My roses are starting to bloom. The beautiful noID lavender rose had two large blooms I couldn't resist cutting for my contribution to "In a Vase on Monday," the weekly meme hosted by Cathy at
Rambling in the Garden. I thought I'd match them with some of the other lavender blooms I had in the backyard but the roses have a lot of pink in them and the other flowers looked dull by comparison. So, I improvised.
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The lavender rose came with the house. Unlike some of my other inherited roses, it had no identification tag. While its color and scent reminds me of
'Angel Face', the blooms are larger than those of the cultivar I had in my former garden but perhaps this shrub is simply more robust than my former specimen.
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| Clockwise from the upper left, the vase contains: 2 stems of the noID lavender rose; a noID Alstroemeria; a noID Antirrhinum, shown here with Heuchera maxima, a California native; Argyranthemum frutescens 'Angelic Giant Pink'; Hebe 'Wiri Blush', shown with a peek of Penstemon parryi; and what I think is Prunus laurocerasus |
I REALLY didn't intend to put together a second vase this week. But then I discovered that one of the
Hippeastrum I planted in the succulent bed along the street 3 years ago was in bloom. I'd been waiting weeks for the bud to open. I figured it wouldn't be in good shape for next week's vase so I went ahead and cut the stem, then hurriedly collected foliage and flowers to accompany it.
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| Clockwise from the left, the vase contains stems of: Hippeastrum cybister 'Emerald', Agonis flexuosa 'Nana', Coprosma repens 'Plum Hussey', Heuchera 'Bressingham Hybrids', and Leucadendron 'Pisa' |
The two arrangements properly dressed up the house to celebrate Easter and the official start of spring. The lavender rose arrangement sits on the dining room table. (I finally tossed the
Cymbidium and the rest of that vases's contents.)
Last week's pink arrangement in the master bedroom was replaced by the vase with the
Hippeastrum.
Speaking of Easter, my brother sent me his own personal Easter greeting, in the form of a photo he took in 2014.
While I'm sure you wouldn't be happy to find this hare in your garden, the look of annoyance on his face at being caught in the act, "deadheading" flowers, is precious. My brother is a much better photographer than I am. His 2015 garden photos can be found
here.
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