I've no drama to offer this week for "In a Vase on Monday," the weekly meme hosted by Cathy at
Rambling in the Garden. Frankly, I get more than enough drama every time I turn on the news these days so I'm all for limiting the drama and sadness in other parts of my life for the moment. Taking my lead from the sunflowers towering overhead in my cutting garden, I kept my plant palette simple and my colors bright and cheerful for this week's arrangements.
Vase #1:
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| Is there anything more bright and cheerful than a yellow sunflower? |
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| So far, almost all of the 'Flash Blend' sunflowers look alike |
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| Only one of the 5 or 6 Coreopsis 'Big Bang Redshift' I planted years ago is left in the garden but that plant is blooming well this year |
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| Clockwise from the left: Helianthus annuus 'Lemon Queen', noID Helianthus (from the 'Flash Blend' mix), Coreopsis 'Redshift', and Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' |
Vase #2:
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| The pink Eustoma grandiflorum (Lisianthus) have just about been forgotten this year but they're a nice match to the pink-edged yellow variety that recently flowered |
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| The back view of this vase (an ornamental teapot) is dominated by Ozothamnus diosmilifolius |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left, the vase contains: pink-edged yellow Eustoma grandiflorum, pink Eustoma, noID culinary Origanum, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Tanacetum parthenium, and Westringia 'Morning Light', left over from one of last week's vases (Used but not featured: Mentha spicata) |
There are still dahlias galore in the cutting garden but the white dinner-plate variety I had bloom last week was past its prime for use as vase material this week and
'Loverboy' and
'Terracotta' have already had their time at base. Hopefully, I'll have one or more new blooms to offer next week as
'Hakuyou', 'Punkin' Spice' and
'Fairway Spur' all currently have buds.
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