In A Vase On Monday – Tangerine Glow
Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share an arrangement every Monday using materials collected from our gardens. This week the main focus is broad leafed foliage and stem of canna whose orange flower is teasingly slow to unfurl.
This canna’s name is a mystery, but I admire its strongly patterned, richly colored leaves.
In A Vase On Monday – Tangerine Glow
Orange Canna
A few gardenias are blooming this week, a welcome surprise, especially since the brutally cold winter had caused serious damage to the bushes.
Dahlia, Zinnia and Gardenia jasminoides ‘August Beauty’
Zinnias continue to be a bright spot in the garden, although some of the plants are dying back now and the flowers are smaller.
In A Vase On Monday – Tangerine Glow
Verbena bonariensis adds dashes of color all around the borders.
Verbena bonariensis
Materials
Flowers
Canna
Dahlia ‘Fireworks’
Gardenia jasminoides ‘August Beauty’
Verbena bonariensis (Tall Verbena)
Zinnia ‘Cut and Come Again’ (Zinnia elegant pumila), Botanical Interests.
Foliage
Canna. Gardenia
Vase
Porcelain Ikebana vase, Georgetown Pottery, Maine. Triangle Ikebana Blue Wave (6.5 W x 6.5 L x 2H inches)
In A Vase On Monday – Tangerine Glow
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Beautiful arrangement. I love the colour of that dahlia in particular and Verbena bonariensis is one of the best garden plants.
Thanks Malc, I bought 3 plants early in spring of this Dahlia “Fireworks,” and this one is definitely my favorite of them. The others, a red and a yellow, show more “fireworks” pattern but this one has them beat.
Elegant vase as always – orange and blue are THE perfect partnership! How daring you are to have cut your perfect canna leaf and flower! I don’t know if I could have. But it was worth it – a perfect addition that really shapes your arrangement.
Thanks Cathy! The canna is fairly overgrown and no longer blooms well, so I did consider leaving the flower but I’m enjoying it much more indoors now. Hope your summer has been great. Hard to believe autumn is upon us.
How lovely to have an overgrown canna. Mine have to be started again every year! I know … time goes much too quickly. Enjoy it!
Lovely and different! The gardenia must be heavenly!
Thanks Joanna, yes the gardenia scent is just lovely.
Very dramatic arrangement – it is quite beautiful. 🙂
Thanks Judy. That big leaf does add a bit of drama. As usual I had one thing in mind and ended with something different, but that’s part of the fun.
The Canna makes a striking starting point for your arrangement. I bought a Canna Durban yesterday at a plant sale which also has amazingly colored foliage, I look forward to being able to use it as you have. Another very special vase from you.
Thanks Christina. Your Canna Durban should be perfect for a foliage feature. Wish I knew for sure but I think mine is Tropicanna Canna. Bought it the first year we were in this house but it no longer blooms well.
I always love your arrangements. My gardenias are blooming over here too.
Oh, aren’t the gardenias’ return just a delight. Mine didn’t bloom at all in spring so I’m pleased to see the shrubs are recovered.
Your arrangements are always inspiring to me as success with ikebana type arranging eludes me. Your sense of balance, color, and form is admirable. I would never have thought of using these blooms together but you’ve created something truly gorgeous with them.
Thanks Peter. This ikebana vase has just a small floral pin, so it hold only a small amount of material. Just add 5-7 stems of anything, that’s my rule!
Love this,orange, purple, white and fragrant. Do you think that is a Tropicana or Durban Canna?
Thanks! Yes, I have a note in my plant list this might be Tropicanna. Hard to know at this point as I bought it about 16 years ago especially for that interesting foliage and the orange flower. At the time I mostly saw red cannas.
I remember – it was all about Bengal Tiger Cannas, then the Burgundy ones and then Tropicana…
that little bit of purple teally sets off the oranges in your lovely arrangement today.
Thanks Ricki. I had brought in a whole bunch of verbena bonariensis and within moments it began dropping all the flowers. I had to shift gears, but fortunately there was one sturdy stem of purple!
Delightful!
Thank you!
Once again I love the color combination. The Canna sets the stage for the whole arrangement beautifully. I’ve resisted the appeal of thirsty Cannas thus far but as I love big-leafed plants and there are few that grow well here, I may cave eventually.
Hi Kris. We had some heavy rains in early August that gave the cannas a boost. They haven’t bloomed well in years but they’re incredibly hard to dig out and relocate.
Oh, I do not know that canna. It looks like ‘Wyoming’ in the picture, but ‘Wyoming’ should not be patterned. I happen to like cannas. I do not know why. I got ‘Australia’ because I wanted the dark bronze foliage to contrast with the pale green of my common houseleeks. It works splendidly. Now I want others!
Sounds like a great look.
beautiful!!
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Thank you skyfacebear!
Oh yes, that is a glow, and I like it! Warm orange and yellow make me smile. Happy IVOM!
Thanks Beth!
Great choice of flowers and arrangement as usual. I love that dahlia and the zinnias. I’ve got good old petunias in my vase as I’m full of a cold and they were closest to the door. Love Bec
I really like how the one big leaf is balanced by the flowers.