In a Vase on Monday: Early Autumn

It is much cooler this week here and the garden feels very autumnal. Quite a bit of rain has rejuvenated the thirsty plants and trees and the house martins have finally left, except for the odd straggler here and there. Although we aren’t seeing any leaf colour yet, yesterday some lovely red Geranium leaves caught my eye, and I had also noticed the hawthorn and spindle tree berries looking good… the beginnings of an idea for my Monday vase!

My large hare jug (with autumn berries) seemed an appropriate vase. I chose some red and dark purple flowers: Verbena bonariensis, Verbena hastata, Strawflowers, Persicaria Blackfield and P. Orangefield. They contrast nicely with the Crataegus (hawthorn) and Euonymus (spindle tree) berries.

Don’t the spindle tree berries look like tiny pink pumpkins!

Finally I added a few sprigs of the lovely dark pinky red Miscanthus seedheads from M. ‘Red Chief’.

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting this Monday meme. In a few days it will be my 14th blogging anniversary, so also many thanks to you all for visiting over the years!

Have a great week

and

Happy Gardening!



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