In A Vase On Monday – Holiday Cyclamen
Each Monday from Rambling In The Garden Cathy invites us to share a vase assembled from materials collected in our gardens.
My garden club visited a member’s greenhouse during the first week of December. Although Katydid Greenhouses displayed a multitude of poinsettias, cyclamen are what I prefer for decorating with during the holidays.
Katydid Greenhouses
Fortunately there were plenty of cyclamen in varying colors from which to choose.
Katydid Greenhouses
For today’s offering I combined four cyclamen from that field trip with a few Green Trick Dianthus that caught my eye at the local grocery. I finished the arrangement with a few decorative baubles—red seedpods, glass ornaments and ribbons.
In A Vase On Monday – Holiday Cyclamen
Materials
Flowers
Cyclamen
Dianthus barbatus ‘Green Trick’
Foliage
Cyclamen
Philodendron
Container
Silverplate Bowl and Tray
White cyclamen are my favorite but this dark pink was too appealing to leave behind.
In A Vase On Monday – Holiday Cyclamen
In A Vase On Monday – Holiday Cyclamen
Yesterday’s view of the meditation circle and garden was a snowy winter wonderland. Fortunately I managed to get all my bulbs planted early in the week. I hope they’re settled in and enjoying a nice chill.
December Snow
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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Susie your holiday display is perfect and so creative. And your garden is stunning in its coat of beautiful new snow. Stay warm!
Thanks Donna. I thought the snow would disappear today but we’re getting a whole new round this morning. Staying put another day.
So festive and bright. Both your arrangement and garden’s blanket of snow are lovely!
Thank you Peter. Thought it was time to get busy decorating a little.
Wow, that is a green house. I suppose those will all be gone in a few weeks. Green Trick is really interesting and very eye catching here. Snow does make everything pretty though it is so inconvenient.
The owner gave us a little talk about the greenhouse and he does expect it to be cleared out by next week. Timing is critical in that business.
Crikey – that last photo could almost be a black and white one!! I had to smile when I scrolled down and saw the greenhouse in question – not just the average greenhouse! I am not a fan of poinsettia so am pleased you chose to use cyclamen for your pretty vase – and it’s a nice idea to include the baubles and ribbon…it works well. Thanks for sharing, Susie
Cathy, it’s definitely a commercial greenhouse and from the talk the owner gave, it sounds like a lot of work. Glad you like the cyclamen.
I bought exactly the same colour cyclamen last week; mine are propped in the top of my Citrus tree pots in the new room, while it’s winter I might start calling it the orangery!!! I love how you’ve displayed your cyclamen. Like Cathy I had to smile when I saw the greenhouse your were referring to.
Everyone should have an orangery! Fun to think we chose the same color cyclamen. Several people commented on being surprised at the greenhouse. It is of course definitely a commercial operation. Personal greenhouses are not as common here as where you are or in UK, at least that’s my impression.
Greenhouses aren’t common here either.
I just noticed white cyclamen at my grocery and hope to get back to buy some. Your look lovely and are an inspiration for me to make the effort to get some.
Thanks Linda. Hope you’ll find the white cyclamen and enjoy them. They’re so long-blooming and last for years–a good investment I think.
Now that’s snow! How nice that you worked in a garden outing despite the weather. It’s great to have a garden club member with a greenhouse too. I love the cyclamen (and the Dianathus, which I SO wish I could grow).
The field trip was a couple weeks ago on a chilly but sunny day–with lunch beforehand at nice restaurant. Haven’t had many garden outings this year so it was fun. I love dianthus also but it doesn’t grow that well for me. Actually never thought to try this Green Trick–should give it a go.
For some reason Cyclamen is one of those names that contribute to the “senior moments” I’m always hearing about. No matter…I do love them and yours are displayed with your usual panche.
Ricki, I get it too–that senior moment. Always I’m trying to find that name, Cyclamen. Usually I first try to call it caladium.
You really had snow! Pretty photo. I like cyclamen as well, and these are lovely. The addition of a couple of unique pieces made it very dramatic this Monday.
Thanks Judy. We had even more snow this morning unexpectedly. Finally the sun came out around lunchtime. We’ll be dealing with messy, icy roads for a few more day.
Been watching the snow- Wow! stay warm with your lovely Cyclamen.
Thanks! We didn’t lose power though many nearby neighbors did so we’re grateful.
Ugh!
Wow, you got a lot of snow! Makes it feel like Christmas, I bet.
I love cyclamens, too. Mine go dormant and spend the summer in a corner of the porch where they stay until the end of October. They start growing on their own to tell me its time to start watering them again. Couldn’t be easier!
I agree Eliza, cyclamen are easy to love.
Your arrangement is stunning. I love your snow picture. We just got rain.
My sister is a couple house south of us. She was so disappointed to only have rain. I don’t enjoy the snow much anymore so hope that’s it for this winter!
Poinsettias and Easter lilies are two of the most precisely scheduled of potted flowering plant crops! They are SO intense, and will do no one any good if just a little bit late! Rhododendrons are so much easier. They do not need to bloom for a particular date.
I like Rhododendrons more too.
Well, they are very different. Rhododendrons are more permanent in the garden, poinsettias and Easter lilies are what we know as ‘pot plants’. They are enjoyed in the home while blooming, but them more often discarded after bloom. They main difference for those of us who grow them is how they are grown. Poinsettias and Easter lilies are the EXTREME of pot plants! They are very labor intensive. We can be more relaxed with our crops, although they are a lot of work in other ways.
I see you’re getting into a festive mood too, Susie 🙂 I prefer cyclamen as well over poinsettias which is probably not fair and I think they must look stunning in their natural settings as proud trees/shrubs and not sulking and wilting away in a sitting room 😉 lovely arrangement. Have a good week xx
I hadn’t realized they naturally grow into trees. Found some images and I like them much better in their native setting. Thanks.
What a wintery scene. I am not keen on poinsettias either, your cyclamen arrangment is so pretty and festive.
Thank you. The first time I bought cyclamen for the holidays I was disappointed when the flowers died back. I thought the plant was dead and discarded it. Fortunately I learned to be more patient.
The new colours of Cyclamen get more exciting year on year.
Love the Cyclamen. We still haven’t bought any poinsettias.
Wow, snow! I wonder if you will have a white Christmas. I also like cyclamens in winter and have a white one on my windowsill. I like the addition of green dianthus and those shiny green baubles. 🙂