I'd planned to feature yellow roses in this week's vase, prepared in connection with the popular meme hosted by Cathy at
Rambling in the Garden. One of my 'Buttercream' rose shrubs has been working hard to produce blooms since the weather cooled the weekend before last. But then temperatures heated up again before cooling once more this past weekend and the roses were left looking rather sad. So I went hunting for a substitute and ended up with a little of this and a little of that, creating a cheerful bouquet better suited to the start of autumn than the pale yellow roses.
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| This week, the back view of the vase is almost as pretty as the front view |
The jumping off point for the new color scheme was
Russelia equisetiformis 'Flamingo Park.'![]() |
| Russelia 'Flamingo Park' is shown here in a close-up with Grevillea 'Superb' |
Once I had my new color scheme, I was able to find a surprising number of complementary materials. This week's bouquet consists of:
- Abelia grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' (3 stems)
- Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame' (2 stems)
- Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin' (4 stems)
- Grevillea 'Superb' (1 stem)
- Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' (3 stems)
- Nandina domestica (1 stem)
- Russelia equisetiformis 'Flamingo Park' (2 stems)
- Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Honey Crisp Coleus'(1 stem)
- Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum' (5 stems)
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| The Digiplexis is still producing sporadic blooms - shown here with Grevillea on one side, Gaillardia on the other, and a coleus leaf in the back |
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| It's hard to pick a favorite when it comes to Leucadendron but 'Wilson's Wonder,' my 1st Leucadendron, is the one that most often causes me to stop in my tracks |
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| The unripe berries of the Nandina were the perfect color for this bouquet |
The vase is visible when you step through the front door, next to my favorite toad.
You can see Cathy's vase and those of other gardeners by
visiting Rambling in the Garden.
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