In a Vase on Monday. 11th Anniversary.

Cathy , the fagot of the vas has enquire her blogging friend to connect her in lionise 11 years of host this popular meme . Every Monday , year in , year out , Cathy has produced a vase of bloom for us to enjoy . She is the captain of invention with her clever and often witty enjoyment of props to complement her lovely vas . I have get together in now and again over the old age but not for a while . But over the class of blogging Cathy has become a friend and so I could n’t miss her special occasion . She wants our vases to have the number 11 as a root which is quite a poser . All I could guess of was ’ 11 pipers piping ’ from the Christmas song ‘ On the First Day of Christmas ’ but we are still only November so it ’s a bit early . Besides I do n’t have any pipers . I bet Cathy would n’t let that stop her . She probably has shipment of bagpiper in her charming prop drawer and if she did n’t have any pipers she could make them . But I do n’t have Cathy ’s creative imagery so all I could come up with is 11 different plants ; mostly flowers but some foliage . We are going to have frosts this week so it is in force to bring in these flowers inside to enjoy when the rest if the garden sprain to soggy , frozen pulp .

The main feature of my vase is my lovely chrysanthemums . I used just the pinkish single . ,Chrysanthemum‘Mavis Smith ’ , ‘ Jolie Rose ’ and ‘ Suffolk Pink ’ . My two clumps ofNerine undulata‘Seaton ’ are still conk out warm after week of lightening up the garden . So I had to let in some of them . Two different hydrangea came in at number three , one of them , Hydrangea macrophylla‘Ayesha ’ has clump of little cupful - shaped flowers and is a great favourite of mine . The other is a lacecap which came from a cutting I adopt some time ago ; begged , borrowed or stolen , I ca n’t remember which . For number four , I break up dahlia off my hybrid Frankenstein ’s monster tree dahlia . It is still blooming freely . Then for number five , we have sage . I usedSalvia‘Amistad ’ andSalvia ‘ Wild Water Melon ’ . Then I blame some nebulizer of the fuchsia I boast in my up-to-the-minute Six on Saturday . I am still not trusted which it is , but it gives a bit of dangle to the arrangement . I brought a cut ofPersicaria amplexicauliswith me when I move , I ’m not indisputable which one it is , possibly ‘ Blackfield ’ . It seems this has now come back to its original name of ‘ Bistorta”I do n’t know how we are expected to keep up . Anyway , whatever its name , it provides a flake of spikiness . The little thistle - like flowers ofSerratula tinctoriavar.seoaniiare still blend strong and so we have some of this too . One magenta flower ofGeranium psilostemonbrought us up to telephone number nine and for ten and eleven we have the foliage ofPittospermum tenufolium‘Victoria ’ which is always utile for winter arrangements and some of the genus Acer I pruned the other daytime .

To celebrate Cathy ’s 11th anniversary I have made a collage of eleven vases I have lead over the years .

I am bad I am a turn late to the party but I went out to pick the flower and got cark by various tasks call out to be done . I am sure that as gardeners you will know precisely what I mean . In the end it is thirst , hunger or darkness which drives you inside . Thanks toCathyatRambling in the Gardenfor the years of pleasure and encouragement she has given to all the many people who keep up her meme and link up in with lovely vessel of flowers from their garden .

22 Responses toIn a Vase on Monday. 11th Anniversary.

Thirst , hungriness and darkness .. my husband would agree with you on that , he often has to bring me in ! What a brilliant vase .

Yes , I understand what you say about “ distraction ” for certain . Your vase is endearing , as are the others you share . The flowers , foliage , and your arrangement are beautiful , along with the actual vessel , itself . 🙂

Beth @ PlantPostings.com

In a Vase on Monday. 11th Anniversary.