In A Vase On Monday – Summer Bouquet
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share an arrangement using materials collected from our gardens.
Summertime flowers spill into each other throughout the borders.
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Bouquet
Passalong dahlias and everlasting sweet peas are particularly lush this year.
Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting sweet pea)
Dahlia – passalong from Libby
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ has been a star in the garden for several months. Echinacea too are having a good year, encouraged by frequent rain.
Tucked in the back–Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ and Echinacea
Most of the Lamb’s ear (another passalong) has long ago faded, but several fresh flowers are forming.
Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s Ear)
A few gladioli are flowering here and there. This one is from last season. I planted quite a few new corms but they have not begun to bloom.
Sweet Pea, Dahlia and Gladiolus
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
Gladiolus
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ (Lil’ Ruby dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea)
Lathyrus latifolius (Perennial or Everlasting sweet pea)
Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s Ear)
Vase
Dark blue ceramic vase
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Bouquet
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us a chance to express our flower arranging passion. Visit her to discover what she and others found this week in their gardens to place In A Vase On Monday.
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Love the everlasting sweet pea!
Thanks. That came from my garden mentor more than 30 years ago. I brought it to this garden when we moved, along with many other plants she had given me. Unfortunately the perennial sweet pea is not fragrant.
I have real trouble growing sweet peas, so I may give this a try instead as I do think they are very beautiful.
Beautiful. My dahlia bulbs didn’t make it through the winter,. My sweet peas are growing but no blooms yet. 🙂
Too bad about your dahlias Judy. This passalong dahlia is very hardy. I look forward to seeing your little sweet peas when they flower.
A beautiful way to start a Monday. Thank you!
Hearing from you is a great way to start my Monday Suzanne. Thanks for commenting.
Such pretty colors…love that dahlia.
The dalia is a passalong from Libby at An Eye For Detail. It’s her mother’s. Love having plants with a history.
Ah, I love this vase, Susie, so pretty and the way you’ve managed to get the flowers dance, gracefully and airy. Beautiful colours too and I see you’ve used Dahlias as well. They’re such great cut flowers. Have a good week 🙂
Thanks Annette, I kept trimming away more and more foliage that originally I’d hoped to retain. The flowers do need their space though and the leaves had to go. Your dahlias are amazing.
Perfectly chosen colour blends, Susie – they work so well together and reflect the description you gave of your garden: ‘summertime flowers spill into each other throughout the borders’. Lovely 🙂
Delighted you enjoyed the words employed to introduce the vase. I sometimes fuss over the phrasing way too long, but one came easily. At the Blogger’s Fling I heard someone mention many people are shifting away from their blogs and leaning toward just posting pictures on Instagram/Twitter, etc. with very little commentary. Personally I love crafting the writing.
I had heard that too recently – but I am with you on the writing as it certainly fulfils a need in me
It’s a symphony of blooms, Susie! I love the color combination – the rich tone of the dahlias prevents the pinks from becoming saccharine, which is something I always struggle with when using pink flowers in vases. And how wonderful to have everlasting sweet peas, something I find hard to even imagine! I’m off to check whether that species has any hope of growing in my climate.
Kris, pink is far from my favorite color (flowers or otherwise) so it’s ironic how many pink blooms show up in my garden. It’s unusual for the everlasting sweet pea to still be flowering. Some years the plant has been burnt to a crisp in the heat of the summer. With lots of rain this year it continues to surprise.
So beautifully arranged, posed and photographed. The colours are beautifully counterpointed. The term passalong is a new one to me and such a lovely way of acknowledging the wonderful way we can share good plants. I only heard on a gardening programme this week that it takes 100 days from planting gladioli corms to their flowering…s
Thank for the reminder the gladioli need more time. The foliage on the new ones looks promising. My garden was created based on passalongs and I wish I could take credit for the term, but no.
Very pretty Susie! Your dahlia is stunning and I love the photo of the sweet pea up close. In fact all your photos are lovely!
Thanks Cathy. Sometimes red flowers are very persnickety about being photographed but these cooperated nicely. This sweet pea is gorgeous in all stages. This afternoon I noticed one flower starting to fade and it does so in the most graceful way, shifting from pink to nearly indigo.
What presence! Elegant and lovely bouquet, Susie. 🙂
Thank you Eliza. Every time I walk by this arrangement it catches my attention. Pleased with the way it turned out.
Yes it is elegant ! Your close-up photos are outstanding.
Thanks Patsi. I’ve been relying on my iPhone more and more.
Love it, you are making me miss my Southern garden! I had the same gladiolus, thought they were hideous at first and grew to love them. As weird as this may seem, what I really miss is having the glad foliage in arrangements, nothing is better for a strong vertical accent. The color combination with the foliage is perfect with the vase.
Thank you. Pretty sure this pink glad came in a “Blue” collection! I agree the foliage is versatile to use–same with iris leaves.
Another wow vase with those lovely dahlias and perennial sweet peas….actually all the flowers are perfect together.
Thank you Donna. The sweet peas are a surprise–usually the heat has done them in by now.
I can’t believe how pristine your blooms are! A perfect arrangement
So kind. Thank you.
Nice selection, especially the Purple Coneflowers and Dahlias.
This has been quite the year for coneflowers. Have never seen them do so well. But the heat index was 105 yesterday and it’s amazing how quickly everything is shutting down since Monday.
Great combination of colors as always.
Thanks. I wouldn’t have thought to order an arrangement of flowers in those colors, they’re just what was available in the garden, but I must say they’ve been enjoyable all week.
Look at those dahlias, already in bloom!
What a nice airy effect. It’s a good year for coneflowers here as well.
The 105 heat index this past week is taking a toll on my coneflowers. Hope you’re faring much better with your weather.