Yay, I have flowers to choose from! It always amazes me that in March I really have nothing and by mid-June the garden has become a jungle. It seems to take forever for the blooms to appear but then in the sudden heat, they do not last as long as they could, so I have learned to pick more flowers than I used to and bring inside where it is cooler. This always provides a lot of pleasure for floral compositions.
The Mock Orange, Philadelphus was the first to succumb to my secateurs this last week. Augmented with white Peonies, name unknown and using a ‘Bridal’ theme, I used Sweet Rocket, Hesperis matronalis, Lamb’s Ears, Stachys byzantina, Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla mollis and Artemesia ludoviciana, ‘Valerie Finnis’ all in a green metal ‘rose bowl’.
Bridal
For a complete change and to use some of the ‘brights’ in the garden at the moment, I mixed them all up into ‘Tutti Frutti’. Ranunculus, Anemones, Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia punctata, Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla mollis, Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, Clustered Bellflower, Campanula glomerata and Cress seed head. These are in a simple glass cube perfect for gift giving.
With their flowering season being so short I thought the peonies needed another spot in the limelight!
Candy Floss
Another ‘rose bowl’ full of peonies of unknown parentage.
Thank you to Cathy of ‘Rambling In The Garden’ for hosting this fun Monday activity. I hope you are able to visit her page for more floral inspirations.
https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/category/gardens/in-a-vase-on-monday
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