In a Vase on Monday: Fruity!

Another week of unseasonably cool and wet weather has kept me out of the garden this week. Nonetheless, I have been picking flowers, blueberries and vegetables in between showers, sowing some Echinacea and browsing my favourite websites for spring bulbs… I still have to slim down my long list though, as I remind myself of all the planting involved!

Sunday afternoon was like much of last week and I had to make use of the gaps between showers to cut some flowers for my Monday vase. And it is looking very much like late summer…

The yellow perennial Rudbeckia are flowering so a few were cut as a starting point… these were actually watered in our dry period as they were on the brink of shrivelling up completely, but they have bounced back and their bright lemony yellow is most welcome!

A tall mandarin Zinnia (not sure of its name) adds to the citrus vibes, along with some orange Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’.

I then decided to cut a Dahlia – yes, I succumbed to temptation and have grown a couple again this year… this is Dahlia ‘Mango Madness’.  A little underwhelming on its own, but with some orange and some peachy Calendula certainly vase-worthy.

And at the centre is a creamy banana coloured Echinacea called ‘Harvest Moon’. Yum!

Finally, some dark grape-red Physocarpus foliage, a sprig of dark-leafed Hypericum, some Eryngium leaves and some golden grasses (Calamagrostis and Stipa gigantea) decorate the fruity mix.

Why not visit Rambling in the Garden, and see what our host Cathy and other contributors have found for picking this week.

Have a good week,

and

Happy Gardening!