I feel so fortunate that I can just walk out my door and admire such beauty, and then capture the beauty and bring it inside with me.
Thanks to Cathy, over at Rambling in the Garden, there is a whole meme dedicated to the beauty that we capture from our gardens and put in vases to bring garden delights to other areas of our lives.
For today's vases, I was delighted to gather the following for my arrangements:
Belinda's Dream rose,
white bearded irises,
and ranunculus (as well as rosemary, not pictured here).
On top of that, after a bit of garage-saling last weekend, I purchased a basket perfect for collecting my cut flowers.
With so many cut flowers to choose from, I opted for two floral arrangements this week.
First, the romantic collection of pretty pink roses and pure white irises:
The Belinda's Dream rose was planted last fall and is already covered in blooms. I'm expecting a lot of pretty vases made from her flowers! The white irises were a pass along plant from a neighbor last year. My neighbor forgot what colors these irises were, so it was a pleasant surprise for them to turn out white after the other varieties of dusty pink, dark purple, yellow, and purple with yellow had already bloomed.
What a wonderful feeling it is to be able to cut your own roses from your garden!
My second vase is a bright and cheerful mix of ranunculus with some rosemary sprigs.
The ranunculus were fall-planted rhizomes that I wasn't sure would bloom, since I haven't had much luck with them in the past, at least in containers. However, they are doing very well in the ground!
Such pretty things!
Oh Rebecca - how blessed you must feel to have your own garden with flowers to pick. I suppose we shouldn't be complacent - and I know I daily express my gratitude for having this garden here... Thanks for sharing your absolutely perfect blooms - that rose in particular is absolutely stunning. If you dunk the stems of roses in boiling water for 20 seconds or so before you put them in a vase they will last longer - do try it. You will notice week by week how different our vases are with the different places we all come from, so thanks for sharing yours.
ReplyDeleteGreat advice, I will definitely try dunking the rose stems in boiling water next time I collect them for a vase. I love looking at everyone's works of art each week - such unique and beautiful creations. Thanks again for hosting!
DeleteHow lovely to have irises and roses in bloom. I love the colour combination. Gorgeous Ranunculus too.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm quite fond of all of them as well - it is a real treat, especially since this is my first year with all of them except one climbing rose that came with our house.
DeleteSo clever to have teamed the rosemary with the ranunculus, those narrow leaves are perfection against the rounded blossoms. Your co-workers are fortunate, getting to share the beautiful vases week to week!
ReplyDeleteIt is a fun challenge to hunt around the garden for new pairings of different plants. I'm just glad that I've been building up my plant collection enough to be able to collect several bouquets worth of flowers every week.
DeleteI especially love the colorful ranunculas with the sprigs of rosemary (the perfect, spritely touch). The romantic bouquet is beautiful too. Romance is fragile and fleeting, but a cheery outlook can last forever.
ReplyDeleteSo eloquently put! The colorful ranunculus definitely put me in a good mood, which is why that vase made even more sense to take into my office. Every time a task may be a bit too complex, or a day too long, they definitely helped turn my mood around.
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