The inspiration for today's "In a Vase on Monday" post came from
yesterday's Bloom Day post. While viewing the photos I'd taken for that post, I was struck by the similarity in the colors of my
Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' and
Phylica pubescens, as well as their contrasting textures, and wondered how flowers of the two would look together.
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| Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder', planted along the driveway in the front garden (left), and Phylica pubescens in a pot on the back patio (right) |
Sunday morning, under gray skies, I cut stems from both plants and assembled several possible companions. When I found I wasn't pleased with the result of squeezing everything into a single vase, I split the contents into two separate vases.
Vase #1:
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| Simplifying the contents of this vase gave each element a chance to stand out and emphasized the textural contrast of the Leucadendron and the Phylica |
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| I used just a few stems of Abelia to fill in around the base of the Leucadendron stems in the back |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left, this vase contains: Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder', Phylica pubescens (aka Featherhead), yellow and orange forms of Papaver nudicaule, berries of Nandina domestica, and Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' |
Vase #2:
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| Even though the Grevillea I cut had a nice long stem, it got lost in the first vase so I reduced the stem by half and popped it into a smaller vase |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the left, this vase contains: Grevillea 'Ned Kelly', Abelia 'Kaleidoscope', Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun', G. 'Arizona Red', and more Nandina domestica berries |
Unlike many of my weekly creations, these two vases would complement one another. I separated them in the house but you can view them side-by-side.
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| The larger vase sits on the dining table and the smaller one sits in the front entry |
For more Monday vases,
visit our host, Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
All material © 2012-2017 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party
