It poured here on Saturday but as I had a busy Sunday planned I plunged into the garden and cut everything within easy reach before dashing back in the house to shake myself off. I shoved everything into a vase Saturday night and photographed my arrangement early Sunday before I left the house. This is a long-winded way of explaining why the contents of this week's "In a Vase on Monday" are crammed especially tightly, even by my standards.
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| Grevillea 'Superb' got me started. All the Grevillea flowers shown here are part of a single stem. |
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| The Euphorbia rigida shown in the back view is a holdover from the "tulip" vase created 2 weeks ago |
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| Freesias flop under normal circumstances but rain often leaves them plastered to the ground so I cut a few of those stems too |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Agonis flexuosa 'Nana', Argyranthemum frutescens, Cuphea 'Vermillionaire', Euphorbia rigida, Freesia, Lotus berthelotii 'Amazon Sunset', Prunus laurocerasus and, in the middle, Grevillea 'Superb'. Also included but not photographed (because it's been obscured by other plants) is Grevillea alpina x rosmarinifolia. |
On my run through the garden on Saturday, I noticed that the first of the pre-sprouted tulips I planted a few weeks ago was blooming and I briefly considered cramming it into this vase as well but I held off on the assumption that I could use these flowers next week. However, on a tour of my garden Sunday afternoon a blogger friend pointed out that something had snapped the head off one of the tulips so whether you'll see any of these in a future vase is anybody's guess.
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| It seems that even when Mother Nature provides favorable weather conditions, the prospects for growing tulips in my garden may be dim |
Last week's vases are still in passable shape so I stopped at one vase this week. It's sitting on the dining room table. For more Monday vases,
visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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