In A Vase On Monday – Summer Cuttings
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Cuttings
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share an arrangement of materials gathered from our gardens. Dahlias and zinnias, usually my go-to summer flowers, are lagging behind my expectations. For today I trimmed a little bit of this and some of that to put together what turned out to be a happy, colorful summer vase.
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Cuttings
Recently my sister surprised me with two lovely and well-chosen floral books. I am looking forward to exploring From Seed To Bloom by Milli Proust and have already delved into Floret Farm’s A Year In Flowers by Erin Benzakein. I have enjoyed Erin’s luscious designs for years and have taken several of her free mini-courses. In creating today’s vase I was inspired by her book to experiment with looser foliage and a variety of textures.
Dahlia ‘Gallery Pablo’ and Zinnia
Dahlia Ball ‘Petra’s Wedding’
Monarda didyma (Scarlet Beebalm)
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Cuttings
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Cuttings
Materials
Flowers
Angelonia ’Serena Purple’ and ’Serena Blue’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Pablo’
Dahlia Decorative ‘Noordwijks Glorie’
Dahlia Ball ‘Petra’s Wedding’
Iris domestica (Blackberry Lily)
Liriope muscari
Monarda didyma (Scarlet Beebalm)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’
Tagetes ‘Durango Red’ (Durango Red French Marigold)
Zinnia -Cactus Flowered Mix
Foliage
Angelonia ’Serena Blue’
Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower) Seed heads
Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’
Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy)
Container
Textured, incised ceramic pedestal vase, rice or bone color. 5×6-inches. Red wooden platter.
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Cuttings
Have a great week in the garden. Thanks to our host Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for encouraging us to create and share our vases. Visit her to discover what is blooming in her UK garden and across the globe this week.
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GORGEOUS!
Thank you Catherine!
That arrangement could allow for happy smiles for several days. Beautiful!
It’s working so far! Thanks Judy.
Lovely mix
Thanks so much, Flower!
There is something particularly striking about your vase, Susie, and I realised the contents make such a fruity combination – so beautifully curated 😊
Thank you Cathy. There’s not a lot of any one thing blooming so I included anything that looked halfway usable. After conditioning the flowers came back to life. I could have titled it Fruit Punch!
It’s a lovely medley of summer blooms, Susie! For a “slow” start, I’m impressed by your dahlias thus far. I’m always drawn to your ‘Gallery’ blooms. I tried ‘Gallery Art Deco’ last year but, with almost no rain, I watered the tuber too much and lost it to rot as a result 😦
Most of my ‘Gallery Art Deco’ didn’t return and I was too late to order more this year. You have quite a nice show dahlias. Hope mine will get some courage to take the stage.
The epitome of summer! Beautiful arrangement, Susie. I esp. love D. ‘Gallery Art Deco’ – a lovely blend of colors.
Most of my D. ‘Gallery Art Deco’ didn’t show up this year so I’m delighted to see this one blooming.
Oh that is such a colourful summery concoction Suzie – like Eliza I’m drawn to dahlia’ Gallery Art Deco’ – such a rich but soft shade. I see that you are on Instagram and wonder whether you follow Milli’s beautiful account. I have her book too but still have to really settle down with it. What a thoughtful sister you have. I wish that we could buy seeds from Floret Farm over here!
Thanks Anna! Most of my Gallery Art Deco didn’t come back this year so I’m especially enjoying this one. I’ll look for Milli on Instagram–looking forward to making my way through her book when I have time. I haven’t thought to purchase Floret’s seeds but I should investigate. Have a good week.
I love it – a cottage garden in a compote (does that count as a compote? kinda? no?) the Dahlias are beautiful and the mixture of colors and textures so tasty. I like the Floret arrangements, too and have had some of their seeds…have not seen the book.
I wouldn’t have thought of this vase as compote but it does have those general characteristics after all! Did you have success with Floret’s seeds?
A compote Ikebana container? The seeds germinated and I had flowers but they were stunted and I didn’t like the colors, probably due to the Florida growing conditions. I think the Pacific Northwest is darker than my garden.
I have the same thought as Queen. Your bouquet reminded me of a cottage garden.
Cottage garden is my favorite style–I have a dream one in mind!
Love all the textures in your arrangement this week, Susie. I zoomed in to look at each of your carefully placed blooms – very well done 🙂 I love Erin’s books too. I think she has helped to spur dahliamania! 🙂
Thank you! A lot of the stems on these materials were extremely short so I was pleased it tuned out as well as it did. Yes, Erin’s work is very beautiful. Armfuls of flowers–swoon!
So pretty and romantic Susie! Makes me think of an English summer garden! 😃 You have a lovely variety of flowers and this arrangement really lets each and every one shine. Especially love the dahlias. 😃
Thanks Cathy. I didn’t think I’d find much to include in this vase but was surprised. Not a lot of any one thing but enough various odds and ends.
Gorgeous, gorgeous! I like everything about this grouping–the multicolors, the form, and the arrangement. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, so happy you like it Beth! I think these flowers were just so happy to come indoors out of the heat and sit in water!
Goodness, again, I have difficulty identifying the components. I had to look up the angelonias again. I am getting to like them, even though I may have never met them before. (I think I might have met it nearby here, but I do not remember what it was now.)
Angelonias are wonderful summer annuals here. They’re also called summer snapdragons. Purples, blues, white, magenta, pink. Don’t need deadheading. In the past 5-10 years they’ve become popular with landscapers.
They were rarely available here for a while, and probably should have become more popular, but somehow never did. I can not remember the last time I saw it. I probably would not recognize it if I saw it now.