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.
Sweet little vases. I am sure everyone enjoyed them.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 09:43 AM
A sweet trio to welcome your friends. Pretty in pink?
Posted by: Peter/Outlaw | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 09:52 AM
If anyone had asked me I would have said orange was the main flower color in the garden at the moment. Apparently not!
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 09:54 AM
Not just color but variations on the theme. Lovely.
Posted by: Loree / danger garden | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 10:57 AM
A lovely trio, Linda - there is always some treasure to be found in the garden if we only have a look!
Posted by: Eliza Waters | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 11:43 AM
Well done! The restraint in the combination of similar colors and neutral color and shape of the vases makes it elegant.
Posted by: hb | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 01:14 PM
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.
Posted by: Kris P | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 02:33 PM
Striking arrangement. The gray containers are lovely in and of themselves and seem perfectly suited to showcase the pinks and reds of your flowers.
Posted by: Susie | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 03:17 PM
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. :)
Posted by: Beth @ PlantPostings | Monday, August 06, 2018 at 08:40 PM
I love little groupings of vases and the colors and textures are lovely.
Posted by: Amelia Grant | Tuesday, August 07, 2018 at 04:03 PM