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In A Vase on Monday – Frost Comes

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Eliza Waters

Early Sunday morning, we had our first frost. Saturday afternoon, I spent four hours in the garden harvesting what I could save of beans, basil and flowers and ended up with five arrangements. I plan on featuring one at a … Continue reading →

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In A Vase on Monday – Creamy White

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Eliza Waters

This week, I decided to combine all my white (or close to white) flowers into my arrangement. My Italian bunny jug seemed like a good choice, its pale yellow complements all, especially the few blooms of ‘Italian White’ Sunflowers (Helianthus … Continue reading →

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In A Vase on Monday – Purple Passion

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Eliza Waters

Dahlias have come on strongly in the garden, so I picked a few varieties to showcase. As these were gifted to me, I think I got their cultivar names right. In addition, there are pink and white Phlox (P. paniculata), … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Eliza Waters
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In A Vase On Monday – New Vase

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Eliza Waters

This week my sister sent me a fluted Lenox glass vase in the most beautiful shade of amethyst.  I’ve filled it in complimentary colors with the tallest flowers I currently have blooming. Lavender Heart-leaved Asters (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) and spikes of … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Variety

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Eliza Waters

To feature more of my vase collection, I’m offering two vases for today’s IAVOM. The first, in an orange Blenko vase sporting autumn colors (that are showing around here in the trees faster than I’d like), are Dahlia ‘Tiki Torch’ with … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Summer Sweet

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Eliza Waters

Summer Sweet (Clethra alnifolia) lives up to its name by filling the air with its sweet perfume. A small shrub native to eastern US, it will flower in sun or light shade, growing 3-6′ tall and 4-8′ wide. Mine hovers around … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – ‘Voodoo’

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Eliza Waters

The first Dahlia ‘Voodoo’ flowers opened yesterday, so get star billing in this week’s IAVOM. I love their rich, red-velvet blooms with a green eye. Unfortunately, the Japanese beetles like them, too, alas!   Small ‘Lemon Queen’ Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) have opened … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Pink and Purple

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Eliza Waters

Topped by a starry mandala, gray-green poppy seed pods (Papaver somniferum) vie for attention amid purple larkspur (Consolida ajacis) and lavender Hosta flowers. Pink racemes of Astilbe taquettii and the first pink phlox (P. paniculata) of the season, along with a couple wild mallow (Malva … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – White & Purple

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Eliza Waters

  This week I’ve used two wild asters for the bulk of my arrangement: blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium), (which looks purple to me, you can see a big mound of it in my garden in the background) and white lance-leaved aster … Continue reading →

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