I snipped the content's of this week's 'In A Vase On Monday' in anticipation of some wet weather today but it now looks as if we might have a better day than originally forecast. It will be milder which will be welcome after some biting chilly winds over the last few days.
In my vase are companions, well in fact next door neighbours in the garden. They are :
- A single leaf of arum italicum var. Mamoratum - this plant has really grown in spread this year and needs dividing. I will have to look up how and when the best time is to do this. As well as growing in stature it has gifted me with some seedlings for the first time. which when slightly larger will be extricated and either potted on and then eventually planted or shared.
- A single sprig of one of my favourite spring plants, the artist formerly know as dicentra spectablis alba also known as 'Bleeding Hearts'. The form of the flowers is fascinating. I refuse to learn the new name which is ugly and which I also find difficult to remember and spell. This perennial which goes completely underground in winter, always amazes me each spring as it seems to appear in the blink of an eyelid and then is flowering in no time at all. It has a a clump of snowdrops in front of it and the dicentra is planted behind and just to one side. I had a trio of dicentra at one point but the other two plants have disappeared. In the latest episode of 'Gardener's World' Monty Don demonstrated how to take cuttings in the same way as dahlia cuttings but the growth on my plant is too advanced to do this. I think that the programmes are filmed a good ten days or so before they get to our screens. I must try to divide it when it first shows next year which I've done in the past or even treat myself to two new plants. It was really too bright when I took my photo but after waiting some time standing in a chilly wind waiting for the sun to go in I decided that it wasn't going to happen. Of course it did as soon as I got back in the house!
The vase is tiny being just over 5 centimetres or 2 inches high and has the distinction of being the second smallest vase I have.
My thanks as always to Cathy who blogs over at 'Rambling In The Garden' and who welcomes fellow blogger's contributions of vases both little and large every Monday.
A small and very choice arrangement Anna. Those black marks on the Arum are a great addition, and like you I very much like the white bleeding hearts. Mine too has just started but I would not like to risk the plant by chopping a piece off. I have three seedlings which I moved to a shady place last year, and I am hoping they will be my 'reserve' or next generation plants.
ReplyDeleteA lovely arrangement Anna. I like the distinctive arum leaf and the little vase itself is perfect with its textured pattern.
ReplyDeleteI love the green detail on the dicentra, not something I was a aware of as I haven't ever had the white form (and my red one disappeared, as your others seem to have done too). The arum leaf is always a great accompaniment, but goes especially well with white blooms, and your second teeniest vase is perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw bleeding hearts drawn in a book - I thought they were invented by the artist. Yet another unbelievable form for a flower.
ReplyDeleteI love the simple elegance of this arrangement, Anna. Bleeding hearts, especially the white form, have always appealed to me but they seem to immediately self-destruct upon planting in my climate.
ReplyDeleteLovely. I have a white dicentra just poking out of the ground and as soon as I noticed it I put a transparent bucket over it to protect it from frost. They are such pretty flowers, and I think the arum leaf is a perfect companion.
ReplyDeleteWow your garden is weeks ahead of ours and such a bright warm spot to just sit and admire with that vase.
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