In A Vase On Monday – Claret With Age
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of materials gathered from our gardens.
We have had warm days recently and a slight amount of rain. Later this week temperatures will return to the 70s, but this morning it is 26°F. I expect I could locate a camellia to share but instead I have chosen to share an example of aging.
Last Monday’s vase featured a new container and inside, cuttings from a potted calla lily to which I was drawn due to its deep claret flowers. I have enjoyed this pairing immensely and my husband even has commented on it several times during the past week.
Original Design Last Week: In A Vase On Monday – Claret With Texture
Today, these flowers remain quite fresh, but the foliage of the calla lily has aged considerably.
In A Vase On Monday – Claret With Age
I considered replacing the greenery with something evergreen, but with each day’s changes, increasingly I have come to admire the transforming leaves, as over the course of time they have assumed a honeyed-pineapple glow.
In A Vase On Monday – Claret With Age
In A Vase On Monday – Claret With Age
The aging process brought a new appreciation, a new perspective to the arrangement.
Materials
Flowers, Foliage
Calla Lily (Zantedeschia)
Container
Textured, incised ceramic pedestal vase, rice or bone color. 5×6-inches.
In A Vase On Monday – Claret With Age
Thanks to our host Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for providing this opportunity to share our vases. Visit her to discover what garden surprises she and others are offering this week.
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They really are glowing.
Sunlight hits them part of the day and they really sparkle.
Oh yes, a lovely shade of gold and pink mingled together. That’s really effective. Nature can teach us time and again. 😃
Thanks Cathy. It’s been interesting to watch the foliage mellow.
Your patience has paid off. They are really very attractive with the changing of colour of the leaves and also the flowers.
Thanks Noelle. I’m glad I gave it time and didn’t replace the foliage when it first started changing.
What an intriguing transformation, Susie, and thanks for sharing it with us instead of giving us a camellia vase instead. It is good to know how well the blooms last in a vase
Yes, I’ve been excited the blooms have such a great vase-life. Cathy, you might yet see another camellia vase, Ha! Ha!
If only we all could age so gracefully!
Just remember to keep an inward glow, Kris!
The color changes so uniformly. It looks intentional, like a cultivar with yellow foliage.
Yes, I agree. Would be nice if all foliage matured so gracefully.
A beautiful example of embracing the aging process… a lesson for us all! 😉
Thank you Eliza!
So lovely! It’s wonderful that the lines of flowers and leaves remain just as elegant and vibrant as the colors change.
Thanks Amy, I was amazed the materials stayed upright, no drooping, as they aged.
Wonderful comments on senescence, and a wonderful picture of graceful aging. Hope I can do as well as your claret flowers.
Thanks Amy. Aging. Well…we do what we can, right? The foliage now has discolored. I’ve removed it but those calla lilies are upright.
An amazingly long lasting flower.
Dramatic!
Thanks Judy!