I headed into the garden with one idea as to what I wanted for "In a Vase on Monday," the popular meme hosted by Cathy at
Rambling in the Garden, but I came back with something entirely different. Unlike Cathy, I don't usually do much with props but today's vase did bring one thing to mind: breakfast!
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| Yogurt and berries are my regular breakfast |
Unfortunately, I was hungry so I ate my prop before arranging my vase but here it is, prop-less:
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| Front view: The blue Eustoma grandiflorum were a last minute addition - they're perfect floral stand-ins for blueberries (and they were flopping in the garden on weak stems) |
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| Back view: Abelia x grandiflora has been blooming for months now |
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| Top view: The pink Eustoma (the color of my strawberry yogurt), almost hidden here, is not nearly as heavily petaled as those that bloomed earlier |
I hadn't planned on using
Eustoma grandiflorum (Lisianthus) this week, at least not the blue or pink forms, but the flowers I initially cut needed something to punch up the arrangement so in they crept.
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| Clockwise from the left, the vase contains: blue Eustoma grandiflorum, shown with cinnamon basil stems peeking out below; Abelia x grandiflora; Angelonia angustifolia (possibly 'Archangel Raspberry') with a noID pink-flowering Hebe; pale pink Eustoma; and burgundy and dark pink forms of Pelargonium peltatum (aka ivy geranium) |
While the vase shown above featured berry colors, it didn't include any actual berries. I remedied that with a second vase. Simpler than the first, it has only 3 ingredients.
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| Front view: The orange berries are making a solid effort to eclipse the Grevillea and Leucadendron here |
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| The back view is all about the Leucadendron |
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| The top view looks more balanced |
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| From the left, the vase contains: berries of Auranticarpa rhombifolia, Grevillea 'Superb' and Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' |
As other participants in this meme have commented, this meme can become addictive. Every time I consider skipping a week, I ask myself if I really want to go without flowers and/or foliage of some kind on my dining room table and, once I walk into the garden, the process takes hold and I find myself clipping a little of this and a little of that. So here we are, two vases to brighten the week:
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| One in the front entry |
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| One on the dining room table |
Visit Cathy to find what she and other participants have gathered from their gardens this week.
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