In A Vase On Monday – Easter White
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share an arrangement using materials collected from our gardens.
Several stems of Anemone coronaria ‘Mr. Fokker’ join nearly 3 dozen Narcissus ‘Thalia’ for a simple presentation prepared for Easter weekend. The Thalia were meant to be today’s star, but once I tucked the purplish blue flowers at the neck of the jar, the character of the arrangement shifted.
In A Vase On Monday – Easter White
Just a hint of Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Cushion Blue’ softens the vase’s edge, uniting container and flowers.
In A Vase On Monday – Easter White
Materials
Flowers
Anemone coronaria ‘Mr. Fokker’
Narcissus ‘Thalia’ (Thalia Daffodil)
Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Cushion Blue’
Foliage
None
Vase
Handmade ceramic lidded jar
Three stages of Anemone coronaria ‘Mr. Fokker’. Lower left one is from last week’s vase.
I like the simplicity of this combination.
In A Vase On Monday – Easter White
With another nod to Easter celebration, I pulled out my daughter’s childhood cup to hold leftover tufts of phlox along with the year’s first blooms of Aquilegia canadensis (Eastern red columbine).
Aquilegia canadensis (Eastern red columbine)
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us an opportunity to share flower designs across the world. Visit her to discover what she and others found to place In A Vase On Monday.
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Perfect for the Easter weekend. 🙂
Thanks Judy. Hope you’re all settled in back at home.
Always enjoy waking up to your In A Vase On Monday!
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Thanks Jane, I’m so glad. Aren’t flowers a wonderful thing!
I love the simplicity too – beautiful.
Thank you. It’s lovely to have fresh spring flowers–they require little from the arranger.
The white and the purple look beautiful together, and I like that you have posted all the stages of the anemone…the green calyx are beautiful and seldom noticed once the flower is open.
Glad you mentioned the green calyx. I’d noticed it subconsciously but enjoyed taking a closer look.
Those white Narcissus are stunning and ready for Easter was just perfect.
Thanks. The Thalia have been blooming a while so I’m surprised how well they’re holding up.
A perfect match, Susie, Thalia is so elegant. I have her too but not enough to be cutting them. Well, I’m bad at cutting anyway 😉 The vase is equally elegant, well done as always 🙂 Happy Monday
Hi Annette. It’s ok not to cut your flowers if you’re enjoying them outdoors. I have a couple of clumps of Thalia that have become very large. Need to divide them and spread the goodness! Have a good week.
I love the detail of featuring the anemone in three stages of bloom. The graduated transition from the dark blue-gray vase, to bright purple, to white is very nice, too!
Thanks Terri. It’s so fun and interesting to watch how plants/flowers transition during their life span.
Beautiful combination. I love both ‘Mr Fokker’ and ‘Thalia’. Love your mug – takes me back to childhood.
Thanks Ali. The mug belonged to my daughter, so it holds sweet memories.
Two lovely Easter vases and I adore white and purple together and love how you put the first vase together….the second sweet vase had me joyous to see phlox.
Thanks Donna. The early phlox is always a delight.
Beautiful as always! Love both vases.
Thanks Peter. Hope you had a nice weekend. I’m headed off to check out your vase.
I am always a sucker for white.
The anemones are nice too of course.
White flowers are great aren’t they? They work with anything and are strong on their own.
Oh yes. White does not work for all flower though. Lilac, wisteria and lavender are still best in lavender. I happen to grow bright yellow and orange nasturtiums, and would not want them to be white. Also, my favorite geraniums are bright red and bright pink. BUT; there are ALL those other flowers that look totally rad in white! Camellias, oleanders, gladiolus, daisies, . . . . . well, I could go on for a very long time.
I think the Anemones make good supporting players for the graceful Narcissus, Susie. The Phlox provide a delicate note that puts the whole arrangement on another level. I hope you enjoyed a pleasant Easter weekend.
Hi Kris. I grabbed a big clutch of phlox when gathering the other flowers just to see what I might do with it. The leftovers are holding up in the little Peter Rabbit cup looking cheery. Wonder if if will root? Hope so. Happy Easter.
When I saw those wbite daffodils for a moment I thought I could smell them! I love Thalia. Your arrangements always have so much thought put into them Susie. The phlox softening the edge of the vase is something I would never have thought of, but works so well. Love the Anemones too! 🙂
The Thalia do have a nice fragrance, subtle. I’ve been sitting on the front porch with my husband this afternoon and daphne has been drifting by, just exquisite to be able to know those scents .
Lovely. Thalia is a winner and looks perfect with the anemones. Really stylish.
Thank you. Thalia has become a favorite although I do need to venture out and try some different bulbs next year.
Beautiful. Love the high contrast between the white and blue!
Thank you. My intention was to have only white, but those anemones worked out well to hide the excess stems of the daffodils.
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The purple, lavender, and white are so graceful together. I always enjoy your arrangements. Your creativity and your photography are so professional!
Gorgeous and perfect. Thalia are wonderful aren’t they? So generous. I tried adding some blue to my design with muscari but it didn’t quite work.
Love the white Daffodils!
Oh they are perfect companions Suzie and make for a most elegant vase. Here ‘Thalia’ is still to open. Good to see Peter Rabbit’s little face peering out from that sweet little mug. I have a Peter Rabbit mug too on which he features helping himself to one of Mr. McGregor’s carrots.
Love it,inspired use of Thrift! Happy Spring.
It takes real talent to pull off simplicity as well as you do. Everything about that first vase appeals to me.
Beautiful. Thalia has become one of my must have narcissus.
Thalia is such a beautiful daffodil. I love your anemones too, such a gorgeous color.