This time my start of the week vase is a variation on a theme, or should I say a continuation of last Monday's resurrection theme. By the way I forgot to say in that post is that our resurrection special often tastes better than the original Sunday roast dinner! Anyway two of last week's vase occupants survived perhaps because the vase remained in the cooler temperatures of the greenhouse. It was dropping little bits of white and pink in its wake so I thought that it would stay put. Some of the flowers stems in fact departed earlier in the week.
Still going strong though were a spray of the graceful hardy annual ammi visnaga as well as a couple of flowers of rudbeckia 'Sahara'. This rudbeckia is a mix of different colours and although this shade isn't my favourite it is more than welcome at this time of year.
Joining them also with a swap of vase, are two picked in the November gloom and dampness newcomers. The first is a stem of a rather dog-eared geranium 'Rozanne', which is an outstanding hardy perennial hardy geranium. If only it had scent it would be perfect! I think that vase life will be short but will be keeping an eye out to see what happens. Hiding her head bashfully is a stem of the climbing rosa 'Bathsheba' which you can see more clearly in the photo below.
The temperatures have most decidedly started to dip and not only have we had much more in the way of rain we had our first frost of the winter. It was a light frost but that combined with all the wet will see me clearing up the remaining soggy annuals and dahlia foliage in the next few days. The last green waste collection of the year is next Monday so I want to make sure I fill that bin to the brim. Collection resumes towards the end of February.
I see that our lovely host Cathy who blogs over at 'Rambling In The Garden' is making some special plans to celebrate the ninth anniversary of the inspiring and friendly weekly happening that is 'In A Vase On Monday'. I'm really looking forward to joining in and to meeting some of my blogging friends. Hope to see you there!
It's amazing how flower lifespans vary. Your specimens look at home and happy in the green vase, which seems a perfect container. Bathsheba is striking. Hope to join in next week!
ReplyDeleteIt may be new to my vase family but it's already becoming a favourite 😀 Hope to see you on Sunday!
DeleteI often have vases with previous week's flowers rearranged. Your vase looks very nicely refreshed, and the addition of the blue geranium is a lovely counterpoint. Yes we too love 'resurrection' dinners. Sometimes I cook extra just to use that way! Enjoy your week.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit and comment Noelle 😀 I've slipped week old flowers into previous vases before now but not from two weeks back as far as I can recall. We usually do extra veg if we think that that the meat will stretch out over one meal.
DeleteGosh Anna, your local authority is very stingy with its green waste collections - do you have to pay for yours now? What about all people's hedge trimmings and prunings, as this will be peak time for that, surely? Ours doesn't stop till January and even then it may just be one week we miss. Bathsheba is a pretty pale apricot and seeing it in your vase it means I don't need to clmer to the back of the woodland edge border to remind myself what the newish climbing rose I have there is!! I rather like that colourway of Sahara - although I would thrilled with any colour if I ever managed to get any germinated and to flowering stage 🤣 The longevity of your ammi is amazing!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely stingy as you point out Cathy! We have paid for several years now and I think I paid £37 this time. I'm not sure on the logic of how the council works out a pause period in the collection cycle. I would certainly appreciate and use my green bin even if the collection was reduced to once a month over the winter. You are most lucky indeed with your service. Glad to have saved you a scamble 😀 The ammi was a gift from a friend and was sown later in spring I think but it has lasted well.
DeleteI love the Rudbeckia! Your vase contains 3 flowers I couldn't hope to see in my own garden even in the mildest summer, much less November.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you Kris for your kind words especially when you have such a seemingly vast and infinite treasure trove in your wonderful vases 😂
DeleteGorgeous combination. The Rudbeckia outstanding, the rose enchanting.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit and kind words 😄
DeleteThat's a very unusual rudbeckia, Anna - I wouldn't have guessed that's what it was unless you had told us! Is it an annual in your climate?
ReplyDelete'Sahara' is a really good mix of different colours Horticat. It's a half-hardy tender perennial here. It might survive winters in the warmer and drier parts of England but here I've only managed to get it through the winter on a couple of occasions. Even then not all the plants survived and then their growth was rather puny. It's now a must sow every spring 😄
DeleteKaren - I must apologise for deleting your comment whichI had only just caught a glimpse of 😢 Blogger has really been playing up of late. Thanks for commenting. I will pop over to your blog later.
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Such a pretty combination of the last flowers. The rose looks wonderful still, even in November! That must be tricky not having a green bin in winter. We have our own compost area on the garden as there is no collection here, but our town has an area for garden waste open all year round. What do people do with their Christmas trees?! I am looking forward to the meeting on Sunday too!
ReplyDeleteVery spring like colours.
ReplyDeleteHi Anna, it was so nice to finally meet you last night. It's good to have a face to connect to. :) I always got alerted by mail when you published a new post. Not so any more and I was getting worried. Just saw that you posted a vase last week. You seemed a little down yesterday. I do hope that things will start to look brighter again for you soon. Your posy is delightful, I love Sahara. Best wishes x
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