My first gladiolus, quite a bit more salmon coloured than I was expecting, but still pretty. It just goes to show, flowers look different in different places, in bud, and open.
Category: Flowers
In a Vase on Monday : Lots of Flowers
My Mom arrives from Canada in a day or so, so I have collected lots of flowers for her arrival – Dahlias because she loves them, Sweet Peas because they need to be picked and enjoyed, and Hydrangeas because I couldn’t resist them.
Sweet Peas, a new start – in a vase on Monday
The first day back at work after the holiday, always a slight shock. I carefully picked all the sweet peas before I left so that they will make more while I am away. I’ve included silver and gold coins for a prosperous New Year, with the Endeavour on top.
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In a Vase on Monday – Abundance
Abundance – lots of flowers, lots of bees and other insects, caterpillars, sun and rain. It’s been a wonderful start to summer, mostly sunny but with almost 2 inches of rain in the last week bringing the corn up and another flush of flowers on the peas.
In a Vase on Monday – Christmas at the Beach
Given the Red and Green theme, I’ve been picking flowers from my Red and Green garden, which is under Feijoa trees. It’s full of red Penstemons, leucodendrons, salvias, and small shrubs.
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In a Vase on the Monday before Christmas – Red, Green, and Gold
Star Jasmine seemed appropriate for Christmas, with a Geranium and Fuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ for the red, and a little asparagus fern. Trachelospermum jasminoides is as sweet as Jasmine but more controllable.
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Fading flowers – memento mori
Following on from Susan Rushton’s post about faded roses, I thought I would look for beauty in last week’s flowers. It’s been warm this week so they are following the path toward decay. The Japanese Iris has taken on marvellous marine blue stripes and intense veining.
In a Vase on Monday – new Vase
I got a new vase this week, I’m thrilled to bits with it. It’s by glass blower Gary Nash, one of the Murrini series, which he started in the 80’s, which have the little flowery bits embedded in them. I bought it on Trade Me, which is a bit like Ebay, lucky me.
In a Vase on Monday – Sake Bottle Posies
A friend brought these little bottles of sake from Japan, and I’ve been dying to use them as little vases. The gold one had real gold flakes in it.
In a Vase on Monday – Lichfield Angels
I quickly picked these roses before the storm really wound up and put them in a bottling jar so as to take part in Cathy’s ‘In a Vase on Monday’ meme at Rambling in the Garden. It’s the first year for this rose; it was only planted a couple months ago in the new garden below the solar panels. With plenty of compost, manure and rain it’s doing well so far and is covered with big round buds.
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