My
May favorites post focused on the coral and red colors in one of by backyard beds and I found I couldn't shake my preoccupation with that color palette when it came time to select plants for this week's vase. I had friends over for lunch on Saturday so my vase was prepared Friday night and photographed Saturday morning this week so it'd be in position to greet my visitors when they arrived.
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| Front view |
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| Back view |
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| Top view |
I didn't actually use any of the plants featured in my May favorites post. There's plenty of material in the same color range scattered through other areas of the garden. Here's a closer look at the individual elements:
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Grevillea 'Superb' (framed by Abelia 'Kaleidoscope'), Achillea 'Moonshine', Agonis flexuosa 'Nana', Bignonia capreolata, Euphorbia 'Dean's Hybrid', and Tanacetum niveum |
And here's the finished product stationed opposite the front door:
For more flower and foliage creations, constructed from materials at the fingertips of participating gardeners,
visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, the host of "In a Vase on Monday." For those of you in the US, best wishes for a wonderful holiday and the unofficial start of summer.
All material © 2012-2016 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party
