Though there are quite a few plants blooming in the fall garden, I don't have any dramatic swaths of color the way I often do in the spring garden to showcase for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Instead I put together this arrangment for the dinnner table at the end of last week. We were celebrating our wedding anniversary and Mark's birthday with champagne and a nice dinner served on my grandmother's dishes. The flowers were keyed to the tablecloth, chocolate brown placemats and russet napkins. They are still looking good today in the bouquet and in the garden.
The foliage is from Itoh peonies, Rex Begonias, and Hibiscus 'Haight Ashbury'. Blooms include Sedums 'Autum Joy' and 'Vera Jameson,' Anemone 'September Charm,' Hosta 'Spritzer,' Verbena bonariensis, Heucheras and one Pelargonium flower. Also blooming in the garden are Asters, Hemorcallis "Steeple Jackie,' Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket,' Geranium 'Rozanne,' Allium senescens 'Galucum,' Nasturtiums and Toad lilies.
To see what's blooming today in gardens around the country and the world, visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens who hosts this long-running monthly meme. To see what other gardeners have found vase-worthy, visit Beth at Plant Postings.
An arrangement fit for the celebrations. Your sedums are well ahead of mine.
Posted by: rusty duck | Monday, September 15, 2014 at 07:40 AM
Congratulations on your wedding anniversary. Your flower arrangement is beautiful, a perfect fit for your table. The sedums are gorgeous.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Monday, September 15, 2014 at 01:25 PM
Lovely bouquet. Happy GBBD and Congrats on your Anniversary and Happy Birthday Mark. Sounds like you have been busy.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Monday, September 15, 2014 at 03:12 PM
Congrats on the anniversary from me too - and what a lovely vase you have created! The co-ordination of flowers with all the bits on the table works brilliantly :)
Posted by: Cathy | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 05:41 AM
What an interesting Bloom Day you've had, worth a week of well-decorated celebrations. Best Wishes for many more Happy Anniversaries and Birthdays together.
Posted by: Nell Jean | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 08:44 AM
Such a beautiful palette, it is simply poetic.
Rick Shaver
Posted by: Rick Shaver | Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10:19 PM