In A Vase On Monday – Reduction
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
The camellias in last week’s vase were short-lived but the remaining materials persist and reduction leads to simplicity. Shifted into another container the arum and gardenia foliage provide shape and structure for a new design, accented by two stems of anthurium. A single white cyclamen flower is the only new element.
In A Vase On Monday – Reduction
In A Vase On Monday – Reduction
Materials
Flowers
Anthurium
Cyclamen
Foliage
Arum italicum
Gardenia
Container
Hand-thrown ceramic piece from Seagrove Pottery (olive-artichoke), artist unknown
In A Vase On Monday – Reduction
In A Vase On Monday – Reduction
In A Vase On Monday – Reduction
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 surprises she and others found to place in a vase this week.
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I do love cyclamen, and the white of the flower looks lovely against the green foliage.
This cyclamen is from a house plant I’ve had for years. Sadly this is the only flower in a few months. Admittedly I do neglect it.
The red anthurium really show off in your vase. Can you grow them outside?
No, I doubt it. This is from a grocery store house plant gifted by a neighbor last year. I’m terrible with house plants but at least this one has some new flowers this year. Are you able to grow them?
I have never tried them, but I think I would probably have to bring them in on cold nights.
Thanks and love the black and white!
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Thanks Jane. Had a lot of fun playing with B&W filters on this set of images.
I started reading your post, Susie, and realised I didn’t remember seeing arum leaves, so checked back and I seem to have missed looking at it altogether – I am so SO sorry! I am generally really methodical with IAVOM, responding to the comment and clicking straight on the link to go to the commenter’s vase, but I obviously slipped up – a slapped wrist for me 🙄 You certainly had bountiful camellias last week, but the simplicity of today’s vase has a special charm. I love the shade of green of the vase, which would set off most blooms beautifully, and your experiments in b&w give an intriguing insight
Please don’t worry. I must have imagined you had. This week’s vase was a Christmas gift from a friend so especially meaningful to use.
Beautiful and simple, and I love the seasonal colors!
Thanks Eliza!
You’ve reminded me how much I like Anthurium. The “reduced” arrangement is as lovely as the original.
These anthurium are puny compared to ones in florists. I remember seeing them for the first time in a florist’s window in Chapel Hill that did very modern designs and I thought it was amazing.
Beautiful. You are always brilliant at the less is more style of flower arranging and your arrangements aee always so stylish. I wish I had your knack
You’re so kind. I’m forced this week to make do with less. Not much blooming except same camellias as last week. Have a good week!
A very lovely minimalist arrangement!
Thank you Alicia! I’m enjoying this one.
Very graceful and beautiful. It looks like a professional arrangement that might sit on a table in a furniture store. Nicely done.
Thanks so much Beth!
Striking arrangement. 👏🏻
Thank you Judy!
Reduction leads to simplicity – in every way 🙏 your arrangement is beautiful as always, Susie.
Thanks Annette! Very little in bloom so my vases are going to become more and more simple!
Lovely. As the saying goes, ‘less is more’, and the Arum is given the stage. Very pretty. 😃
Thanks Cathy. Arum does have a lot going for it with it’s recognizable shape and texture. I miss the flowers though already.
Love the minimalism and the black and white images.
Thank you. B&W is always revealing.
It took me a minute to find the ‘gardenia’. I was looking for a flower not foliage, and the other flowers are easy to recognize.
A puzzle vase! Glad you found it!