It's not spring here yet but perhaps my first vase will make you think it is. Winter in my area of Southern California is admittedly different from many places in the Northern Hemisphere. I hope those of you dealing with snow, ice and freezing temperatures will forgive me for pointing that out.
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| The blue Plumbago was the starting point for this arrangement. I came across it at my local garden center last week and couldn't pass up buying 2 plants to fill the large pots that sit outside my new lath (shade) house. |
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| The Plumbago flowers really are as blue as they appear in these photos |
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| The blue and purple Anemones came from inside my lath house |
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| Clockwise from the upper left, the vase contains: purple and blue Anemone coronaria, noID Lonicera japonica, Argyranthemum 'Go Daisy Mega White', Osteospermum '4D Silver', Rosmarinus officinalis, and, in the center, Plumbago auriculata 'Imperial Blue' |
The Hong Kong orchid tree (
Bauhinia x blakeana) in the front garden has been blooming more heavily than I can remember for well over a month now and, although past experience indicates that the flowers will not last long in a vase, I couldn't stop myself from cutting some this week.
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| I always believed that the tree bloomed best when the air was on the humid side but that must not be the factor I thought it was as December was unusually dry |
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| I found a surprising number of plants to complement the almost glow-in-the-dark Bauhinia blooms but they didn't all fit in the vase I selected |
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| The wire-thin stems of Gomphrena were the primary accent |
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| The vase contains Gomphrena decumbens 'Itsy Bitsy' (shown with Lobularia maritima), Bauhinia x blakeana, and Pseuderanthemum 'Texas Tri-star' |
Finding the right vase for the
Bauhinia stems proved a problem as the stems are top-heavy and need support. I ended up using a vase with a small opening that couldn't accommodate everything I'd cut so the extras went into a tiny vase that now sits by the kitchen sink.
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| The small vase contains Alternanthera 'Little Ruby', Ocimum hybrid 'African Blue Basil', and Persicaria capitata |
I moved this week's vases around a bit before they finally found their spots.
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| The blue vase sits in the front entry and the pink one on a side table in the living room |
Last week's vase remains in its place on the dining room table, looking little different than it did last week.
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| Ignore the blue tape on the wall in the background. My husband is starting another project, which I fear may involve drilling through walls. |
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