Pink and green is a favorite combination of mine, the brighter the better. Pink and creamy white Dahlia ‘Chilson’s Pride’, sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) and both pink and white garden phlox (P. paniculata) contrast beautifully with the tightly budded, lime-green sedum flower heads (Hylotelephium spectabile) that will soon bloom. Feverfew adds a cheery note.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flower arrangements from our gardens. Click the link to join the fun or see what others are sharing this week.
Eliza Waters 
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Pink and green make good friends!
I agree, 🙂 thanks, Sandy!
Clethra alnifolia got my attention this time. I had to look it up also. It looks like small Aesculus bloom.
Thanks, Tony. A great native with lots of cultivars to choose from. It likes a moist spot and grows well, mine is huge and is encroaching on the driveway… not sure if I can dig those stolons out at this point!
Lovely bouquet
Merci, Sheree!
Pink and white, never seen that one before…but I’ll take it thank you 🤣 Very nice kind lady 🤗❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark. 🙂
A very happy combination of gorgeous flowers…the Dahlia! 🩷
Thank you, Alice!
Beautiful combo of colours, indeed!
Merci, Dale!
The Phlox is lovely…I’m often just as relieved as I am sad when the tall Sedums start to bloom…which mine have…lovely to see the flower heads covered in bees but sad, knowing summer is ending… Although THIS summer!!
Thank you, Chris. I know what you mean. I’m trying to stay present, but all the signs are pointing to autumn. I always go kicking and screaming, ha!
Oh so pretty Eliza. Poetic arrangement 💐 Beautifully done!!
Thank you, Dawn! 🙂
You’re most welcome
I love the dahlias, but Clethra alnifolia seemed familiar. Sure enough, it’s native here in only a very few east Texas counties, and I even have photos of it! What I’ve found while wandering the woods never has looked as good as yours.
Thanks, Linda. Most Clethra plants on offer at nurseries now are cultivars. Though mine is older, it differs from the species by having bright pink buds that open to a blush pink. It may be ‘Ruby Spice’ but maybe older than that. The 20-year bush is now 15′ wide and perfumes the whole front yard!
I can see why it’s a favorite color combination. Such a sweet pairing.
Thank you, Laurie!
Very pretty arrangement, I especially like the arc of daisies near the base–charming!
Thank you, Tina! 🙂
That’s really pretty, Eliza. Great combinations, as always. 🙂
Many thanks, Beth!
Yes, pink and green makes a great combination. Your dahlia has intriguing shading doesn’t it? Phlox is such a useful plant for summer colour, but here it seems hard to find anything other than quite small plants to purchase
Thank you, Cathy. Phlox is prone to powdery mildew, so that may be why you don’t see a lot of them. They do have mildew-resistant cultivars, which is advisable.
I think the varieties available here nowadays are mildew resistant
Will sedum bloom if cut and put into a vase? And will cutting it harm the mother plant? The reason I ask is because my sedum is just starting to bloom, and it would be lovely to have some indoors, too. Anyway, pink and green is a stunning combination, and you’ve outdone yourself this time, Eliza (are you tired of me telling you that yet?!?)
Thank you, Debbie, praise happily accepted, lol! 🙂
Cutting the blooms will not harm the plant. It takes a lot of energy to flower, so cutting some flowers off might even tax it less. It depends on how tightly budded the bloom is when you cut it. These green ones I do not expect to bloom and if they do, they will be stunted, most likely. Once starting to open, cut flowers will be pale versions of the ones outside in the sun. A caveat, I recommend running the upside down cut flowers under a sink or garden hose to remove any possible hitchhikers. I do this with flowers that aphids are attracted to like sedum and sweet peas. 🙂
Wonderful info — thank you! I’m happy to encourage the hitchhikers to leave, too!
Your bouquet couldn’t be prettier, Eliza! I love ‘Chilson’s Pride’, which reminds me of “Breakout’, a dahlia I grew for a couple of years. I can’t remember why I didn’t retain the tuber last year when I dug them all up, or at least a division from it.
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Thank you, Kris. ‘CP’ has become a favorite, beautiful in a vase and a great performer, which is equally important. With limited garden space, under-performers are ousted!
Very pretty Eliza! It is wonderful that you still have such lovely flowers in your garden.
Thank you, Maria. My own flowers from March to October, at least that is the goal. 🙂
Yep. Adorable. Keep sharing the beauty and love 💐
Thank you, Val! xx
What a beauty! The colours and variety of flowers are so pleasing 😊
Thank you very much, Belinda!
There is something extra pleasing about a pink and green combo. Another lovely bouquet, Eliza.
Thank you, Monika. I needed a break from the warm colors!
Plenty of time coming up for them. 🎃
A pretty dahlia and a lovely colour combination Eliza. I had forgotten all about Clethra – haven’t seen any for years. Our phlox is over and the sedum is open here already.
Thank you, Cathy. Clethra and phlox are native here, so I’m starting to see more of them. Lots of new cultivars, too.
The colors are very sweet and cheerful!
Thank you, Barbara. More calming than the red spectrum!
It has to one of the best combinations – pink and green. 🌸
Thank you, Flavia. A soothing color combo. 🙂
Ohh, nice views! Great Dahlia, I have not seen Clethra in years. Wonderful scent?
Thanks! My Clethra perfumes the whole front yard…such a treat!
It’s great to see Clethra in an arrangement, it does smell lovely.
Thanks, Tom. Clethra is a long-lasting cut flower and I find its scent lovely, not overpowering at all.
My last encounter with it was as a flowering shrub in the woods. In a place where I probably shouldn’t take a stem home, unfortunately.
I am very drawn to pink and green also and yet I don’t describe myself as ‘pink’ person, whatever that is. This is lovely. Feverfew is so great all summer isn’t it!
Thanks, Jenny. Feverfew manages to self-sow in the oddest places, sometimes far from the original, but almost always welcome, unless they are in the middle of a walkway. 😉
Beautiful, what a celebration of summer!🙂
Thank you, S, I certainly enjoy the fruits of my labor! 😉
Look and that pretty pallet
Thanks, Eunice!