Four small rosebuds and a daisy went into today's vase. This is a tiny one, made up in a miniature creamer with its own saucer.
The little pitcher is all of two and a half inches high (about 6.5 cm), and the saucer extends to 5 inches (12.5 cm). Both are adorned with bright blue forget-me-nots, while butterflies and a dragonfly also make their appearance. The set was given me by my sister, who has an eye for ferreting these things out in the most unpromising shelves of "stuff". (For those interested, both pieces are stamped "Limoges/France", and I have no idea on the date.)
As for the contents of the bouquet, the yellow floribunda "Sun Flare" gave a few buds - smaller than they were a month ago, but still nicely formed. And since I recently planted a little marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens), I had one bright daisy for today as well.
The foliage is also from a new addition to the garden: a young pineapple sage (Salvia elegans), whose aromatic leaves have a good yellow glow to the green. The petioles are purple-red, providing an additional colour accent.
As always, it's great fun - if sometimes challenging - to join in Cathy's Monday Vase meme at Rambling in the Garden: a good place to go check out what others have created this week!
Happy Monday!
Amy how beautiful to see these roses especially in this beautiful creamer and saucer.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Donna! I've really enjoyed this little set, and it was just the right size for today's buds...
ReplyDeleteThe flowers pick up the gold detail on the china beautifully Amy. Simple, elegant and very, very prettyl!
ReplyDeleteI do love colour combinations of that sort! Thanks so much, Kris - glad you like it :)
ReplyDeleteA very sunny combination Amy, just what it needed in winter.
ReplyDeleteAnd I especially love the fact it is so tiny - it just shows us all that our vases can look just as delightful when they are not big and blousy. Thank you so much for this contribution (which reminds me I have a very teeny tiny jug like this too - somewhere....
ReplyDeleteI fully intended to use a regular-sized teacup - till I went outside and saw how tiny the buds were. This morning the roses have opened up nicely, however, and are looking just a bit crowded though still within scale. Thanks, Cathy :)
DeleteYes, we needed it even here as yesterday was grey and rainy... So glad you enjoyed it, Christina :)
ReplyDeletelovely work, Amy!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Laura! So sorry my reply is late; the comments seem to have become mixed up on this post... Happy Saturday :)
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