Every Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase with materials gathered from our gardens.
This Monday after Christmas Saint Nicholas sits atop the mantel. A gift from a neighbor, the silvery green epiphyte-bearing Christmas spirit joins a similarly-colored, small hydrangea cluster left in place since summer.
Materials
Flowers
Hydrangea macrophylla
Foliage
Tillandsia spp. (Air plant)
Container
Ceramics
We had a delightful Christmas weekend spent with family. Good wishes to everyone this holiday season. Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting each week.
In A Vase On Monday – Accents Of Silvery-Green
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That’s great, Susie. I love those little Tillandsias.
Thanks Amy. A bit of a novelty, but I love the simplicity.
Sweet!
Thank you Eliza.
So, . . . will that figurine stay out all year, or be separated from its tillandsia? It looks like the tillandsia is just sitting on a circle of that wire, so could be removed until next year, although it will be a bit larger by then.
Good question Tony. Not sure but I’ll probably wean the tillandsia from the figurine.
That’s a splendid use of a Tillandsia, Susie! Love the Hydrangea – I wish I could grow them as I’m starting to value plants that dry well more than I’ve ever done in the past.
I long for more hydrangea myself. In general they grow well around here, just not so well in my particular garden.
I love your Saint Nick! 😃 Glad you all had a good Christmas Susie!
Thanks Cathy. Hope you had a good Christmas too.
The Saint Nick is so cute. People sure come up with some good ideas.
Thanks Judy. He is cute.
Oh Suzie I like your Santa with his flowing beard and living green staff. The hydrangea head looks most effective too. Sounds as if you had the best sort of Christmas weekend and I hope that you escaped the worst of that dreadful winter storm 😀
Thank you Anna, he has a certain charm. That little hydrangea was a fluke–most turned brown early but it was nice to have one keep its color.
Your little St Nicholas really is a cutie, Susie – love his hat and his ‘broom’; together with your hydrangea head they make a pleasingly simple and appropriate Boxing Day vase. Thanks so much for sharing it, and I am so pleased you had such a lovely family weekend
That is as nice a display as I’ve seen anywhere. Love that St. Nicholas.
Thank you Linda. Last minute and therefore it had to be simple–sometimes that’s best.