Next Sunday, May 10th, is Mother's Day in the US. Although my own mother, as well as my mother-in-law, are now gone, they've been on my mind of late as a close friend faced the loss of her mother. I was thinking of all 3 women as I cut flowers for this week's vase, prepared in connection with the meme hosted by Cathy at
Rambling in the Garden. It seemed only appropriate to dedicate my vases this week to these women.
This first vase was photographed on my back patio. It includes only 3 flowers, all of which are a challenge to photograph:
- Arthropodium cirratum)
- Coriandrum sativum
- Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride'
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| Arthropodium cirratum (aka Renga Lily) |
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| Coriandrum sativum (aka cilantro, coriander and Chinese parsley) |
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| Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride' |
The
Arthropodium is coming into bloom throughout the garden. Its tall stems allowed me to use a taller vase than those I usually select. The white flowers have a touch of gold and the vaguest hint of pinkish lavender in the center. Those colors and the similar shape in the flowers led me to select the
Solanum as a companion. The
Coriandrum adds a lacy quality.
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| Not the best photograph but it provides a side-by-side comparison of the Arthropodium and the Solanum flowers |
The flowers in the second vase were originally intended for inclusion in the first one but the composition was too crowded so I opted to put them in a separate vase.
This vase also contains only 3 ingredients:
- Agapanthus (no ID, probably A. praecox orientalis)
- Coriandrum sativum
- Limonium perezii (aka statice)
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| Top row: 2 different shades of blue Agapanthus; bottom row: Coriandrum and Limonium |
The vases both found places inside the house.
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| The first landed on the dining room table |
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| and the second on the entryway table |
To see other vases composed of flowers from the creators' own gardens,
visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. For those of you celebrating Mother's Day next week, best wishes!
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