In A Vase On Monday is a weekly blogging meme hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to encourage us to go into our gardens, gather cuttings or other things we might find, and bring them into the house and put them into some sort of container, usually a vase, to enjoy. This week I gathered some conkers from our Aesculus indica (Indian horse chestnut) along with some seed pods and nuts from other trees in our neighborhood to make some sort of arrangement in a shallow bowl. However, as time grew nearer I'd still not been inspired to do much with them except enjoy them sitting on the counter so I quickly ran out in the quickly fading daylight, secateurs in hand to see what might be interesting to bring inside and ended up with this:
The little arrangement, which sort of overpowers the delicate bleeding hearts, looks a little better here sans orange fabric.
A few Bleeding Hearts Dicentra formosa ssp. formosa, some ornamental grass, evergreen foliage and berries, just starting to take on their winter purple color, of Pernettya mucronata rubra, coleus foliage and spent flowers, and variegated Euonymus. Image may be NSFW.
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Thinking of the delicate pink of the Bleeding Hearts, I grabbed this demitasse cup, a yard sale find to function as a vase.
The plants arranged themselves in such a way that they mostly hid the container and don't look very good on this orange fabric that I thought would look autumnal.
The little arrangement, which sort of overpowers the delicate bleeding hearts, looks a little better here sans orange fabric.
Now hie thee forth to Cathy's blog to see her Monday arrangement and links to those of other bloggers and join in the fun by posting your own In A Vase On Monday creation!
