We got rain this weekend! Up through Friday, all I'd heard from the weather forecasters was that we had a
chance of rain over the weekend. Even Saturday morning, as it started to drizzle, the prediction was that our area would receive, at most, a quarter of an inch of rain. As it turned out, we received more than an inch and a half over the course of Saturday and Sunday. When I returned home late Sunday afternoon after an outing to celebrate a friend's birthday, I found everything was well soaked. Some flowers fared better than others.
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| These Narcissus blooms had been hammered |
Given the state of the
Narcissus by the back door, I decided that I'd best try to use them in this week's arrangement for "In a Vase on Monday," the meme sponsored by Cathy at
Rambling in the Garden. I chose to pair the
Narcissus with the winter "blooms" of
Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder,' which, also battered by rain, were leaning into the driveway.
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| While clipping stems of Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder,' I decided to take some of the yellow blooms of the Aeonium sitting alongside it too |
Here's what I came up with:
The vase contains:
- Aeonium flowers (no ID)
- Erysimum linifolium 'Variegatum'
- Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder,' with yellow bracts and cones masquerading as flowers
- Narcissus (no ID)
- Solenostemon scutellairiodes 'Honey Crisp' (currently on its last legs)
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| Close-up of Aeonium flowers |
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| Close-up of Leucadendron "flowers" |
But there were other flowers in need of saving too. The
Calliandra haematocephala, missed by the gardener's hedge trimmers during the holiday period, are sporting more blooms than usual so I clipped a few of those as well. They don't last long in a vase but they don't stay fresh on the shrub long either.
In addition to the
Calliandra stems, this vase included:
- Grevillea lavandulacea 'Penola'
- Leptospermum scoparium 'Pink Pearl'
- Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Fire Fingers' (also on its last legs)
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| Flowers and buds of Calliandra haematocephala (aka Pink Powder Puff) |
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| Grevillea lavandulacea 'Penola' is just coming into bloom |
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| Leptospermum scoparium 'Pink Pearl' |
Both vases found places where they can receive proper admiration.
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