IVOM: A late summer bloomer

This last week we've had a few more visitors stop by to see the garden, so I wanted to freshen up the Tea House flowers. The orange lily stem that I featured for our recent big tour group had given up the ghost. But I wanted to keep the lichen-covered stem and the glaucous Hosta leaf.

My garden is almost empty of flowers at the moment; lots of things in bud but not much blooming. I added a trailing berry branch that I clipped before it took root in my garden from my neighbor's big patch. 

Arrowhead (Sagitaria latifolia), which grows in our pond, was about the only flower available but it proved up to the task.

To see what other gardeners have found to put in a vase today, visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts this long-running Monday meme. 

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

Simply gorgeous. I think it so odd that I never noticed Arrowhead (Sagitaria latifolia) before you posted it on your blog. This weekend while out birding I found some in the wild blooming. It was a nice surprise. I have birded this area many years and never noticed this particular bloom. Maybe it is just making its way to our area. More likely I am usually looking up rather than down toward the ground or in a hurry. We had a flat tire which slowed us considerably.

[Linda Brazill]

Isn't it funny how once you are introduced to a plant you see it everywhere. Though I definitely see why you would be less likely to see it when out birding.

[Kris P]

The berry branch adds a graceful air, Linda, and I love that container. The arrangement suits your tea house well.

[Linda Brazill]

I was lucky to be able to buy a few Japanese Ikebana baskets one year when an antiques dealer from Japan set up a pop up shop in Madison. He and his wife did that for three summers, so we got to socialize and shop with them. They brought things that we would never have seen in the Midwest otherwise.