In a Vase on Monday: Dreikönigstag

I am joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for the first vase of 2025, and am looking forward to another year of this lovely meme, which brightens up Mondays no end.

Today is the last bank holiday of the Christmas and New Year season in Bavaria – Heilige Drei Könige, otherwise known as Dreikönigstag, or Epiphany in English, and literally translated as ‘Holy Three Kings Day’.  So my vase still has a slightly festive feel to it.

However, by the end of the week the last of the decorations will have been cleared away, although some lights may stay up a while. In some parts of the country the tree is even left standing until Maria Lichtmess (Candlemas) on February 2nd. As you can see, the calendar here reflects the Catholic traditions which are still recognized and celebrated in this corner (and many other parts) of Germany.

So I collected my materials for a vase rather leisurely this morning. The sun has reappeared, albeit a watery one, and the temperatures are surprisingly mild.

The vase contains three stems of Cornus sanguinea, some summer flowering Allium seedheads, a sprig of Broom, an Agastache seedhead, some Stipa, Eragrostis and Pennisetum, and at the base some Epimedium leaves which I find particularly charming to look at close up.

Have a great week, and if you are in the pathway of freezing weather, stay warm!