ve never used them in an arrangement, but after seeing yours, I may just have to give it a try on their next flush of blooms.
Have a happy week and Fourth of July!
Thank you, Cindy. It is a lovely rose and while I am thorn-averse, I do grow this one. 🙂
It’s a beautiful arrangement! My Carolina Lupines are still only a few feet high, I think we need a bit more rain for them to be truly happy in my garden! Will the rose bloom all summer?
Thank you, Chris! While there may be a stray bloom or two over the season, it primarily is a June bloomer.
What a gorgeous arrangement, Eliza! OH for the beauty that surrounds us! Just heavenly!! xo
Thank you, Amy! ❤
This is lovely Eliza, it reminds me of an old English posy.
Thank you very much, Andrea, love that!
Those roses! What a treat it must be to have an abundance of them. And that arbor must be a beautiful sight to see.
Thank you, Laurie. A wall o’ bloom! 😉
Oh, my! How enchanting that must be.
Another gorgeous arrangement & beautiful textures and colors. I think many of us would like to see a photo of your arbor 🥰
Thank you, Alice. I might have a photo to share. The rain last night beat them down a bit. Nothing endures long in the garden.
Those roses really are exquisite and team up so well with the other lovely blooms and colours. I confess though that we do our pest to root out the invasive and tenacious privet whenever it pops up in our garden.
Thank you, Carol. I’d estimate that at least 80% of our 7 acres are invasive species. We try to eliminate things along the paths, but the birds disperse way more than we could ever cull. A Sisyphean task. 😦
Yes I know exactly what you mean, and I am sorry to hear that is so where you are too – in the margins between our property and the plantation the most overwhelming of the vegetation in volume and number comprises invasive alien species. We have hacked out a space that we try to maintain and we (and our predecessors) have planted indigenous trees and food plants for birds and wildlife, but it is a drop in the ocean, and the task is Sisyphean as you well describe. However, the alien plants do at least provide protective cover, and in the era of climate change we may end up just being grateful for whatever manages to stay alive. And just to add, in fact the privet is a small problem within the margins of the gardens and is out-competed by invasive alien lantana, solanum, Mauritius vine and the like along the edges of the plantation.
Sometimes I wish I could send a message back to the (mostly) Victorian plant hunters to tell them which plants were not a good idea to import! 😉
🙂
That’s a beauty, so full and lush.
Thank you, Lorre.
Beautiful floral arrangements Elisa! And great images of them!!
Thank you kindly, Reed!
I love how you combine the different flowers Eliza, they look so beautiful and natural together. I am sure this particular bunch will give you lots of pleasure.
Thank you, Agnes. That it is. 🙂
Thermopsis caroliniana really looks like a lupine. Although the genus sounds familiar, I do not believe that I have ever met it before.
Possibly not because it is a south US native. It may require a moister environment than you have.
People grow many things here that they probably should not, but wildflowers are somehow unpopular. Texas bluebonnet and even the native lupines are sometimes grown, but are not exactly common. Now that you mention it though, when they are grown, it is in unrefined or unlandscaped areas where they would not rely on regular irrigation.
What a lovely shaped vase this is, perfect for the stems to splay out, and what a lovely combination of blooms – I would not have thought of adding yellow to the beautiful New Dawn and the white privet and foxgloves, but doesn’t it work well, especially wih the foliage? Lovely 🙂
Thank you, Cathy!
Just … spectacular! 😀
Thank you!
That’s a showstopper of an arrangement, Eliza! ‘New Dawn’ was pretty all by herself but she’s even more glorious performing with a chorus.
Aw, thanks so much, Kris!
Beautiful as always
🙂 Thank you, Karina.
New Dawn is indeed a wonderful rose, such a lovely soft pink. It is very easy from cuttings too. I love the arrangement Eliza, it’s beautiful.
Thank you very much, Liz.
I think the New Dawn rose looks great. I like the Carolina Lupines also.
Gracias, Maria!
Is that ever lovely, Eliza! New Dawn is exceptional and that foxglove, wow.
Thanks very much, Susie!
Majestic 💕
Thank you, Val!
Sigh… so lovely, Eliza! 💕
Thank you, Julie! 🙂
Lovely Eliza! Exquisite composition in your vase. New Dawn looks wonderful. I have a couple bigger rosebushes outside my house, but I have no idea what they are.
Thank you, Maria! This seems to be a great year for roses. Maybe because the winter was rather mild.
I love seeing your flowers.
❤
Beautifully brightens up a Monday
Thank you, glad to know that!
Truly lovely summer vase of gorgeous flowers. Having that inside would certainly cheer me up. 🙂
Thank you, Judy. Do you cut your flowers to bring inside? I love bringing my gardens inside with me. 😉
I do sometimes, but I guess I’m outside every day so mostly I leave them there. But, I don’t think I have anywhere near the cutting garden you have. I love seeing your bouquets.
While I always had perennial beds, over the years, the veggie garden gave way to annual cut flowers. I love the abundance!
Just beautiful! 🌸😊☀️
Thank you! 🙂
What a gorgeous vase! The delicate colours work very well together.
Thank you, Adele!
I have a young ‘New Dawn’ in the garden , I am looking forward to when it reaches the top of the rope swags.
It is a lovely rose, I’m sure it will do well for you.
A beautiful arrangement-the rose is spectacular-and I love the privet too!
Thank you very much!
WOW so beautiful … I love that delicate pink. And such a lovely arrangement too … your skills are exceptional Eliza!
Thank you very much, Denise! x
It seems a good year for roses. Two of my neighbors are having banner years with theirs and our yellow rose shrub was covered like never before.
Your New Dawn rose is lovely as is the beautiful bouquet your assembled. And I am glad to see a native wildflower included. 🙂
Thank you, Steve. I think perhaps our mild winter helped, and the ample rain in April, set up for perfection!
I’m so glad your garden is having such a good year! This arrangement is totally exquisite.
How kind of you, Peggy, thank you!
Such a beautiful combination of form and colour!
Thank you, Belinda!
My New Dawn also has been amazing this year. And it photographs so beautifully!
Thank you, Brenda. I think our mild winter and April showers helped. Definitely enjoying it!
I love it!☺️💕🕊
Thank you, Stormie!