In a vase on Monday: Early August

Our bookclub held its monthly meeting at our house yesterday morning, so I put together this trio of vases Saturday afternoon. I tend to think of my late summer garden as mostly green so I was surprised at how much color I discovered as I walked around, clippers in hand.

I designed this to be a small but colorful display for the coffee table. Thus Sunday morning, all six of us were clustered around said coffee table arrayed on the couch and assorted comfy chairs. The table gave all of us a convenient place to set our books and cups and plates of food. But a glass table top is not the best place to photograph anything, so I move the flowers to a different spot to snap this photo. 

Unknown Heuchera flowers with a leaf from Heuchera 'Lava Lamp' (left), Black Beauty lily with a leaf from Heuchera 'Gingerale' and a bud from Hemerocallis 'Little Grapette' that opening perfectly overnight and a few Astrantia flowers barely visible behind it. To see what other gardeners put in a vase today, visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts this marvelous Monday meme.

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

Sweet little vases. I am sure everyone enjoyed them.

[Peter/Outlaw]

A sweet trio to welcome your friends. Pretty in pink?

[Linda Brazill]

If anyone had asked me I would have said orange was the main flower color in the garden at the moment. Apparently not!

[Loree / danger garden]

Not just color but variations on the theme. Lovely.

[Eliza Waters]

A lovely trio, Linda - there is always some treasure to be found in the garden if we only have a look!

[hb]

Well done! The restraint in the combination of similar colors and neutral color and shape of the vases makes it elegant.

[Kris P]

I love the deep colors in your trio, Linda. I was surprised to see the Heuchera blooms, as those are spring flowers here but then your climate is very different.

[Susie]

Striking arrangement. The gray containers are lovely in and of themselves and seem perfectly suited to showcase the pinks and reds of your flowers.

[Beth @ PlantPostings]

Excellent! I've always enjoyed that color--kind of a rosy-pink. In fact, my bridesmaids' dresses were a filmy floral pattern, including creamy white and that rose-pink color. It sounds gaudy, but it was very simple and graceful, and I loved it. :)

[Amelia Grant]

I love little groupings of vases and the colors and textures are lovely.