Every Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase with materials selected from our gardens.
In A Vase On Monday – Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’
Today’s vase features Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’. A weekend of relentless downpours and thunderstorms could not dampen her beauty.
In A Vase On Monday – Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’
In A Vase On Monday – Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’
In A Vase On Monday – Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’
Materials
Flowers
Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’
Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’
Foliage
Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’
Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
Container
Hand painted Fenton Glass Vase – USA
In A Vase On Monday – Paeonia ‘Madame Emile Debatene’
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting each week. Visit her blog to see her vase and check out those of other gardeners from around the world.
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Oh my that Fenton glass vase is spectacular. I would have to have it if I saw it in a shop. I love the deep pink of this peony perfectly matched with baptisia. Another plant I miss from my old garden.
Donna, the Fenton glass vase was a gift from one of my sisters some years ago. It sits out year-round and every once in a while it is just the right choice for flowers.
This is lovely, Susie, all the more special in the elegant vintage vase. 💕 👏🏼
Thanks Eliza. The Fenton vase is modern but I’ve had it a number of years, a special gift from one of my sisters.
Peonies are so enviable. I likely mentioned earlier that they do not perform well here because of the minimal chill. Only a few neighbors insist on growing them, but get only a few wimpy flowers. They are performing better this year only because of the extreme winter.
I do appreciate how easy and rewarding peonies are to grow. Took me a while to discover them as they’re fairly expensive plants.
They are likely worth it if they perform well and are reliably perennial.
Absolutely gorgeous! I was so focused on the peonies, I didn’t notice the vase until I read the comments and had to go back to look. The vase is gorgeous too.
Thanks Judy. The peonies were meant to be the star but the vase worked out nicely to give a little competition.
The baptisia is a wonderful companion for your beautiful peonies, Susie, and the shape of your vase is perfect for them. Thanks for sharing them
Thanks Cathy. There’s something about pea-like flowers that I admire. I treasure the vase as it was a gift from one of my sisters. It is useful because it has a narrow neck which makes it easier to keep the flowers in place and of course today it was nice because the colors matched. Have a good week.
Yes, a narrow neck, but not TOO narrow!
I can’t even imagine blooms like that. Your peony is magnificent, Susie.
Thanks Kris. This peony didn’t do that well last year so I’m please to see her in her glory.
I love that Baptista, and what a compliment to the peony. The vase is a perfect vessel for the shape of the flowers. I always wonder about who the plants are named after..Emile Debatene?
A quick google search didn’t uncover who Emile Debatene was but I like her peony! I don’t use that vase often–a gift from my sister.
It is a great peony. I have a friend, Emile, a guy? who knows?sometimes the highly decorated vases are difficult to use.
Oh what an elegant peony Suzie – I’m glad to hear that the adverse weather didn’t damage her. I must find out more about your baptisia. Your vase is exquisite – how old is it?
Thanks Anna. ‘Purple Smoke’ is a local wonder in my town of Chapel Hill, a naturally occurring hybrid It was discovered as a chance seedling in a trial bed at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in the early 1990s.
The vase is modern–a gift from my sister many years ago, but I can’t place a date on it.
Wowza what a glorious Peony!!!! The Baptisia makes a good, self-effacing escort for her regal beauty. Take a good whiff of the Madame’s perfume for us. Must be heavenly.
Yes, the peony has a lovely fragrance. I read baptisia are sometimes used as dried flowers. Have never tried to save any.
What fabulous blooms from the peonies, Susie–complemented so perfectly by the delicacy of the baptisia! I still regret not growing baptisia while I gardened in the Midwest. It was often on my wishlist but never purchased. Ah well… 😉 Happy May!
Would the baptisia not do well in your current garden? It’s hard to grow everything though.
A gorgeous peony and it looks lovely with the Baptisia. Perfectly balanced, and a beautiful vase too Susie. 😃
Thanks Cathy. Unintentionally, this peony and the baptisia seem to make it into a Monday vase together every year.
I can almost smell the fragrance. Beautiful.
Thanks Judy, this peony is moderately fragrant (or maybe I’m losing my sense of smell).
Wow, that’s a beauty! And the combination with the Baptisia and your gorgeous vase makes magic!
Thank you Beth. The Baptisia has done great this year–I’ve been picking up the little pea-like flowers all week. They seem to drop all at once!