In a Vase on Monday: Floral Romance

I was in the UK recently and attended my niece’s wedding in Norfolk, on the East coast of England. The location was chosen for the simple fact that our family loves North Norfolk, having spent so many holidays there since my sister and I were very young.💕

It was such a romantic affair – the beautiful couple took their vows in a garden overlooking the sea, and the flowers everywhere were a dream. They came from a local florist that specializes in locally grown seasonal flowers. Here is a little glimpse of some of them: dahlias, zinnias, cosmos, hydrangeas, strawflowers, Japanese anemones… glorious!

 

Since returning home I have been thinking about those flowers and wondering if I will ever manage to grow such beautiful zinnias and dahlias in my exposed garden. I need to put my thinking cap on this winter! 😉

Well, I do have a couple of dahlias to share at least, as I join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for her weekly meme. I am still considering trying to save this particular tuber as the colours of Dahlia ‘Feline Yvonne’ are so gorgeous…

I coupled it with asters, anemones, verbena and silvery artemisia.

And on the reverse I added a sedum…

The golden colours of the perennial sunflowers tempted me to create another big vase full of autumn colour too, now that we are officially in autumn.

The Chrysopsis, which I also used a couple of weeks ago, is now fully open…

… as are the Helianthus Lemon Queen and Helianthus tuberosus (Topinambur). A sprig of dill, some more Verbena and Artemisia, Panicum, Persicaria ‘Blackfield’, a single Tithonia and two small orange dahlias (‘Bishop of Oxford’) complemented the yellows.

I think I will be harvesting the last of the zucchini and runner beans this week… amazing that they have kept going so long. There are, however, still an awful lot of green tomatoes… Recipes for green tomato chutney anyone? 😉

Wishing you all a wonderful golden autumn!



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