In A Vase On Monday – Pinks
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
I had gathered all the dahlias the garden offered up on Sunday but didn’t have time to arrange them. I left them for our flower-loving neighbor to find. During a lull in activities I took a few quick shots of a clutch of dianthus I’d cut as an afterthought. For a bit of cheer and with a nod to host Cathy’s love of props, I staged the flowers with a miniature sugar bowl from our daughter’s childhood tea set.
In A Vase On Monday – Pinks
Materials
Flowers and Foliage
Dianthus Ideal Select Mix
Vase
Small white, elliptical ceramic vase
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us an opportunity to share flower-filled vases across the world. Visit her to discover what she and others found to place in a vase this week.
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Simple but pretty. I’m sure your neighbor was thrilled to find the dahlias.
I have trouble keeping dianthus. It got a second wind recently during a “cooler” spell.
The close up really shows what a great contrast the flowers and foliage of the dianthus has – very pretty, and thanks for adding a prop too! Hope you have been busy with good things, Susie
I keep the little tea set on display as sweet reminder. Thanks, attending to family health issues.
Hope things have progressed well since, Susie
Great idea for displaying the pinks
Thank you.
Beautiful unusual Dianthus colouring – love it!
That’s interesting Malc. This magenta and coral pink are common here in garden centers. I like white ones but they usually don’t last as well.
Sweet and simple – love the prop!
Thanks Eliza!
So sweet! I love Dianthus and their scent. 😃
Thanks Cathy. These don’t have much fragrance. Sadly scent is often lost with many of the selections.
Pretty, love the trailing flower. Love these as cool season annuals – have you grown them over the summer?
They’ve been in the ground for 3 or so years. They are starting to perk up again after the hot summer.
Are these Garden Dianthus? I think there is a difference. Green leaves versus grey, maybe?
You know, I dislike pinks in one of the landscapes at work, but would grow just a few at home because they were some of the only annuals I planted when I was a kid, for a neighbor two doors down. One of the many advantages to living in a suburban neighborhood is trying different things that neighbors want in their gardens.
Pinks are one of those old-fashioned flowers, I suppose.
Yes, and old fashioned is rad!