In A Vase on Monday: Ruby Red

Today we are celebrating the 12th anniversary of this wonderful meme thought up by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Thank you Cathy, for hosting so tirelessly and never missing a week, and for inspiring me to go out into the garden on a cold November day to find something to pick, to bring indoors and share!  Cathy has invited us to participate in her anniversary challenge for our vase this week, to make it more fun; use a pun and a prop.

Well, despite the cold and damp I found a gem. In fact I struck gold with this ruby red Euphorbia amydaloides ‘Miner’s Merlot‘.

The full-bodied red caught my eye while tidying up some dying stems last week. I immediately started digging deep into the depths of my min(e)d to find some puns about miners and red wine….

And as props, I unearthed a silver ‘spade‘ spoon and a  glass of – blackcurrant juice! (No wine glasses or wine here I’m afraid!) and my Man of Many Talents found this (miner’s?) hard hat and a headlamp for me. My ‘vase’ is a small decorative bucket… unfortunately I couldn’t find anything nearer to a coal scuttle! 🤣

In the poor November light this Euphorbia looks almost black (as coal?). But it is in fact a gorgeous deep reddish purple.  Precious. 

(A shaft of sunlight would have helped when taking the photos. But I had to settle for the miner’s lamp.)

Sip, sip hooray for Cathy and for Miner’s Merlot!

Hoping our weather cheers up soon and wishing you all a great week full of sunshine!



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