It has been a hot, dry week. The garden is turning toward autumn.
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia
Dahlia
Zinnia
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’ and D. ‘David Howard’
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) (Waterlogue filter)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) on Hedychium coronarium (Ginger lily)
In A Vase On Monday – Floral Harvest
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
Today’s arrangement is an overflow of dahlias accented with a few zinnias. Staging the flowers atop a crystal pedestal vase suggests tradition and formality.
In A Vase On Monday – Floral Harvest
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Lycoris radiata (Spider Lily)
Zinnias and Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Lycoris radiata (Spider Lily)
Foliage
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Passionate Blush’ (Butterfly Gaura)
Vase
Crystal pedestal dish
Zinnia
In A Vase On Monday – Floral Harvest
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In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Bowl
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
Dahlias have seemed cheered by a few rains and some slightly cooler days the past couple weeks.
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
I cut all available flowers to encourage them to keep up the good work. These are arranged into a low flat bowl with a hint of columbine foliage.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Bowl
Although I have cut the plants back several times the stems are still quite short.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Bowl
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Bowl
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Bowl (no ID for this dahlia)
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia sp. (no ID on the magenta)
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Foliage
Aquilegia canadensis (Eastern red columbine)
Vase
Black Matte Dish With Red Interior
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In A Vase On Monday – Orange Deconstruction
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
I chose a surprise late-blooming gladiolus as the focal point for today’s flowers. I find the reddish-orange waxy petals deliciously compelling.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Deconstruction
With the gladiolus always in the forefront, or a time the design drifted from my original plan for a spare Ikebana look. Here is the initial work—the first stage. I liked this but it left exposed a lot of floral oasis.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Impression
To conceal the mechanics I began adding other flowers. Eventually the design looked totally different and off-balance in composition and weight of materials. I also thought the gaura stems began to look cluttered, detracting from the flowers.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Impression
Surrounded by dahlias, clematis, buddleia, salvia and lantana, the gladiolus maintained its presence but looked out of place. The shape of the gladiolus was awkward and heavy in relation to everything else, yet it was beautiful in and of itself.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Impression
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Impression
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Impression
Cutting the sword into smaller and smaller pieces I finally worked my way back to a design that speaks to the essence of the starring flower. Switching vases made a big difference. In my hand portions of the gladiolus seemed perfect but were still heavy. Almost satisfied with this stage the jutting piece to the right created too much tension.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Impression
At the expense of the design’s height, when I trimmed the wayward section and repositioned the stems, the overall result was more harmonious.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Deconstruction
Against the black glaze the gladiolus essence is on full display.
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Deconstruction
Materials
Flowers
Gladiolus
Foliage
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Passionate Blush’ (Butterfly Gaura)
Vase
Porcelain Ikebana vase, Georgetown Pottery, Maine. Triangle Black Wave (6.5 W x 6.5 L x 2H)
In A Vase On Monday – Orange Deconstruction
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In A Vase On Monday – Summer Glow
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Glow
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Glow
I experimented with a variety of designs on Saturday morning but in the end I was most happy with a reworking of last week’s vase, which had featured dahlias. Mid-week to refreshen the vase I had replaced most of the dahlias. For this week I kept the same container but actually only the foliage, Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ and a few dahlia leaves are original from last week. The dahlias really seemed tired after all and so were replaced completely with white and gold shining discs in the form of Shasta daisies and black-eyed Susans along with flat-topped umbels of miniature suns in the form of tansy.
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Glow
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Glow
The low-profile glazed ceramic vase works well this week, but if I had taken more time I would have switched the flowers into a basket for an even more summery look.
In A Vase On Monday – Summer Glow
Materials
Flowers
Heuchera villosa ‘Big Top Bronze’ (Coral Bells)
Leucanthemum superbum ‘Alaska’ (Shasta Daisy)
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ (Black-eyed Susan)
Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy)
Foliage
Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’
Dahlia leaves
Vase
Pottery bowls, with Lomey plastic dish inserts, eco-friendly floral foam
Here are a few of my other experiments using reddish orange Dahlia ‘David Howard’ with coral bells and a nice specimen of Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’.
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
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In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
I didn’t have a notion this week about what shape my vase would take this week but flower choices were limited. On Saturday morning I cut all the dahlias I could and placed them in water for conditioning. Stems were shorter than I wanted despite having cut back the plants a couple times this year. That afternoon just as I was preparing to make a vase for today, I found an email from a friend in the neighborhood. She had left us a still-warm peach cobbler to find by the front door—a soon-devoured, delicious peach cobbler I might add. Finding inspiration in the handmade ceramic dish in which she had baked our treat, I chose another dish of similar size and put together a pair of small tabletop designs. I was happy to be able to return her dish with a few flowers from my garden.
Using Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ as outline foliage and a few dahlia leaves as concealers I added the freshest dahlias to the first arrangement, along with a bouncy Buddleja and a sprig of tansy. The effect was a little spare but cheerful.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’ worked nicely with the color of my friend’s dish so they all went into her arrangement.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
I also included the few white Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’ I had been able to cut. Bugs seem especially attracted to these and not many are vase-worthy.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
Both vases were quickly assembled, little-fussing or second-guessing. This is the second vase.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
A view from the right corner:
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
This design has a slightly more oval than round shape. This was owing to the fact I had a couple of longer-stemmed ‘David Howard’ to use.
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
In A Vase On Monday – Dahlia Duo
Materials
Flowers
Buddleja davidii ‘Adokeep’ (Adonis blue Butterfly Bush)
Dahlia sp.
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy)
Foliage
Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’
Dahlia leaves
Vase
Pottery bowls, with Lomey plastic dish inserts, eco-friendly floral foam
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In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
Today I had in mind a particular style for my vase: asymmetrical, loosely arranged, strongly textured yet airy, whimsical and light. Though not completely true to my vision, it does fairly dance. For its vibrancy and color I am happy with how this one turned out.
I don’t use a lot of yellow but in the garden strong yellows of rudbeckia and tansy have come alive in the past several weeks. Tansy with its rich textural characteristics ended up being a good material to define the shape and tone of the design. I used rudbeckia to continue the color while changing the texture. While cutting the tansy, heart-shaped leaves from a young redbud seedling caught my attention as well. These items, along with everlasting sweet pea seed pods, were the starting point for the vase.
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
Next I added stems of verbena, achillea and salvias and then finished with dahlias and phlox.
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
Because the weather has been so hot many of the flowers are not pristine, but I cut as many as I could find, using the imperfect ones as well. The vase may not last long but it was fun to create.
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
Materials
Flowers
Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Antirrhinum majus ‘Speedy Sonnet Bronze’ (Snapdragon)
Buddleja davidii ‘Adokeep’ (Adonis blue Butterfly Bush)
Dahlia sp.
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Phlox paniculata ‘Robert Poore’ (Garden phlox)
Rudbeckia laciniata (Green-Headed Coneflower)
Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
Salvia uliginosa ‘Blue Sky’ (Bog sage)
Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy)
Verbena bonariensis
Foliage
Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Dahlia leaves
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Passionate Blush’ (Butterfly Gaura)
Vase
Crystal pedestal dish
The flowers were styled with floral foam in a plastic 6-inch Lomey dish that sits inside the low crystal pedestal vase.
In A Vase On Monday – Texture And Whimsy
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 she and others found to place in a vase this week.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
In 2014 I began joining Cathy at Rambling In The Garden to create a weekly vase. This exercise, called In A Vase On Monday, challenges garden bloggers to create and share cut flower arrangements each Monday using materials from our gardens. Sometimes my designs are simple, others are more formal, but collectively the vases highlight what is in bloom in the garden during the year. The larger story is told by checking out Cathy’s post each Monday and connecting to beautiful vases shared by gardeners from around the world.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
This week I knew I wanted a light and airy foliage to help define the shape of my vase. Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ is healthier than usual, perhaps buoyed by early spring rains. We are dry here now with high temperatures above 90F, so I do not know what is keeping the baptisia happy now, but it was an easy choice for today’s vase,
The heat is harsh and many flowers look worse for the wear. The Shasta daisies are in full bloom now and the fresh white blooms seemed too perfect not to use.
I think this is ‘Alaska’.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
I planned that dahlias would be the focal flowers but I could have stopped with just the baptisia and daisies in place and been satisfied.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
Clematis ‘Jackmanii’ only had one ragged flower today, but several nice seed heads.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
Lantana is just coming into flower this week. I selected several stems for some orange accents.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Lantana camara (Common lantana)
Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting sweet pea)
Leucanthemum x superbum (Shasta Daisy)
Foliage
Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’
Clematis ‘Jackmanii’
Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting sweet pea)
Vase
Vintage 4 Ceramic Urn
I like the swirly movement as seen from overhead.
In A Vase On Monday – Daisy Fresh
Many thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us an opportunity to share flower-filled vases each week. Visit her to discover what she and others found to place in a vase this first Monday in July. Peace.
In A Vase On Monday – June Coda
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share cut flowers from our gardens.
Days of generous rains are gone, but we did get a thunderstorm Sunday evening. Heat and humidity are settled in for summer. Fireflies are out. The month of June has flown quickly past but not before ushering in a host of summer blooms.
In A Vase On Monday – June Coda
With gladioli nearly finished, dahlias and phlox pick up the pace.
Phlox, Dahlia, Gladiolus
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ and Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Materials
Flowers
Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Gladiolus, unknown white
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ (Lil’ Ruby dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea)
Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting sweet pea)
Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchid)
Phlox paniculata ‘Robert Poore’ (Garden phlox)
Foliage
Vase
Black-glazed ceramic square
Two grocery-store moth orchids, each purchased several years ago, began reblooming in late February. One finished last week and I decided to go ahead and cut the other’s flower stalk for today’s vase. Its color details are picked up by other materials in the vase.
In A Vase On Monday – June Coda
Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchid)
Today’s flowers were inserted into a large florist’s pin set in a plastic black tray, and tucked into a deep, square black saucer. I had trouble with the composition and rearranged for more than an hour. After many iterations I ran out of time. I had planned a spare Ikebana-style design, but was too wedded to using as many of the collected flowers as possible. Lesson learned.
In A Vase On Monday – June Coda
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Virgie’s Rose
Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’
Salvia greggii ‘Furman’s Red’ (Autumn Sage)
Hemerocallis (Daylily) from Mercers’ in Fayetteville, NC
Hemerocallis (Daylily) from Mercers’ in Fayetteville, NC
Hemerocallis (Daylily) from Mercers’ in Fayetteville, NC
Hemerocallis (Daylily) from Mercers’ in Fayetteville, NC
Hemerocallis (Daylily) from Mercers’ in Fayetteville, NC
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Bumblebee (Bombas) on Salvia uliginosa ‘Blue Sky’ (Bog sage)
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase of cuttings from our gardens.
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
Today’s flowers include the only one of 15 Lily Asiatic ‘Royal Sunset’ the rabbits did not eat last week. The salvaged lily stem had 3 buds, 2 of which opened. Petals are a bit tired now but by bringing them inside early at least I got to see the color—it is a bit of sunset. In fact all the colors in today’s vase would be right at home in a sunset.
Lily Asiatic ‘Royal Sunset’
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
Gladiolus
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’
Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’
Gladiolus ‘Espresso’ (dark red) and unknown white
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ (Lil’ Ruby dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea)
Lily Asiatic ‘Royal Sunset’
Foliage
Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ (Wormwood)
Dahlia leaves
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Passionate Blush’ (Butterfly Gaura)
Itea virginica ‘Sprich’ LITTLE HENRY (Virginia sweetspire)
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ (Beardtongue)
Vase
Crystal pedestal dish
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
The flowers were styled into a plastic 6-inch Lomey dish. Afterwards I tried several vases before settling on the low crystal pedestal. Below is the vase from last week’s ‘Espresso’ gladioli. I didn’t want to use it again so soon, but it does show how the vase affects the final design. The large vase fits it well but I had in mind a lower design.
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
In A Vase On Monday – Summertime Sunset
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 she and others found to place in a vase this week. Peace and be well.
I intended to dig up dahlias last fall after first frost, but after joining a Facebook group and reading details of storing and dividing them to plant in spring, I was overwhelmed and just never made the move toward doing the work. Fortunately the winter was mild enough. Many of last year’s dahlias overwintered and seem ready to fill the garden with color this summer.
Longfield Gardens sent replacements for some mislabelled ones I received last year and for several that did not grow. I appreciate how very nice and friendly they have been to deal with. All spring sections of the borders have looked empty, covered in brown mulch, but finally these areas should come alive.
There is endless choice in types of dahlias one can grow. I might try to order another one or twelve. Do you have a favorite?
In A Vase On Monday – Café au lait
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens.
Finally a Dahlia ‘Café au lait’ bloomed true to its promise. We are very close to our first freeze in central North Carolina and so this may be the only one the garden produces this year.
In A Vase On Monday – Café au lait
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia ‘Café au lait’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Foliage
Container
Porcelain Ikebana vase, Georgetown Pottery, Maine. Triangle Blue Wave (6.5″W x 6.5″L x 2″H)
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us an opportunity to share flower designs across the world. Visit her to discover what she and others found to place In A Vase On Monday.
In A Vase On Monday – Fall Fusion
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens.
Today’s vase began as a feature of pink chrysanthemums and camellias and purple cleome. Unfortunately the camellias proved fragile, with all but one losing their petals as soon as I began arranging. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hana-Jiman’ has been blooming for a couple weeks. Perhaps it will cooperate better another time.
In A Vase On Monday – Fall Fusion
There were not enough of my passalong Chrysanthemum ‘Sheffield Pink’ to complete the arrangement. Fortunately I had collected and conditioned an assortment of other flowers, enough to cobble together a finished look. It resembles nothing of the delicate design I had envisioned, but it does illustrate the fair variety of blooms still showing up in the garden the last week of October.
In A Vase On Monday – Fall Fusion
In A Vase On Monday – Fall Fusion
Materials
Flowers
Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Buddleja davidii ‘Adokeep’
Camellia sasanqua ‘Hana-Jiman’
Chrysanthemum ‘Sheffield Pink’ (Hardy Chrysanthemum)
Cleome hassleriana (Spider Flower)
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Lathyrus latifolius (Perennial Sweet Pea)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
Zinnia
Foliage
Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry)
Gardenia jasminoides ‘August Beauty’
Salvia rosmarinus (rosemary)
Container
Ceramic vase
In A Vase On Monday – Fall Fusion
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In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens.
Autumn slipped in with cooler temperatures for a few days last week, but summer persisted. No rain, no rain is the garden’s sad mantra. Week after week the skies are unable to weep.
Dahlias and zinnias, mainstays of the summer garden have given notice. The plants signal distress through browning leaves and withering stems, giving fair warning they are tired, they are tired. And yet they put on another smile and get through the show one more time.
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
The red zinnia palette inspires this week’s vase.
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
A few stems of Buddleja and garden phlox bring a hint of purple and varying form.
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
Dahlia ‘Tsuku Yori No Shisha’ is a white semi-cactus beauty that is finally beginning to produce more flowers. Its strong personality adds a vivacious boost to the vase. I read it is an old variety, bred in 1953 and its name means “messenger from the moon.”
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
Just ripening Callicarpa berries and foliage make an attractive filler.
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
Dahlia ‘David Howard’ and ‘Gallery Art Deco’ effortlessly blend into the mix.
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
Materials
Flowers
Buddleja davidii ‘Adokeep’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Phlox paniculata ‘Robert Poore’
Zinnia
Foliage
Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry)
Container
Ceramic Urn Stamped “Vintage 4”
In A Vase On Monday – September Color and Form
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In A Vase On Monday – Posy Poses
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens.
This week I pondered what else to do with dahlias and zinnias, the two summer staples of my still very dry garden this year. Both have a “cut and come again” nature that keeps the house filled with fresh flowers.
Zinnias had the limelight last week so I limited today’s offerings to simple monochromatic posies using my two most productive dahlias: Dahlia ‘David Howard’ and D. ‘Gallery Art Deco.’ Without producing rain, cloudy overcast skies have teased relentlessly, making it a challenge to capture the flowers at their best, but I hope you can see the earnest expressions of beauty on their faces.
In A Vase On Monday – Posy Poses
I admire D. ‘David Howard’ for its apricot-orangey color range and the subtle softness of its rounded petals. Its dark foliage is also an asset. This matte-glazed vase in complementary blue came from an Eno Festival artist many years ago.
In A Vase On Monday – Posy Poses
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
D. ‘Gallery Art Deco’ is pretty as a sunset. Its petals are slightly twisted with pointed tips.
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
For this quick arrangement I placed a spray of gaura into the floral pin of a favorite Ikebana vase, followed by a few stems of D. ‘Gallery Art Deco’ and a Sedum ‘Autumn Joy.’
In A Vase On Monday – Posy Poses
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’ and Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Materials
Flowers
Dahlia ‘David Howard’
Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Passionate Blush’ (Butterfly Gaura)
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Foliage
Container
Small matte-glazed blue ceramic vase
Porcelain Ikebana vase. Rectangle Blue Zen (6.75L x 3.75W x 2H inches)
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us an opportunity to share flower designs across the world. Visit her to discover what she and others found to place In A Vase On Monday.
