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IAVOM – Pure Joy

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Eliza Waters

Give me a large vase with plenty to fill it and I am one happy camper! We finally had two days of rain last week and while welcome and needed, several plants of heavy Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus) toppled. Since frost … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Warm and Rosy

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Eliza Waters

Warm colors continue to dominate my choice of vase materials, as rich red and carmine catch and hold my eye. In a rose glass vase, I’ve put a sprig of red coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides), cascading love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus), cherry zinnia … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Last Call

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Eliza Waters

I’ve gleaned my garden of nearly all viable blooms as frost is likely this week. I’ve made several arrangements and will show one a week so I can continue to join the IAVOM meme for a couple more weeks. Hopefully, … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Season’s Change

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Autumn colors continue to creep through the landscape and today’s vase features the colors of the season. My sunflower pocket vase holds yellow, coral and orange Zinnia elegans and apricot Z. angustifolia, yellow/orange hybrid Calendula officinalis, rust-yellow Helianthus debilis, white … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Purplicious

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Eliza Waters

With so many purple/burgundy flowers blooming now in my garden, I felt the urge to do a purplicious arrangement. In the vase: My favorite aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium), Verbena bonariensis, flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata ‘Watercolors’), coleus foliage and bloom (Plectranthus scutellarioides), … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – September Blooms

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Eliza Waters

(Three images from my garden)

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IAVOM – Little Blue Jug

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Eliza Waters

I bought this little, blue Villeroy & Boch Dresden Saxony milk jug at an antique store many years ago. It was chipped and priced accordingly, but I fell in love with its embossed cherries and lovely blue glaze, which still … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Big and Little

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Eliza Waters

At least once a summer, I get the itch to create a really large arrangement in one of my hefty vases. This blown glass beauty I brought back (very carefully as a carry-on) from a trip to Poland. The whole … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – In the Pink

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Japanese anemones (Eriocapitella x hybrida) have begun to bloom in earnest and I picked several stems as the basis of this week’s vase. Also included: white, dark and light pink cosmos (C. binpinnatus), Dahlia ‘Pinelands Princess’ and “Chilson’s Pride,’ white … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Edging into August

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Noting a subtle change in the intensity of daylight, as well as the length of day, we’re edging towards summer’s end. Like a warning note, I’m reminded not to waste a moment of summer’s delightful days. Placed in a bed … Continue reading →

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