In a Vase on Monday: Scraps from the garden

Floral pickings are relatively spare right now but I managed to cobble together some scraps from the garden for a small arrangement that doesn't include my year-round bloomers this week.  As Christmas decorations have begun to fill the house, there's less space for vases anyway.

The Osteospermum blooms front and center here are seedlings that came up in the middle of the dirt path that runs behind my backyard border.  They appear to be offspring of Osteospermum '4D Silver', which I haven't been able to find for some time and which I'd never thought would come up true to form from seed.

Back view featuring the globe daisies (Globularia x indubia) that recently reappeared

Top view

Clockwise from the upper left: Argyranthemum 'White Butterfly', noID Ceanothus, Globularia x indubia, Osteospermum '4D Silver', Vitex trifolia 'Purpurea', and Westringia fruticosa 'Morning Light'

As the arrangement I created two weeks ago is still sitting on the dining room table (minus only the Mangave bloom spikes), the new arrangement landed on the kitchen island.

I attempted another wreath this year but, running out of patience and struggling with a backache, it failed to live up to my expectations.  I erred in failing to hydrate the cut stems overnight after I assembled the materials in small bundles before wiring them to a metal frame the next morning.  My guess is that it won't hold up long even hung outside.

I interspersed bundles of Coleonema 'Sunset Gold', Chondropetalum elephantipes and Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' (shown upper right) with berries of a noID Cotoneaster (middle right) and bundles of Leucadendron 'Chief' and Prunus caroliniana (lower right).  I found ribbon that looked like burlap (if it was wired and infused with a dusting of gold glitter) in my gift wrap stash.

I brought home a pre-made pine wreath when we picked up our Christmas tree on Friday.  I always embellish these with cuttings from the garden, although I used a lighter touch than usual this year.

In addition to the ribbon I've reused for years now, I added an angel, more Cotoneaster berries, and Leucadendron 'Blush'.  The last were leftovers from last week's vase.