After failing in my plan to create a fall-themed vase resplendent with oranges and reds last week, I powered ahead with that image in mind this week. As appears to have become my habit, I got carried away with my snipping, ending up with material ample enough to fill 2 vases. The colors are similar and I used some of the same types of plants in each but I think they still have distinct personalities.
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| Front view with Grevillea 'Superb' and the berries of Auranticarpa rhombifolia fighting for center stage |
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| The lop-sided back view |
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| I had a heck of a time trying to get a top view of this arrangement and the dark tones of the Leucadendron (top of photo) seem to battle with the brighter tones of the vase's other contents |
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| Clockwise from the upper left, the vase contains: Grevillea 'Superb'; berries of Auranticarpa rhombifolia, which look like miniature pumpkins; berries of a noID Cotoneaster, which planted itself in my garden; Leucadendron salignum 'Chief' in its somber winter colors; Nandina domestica; and orange Zinnias from a 'Profusion' mix |
The first vase was overstuffed. Eliminating the
Leucadendron would have given it an airier feel but, once stems are cut, I'm usually loathe to toss them out and I didn't have the patience to build yet another vase. The second vase is a bit more balanced but it could probably have done with fewer stems too.
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| This vase features Grevillea 'Ned Kelly' (aka 'Mason's Hybrid'), which unlike 'Superb' has tones more red than pink |
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| Maybe I should have skipped the Cuphea tucked into the back of the vase but I'd wanted to trim the shrubs back to make them bushier |
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| Top view: molten lava! |
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| Clockwise from the upper right, this vase contains: Grevillea 'Ned Kelly'; Cuphea 'Vermillionaire'; "flowers" of a noID Leucadendron I planted shortly after we moved in (maybe L. 'Blush'); more Nandina domestica foliage; Nandina berries; and 2 early blooms of Papaver nudicaule (aka Iceland poppy) from one of my cutting beds |
Although we don't get much in the way of fall color in my area of Southern California, I'm happy that I was at least able to conjure up some of the season's warm tones this week. Here are the vases in their places:
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| The first vase in the front entry |
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| The second vase on the dining room table |
For more vases, visit Cathy, the host of this weekly "IaVoM" meme,
at Rambling in the Garden.
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