Wednesday, March 23, 2016

In a Vase: Quiet Hues

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For this week's vase, I wanted to use some of the lovely cool-coloured flowers that have begun blooming in the garden lately.  It was the purple honeywort (Cerinthe major purpurea) that began the idea.
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And then rose Sterling Silver also had blooms available for cutting.
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And after last week's experiment with the white jasmine, I decided to slip in some pure white blooms from my potted florist's cyclamen.  This has been a splendid plant, and I hope to oversummer it indoors once it goes dormant; I'm told this can be done!  In the meantime, it continues to bloom its heart out.
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Pale purple flowers are sprinkled all over the lemon thyme now, so that went in for foliage with a bit of extra bloom.  I also transferred four stalks of now-dried Ozothamnus diosmifolius from last week's vase.  Their little pearl flowers go just as well with this, and they have dried so nicely that I think I should cut some more to save back.
ozothamnus diosmifolius, lemon thyme, thymus, citriodora, monday vase meme, small sunny garden, desert garden, amy myers
And then there was a tulip.  Tulipa saxatalis is proving its mettle out in the garden: blooming with no significant winter chill and, at the moment, withstanding quite a bit of wind.  As it is multi-flowered, I saw no harm in clipping a bloom for the vase, but it has not been so happy indoors.  Perhaps it is just the lower light, or perhaps I simply waited too long to cut it.  At any rate, I left it in the bouquet, where its light pink-purple seemed perfect anyway.
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Taking the cool tones in a different direction, I used a stoneware pot that I made years ago.  It is a soft blue-green, a colour derived from the presence of copper in the glaze.
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This week's vase is being posted on Tuesday as I found myself out of camera battery yesterday.  In the meantime, the roses opened a little further.

Linking with all sorts of March flowers at Rambling in the Garden, where Cathy kindly hosts this wonderful meme every week.
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6 comments:

  1. The vase and its contents are beautiful, Amy. Cerinthe is a subtle but very pretty bloom and its foliage complements the celadon color of the vase perfectly.

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    1. Thanks so much, Kris! I'm really enjoying the foliage color from the Cerinthe - both inside and outdoors!

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  2. Your vase has such lovely muted colors, they go so well with the soft green vase. It's great to see another potter's work, Amy. I'm amazed to see the Cerinthe blooming already, the year I grew them they didn't bloom until fall. The brown Ozothamnus flowers blend so well with the rose and tulip colors.

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    1. Thanks a lot, Hannah! Glad you enjoyed the pot; until I started the blog, I rarely arranged flowers so it's been quite interesting to find out how my pots actually work with flowers in them... I love the soft tones of that Ozothamnus!

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  3. Breathtaking! I just love the color combinations and the lovely shade of green in the pot. You have such a lovely way of arranging flowers and a wonderful sense of color too. I love this Cerinthe and am wondering if I could try it here. It may not like our summers but perhaps it might be a consideration for late winter/spring.

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    1. The Cerinthe has worked beautifully as a winter/spring plant. It's said to self-seed too, which would be wonderful. So glad you like the colors; that's always one of my favorite parts of arranging the flowers :)

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