In a Vase on Monday: Luna and a Christmas Rose

Hippeastrum ‘Luna’ started flowering at the weekend with two stems at once and another in bud. I usually hesitate in cutting Hippeastrums, but the stems were curling and it seemed they needed more space. So one stem was cut for my appropriately shaped ‘Moon’ vase.

Hmm… a little colour would look nice with it. Well, there is very little in the way of garden flowers right now except a new Hellebore, or Christmas Rose. So I added one of the flowers that has been open for some time. Now I needed a little greenery!

Despite the cold wind I walked up to the woods adjacent to our garden. It was sheltered under the pines and spruce and I followed one of the deer paths across the soft pale green carpet of moss. It is so pretty in there, even on a grey and rainy day. I cut a small piece of spruce and then found a freshly fallen twig of pine – that was lucky as the branches are far too high up to cut and I didn’t want to disfigure any of the saplings. And then I found some ferns that were still quite green. Perfect!

I am joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for ‘In a Vase on Monday’, which encourages us to venture into our gardens (or the countryside) to find something for a vase – even on a cold and windy day in the middle of December when we barely expect to find anything. And then we do.

Thanks Cathy!

Have a great week!