In a Vase on Monday: Variations on a Theme

 

Another week has flown by and I am joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for her lovely meme again. Cathy invites us to join her every Monday in sharing something from our gardens, in a vase.

Well, as I look towards winter I am making the most of still having flowers and materials to bring indoors. So this week I again have several vases to share, but have linked them together with a theme: AUTUMN.

The centre piece is my small ikebana dish with Euonymus and Hawthorne berries, Viburnum foliage, and three seedheads of Queen Anne’s Lace in various stages of decay.

In my red autumn vase I have grouped some grasses – several different Miscanthus, some Stipa gigantea, Sporobolus and some Zebra grass.

A tiny vase has a few of the last flowers that are dotted around the meadow. I had to look for these, but I knew there were a few left from my walks with Anouk through the tall grass that is now collapsing and turning brown; a Knapweed flower, a moon daisy and a small white Achillea with some more seedheads and grasses.

And finally, some Asters from the flower beds – all the names are a jumble in my head right now, but the white one is A. ageratoides ‘Ashvi’. It is an enormous clump in the Moon Bed and looked lovely in the light of the full moon last week.

I am always surprised to have so much colour still at this time of year, but looking back at my blog in previous years I always say the same! My garden comes back to life in autumn after the hot and mostly dry summers we have, and my love of the season is no doubt reflected in my choice of plants too. The asters and grasses are highlights, and the chrysanthemums are still to come, so I am looking forward to more colour for a few weeks yet!

Thanks for visiting.

Have a good week, and happy gardening!