Today’s vase (which is actually very similar in colouring to the last iaVoM I posted) was prompted by an overdue visit to my lovely neighbours’, who allow me a little patch in their walled garden to grow flowers for cutting.
I have to confess I haven’t been for weeks due to a combination of weather, being off the island, and a chest infection, so I wasn’t entirely surprised to see that nearly all the annuals I’d planted out in May had given up. However one, Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy’, was looking better than ever, so that’s where I started.
On their driveway they also has fabulous orange rose hips
as well as Clematis tangutica seedheads, so I added a few of each.
To all of these I added some of my trusty Tithonias. Sadly, this could be my last cutting of Tithonia, not because they’ve finished flowering, but because they’re grown in the garden behind us, and the empty house the garden belongs to, has now been let. I don’t suppose they will flower for much longer, but I will miss them.
To finish an ‘aerial’ shot, which entailed a certain amount of climbing, showing
- my favourite vase from above
- one lone Calendula, which didn’t appear in any of the close ups and
- I should spend less time fiddling about in the garden and more time polishing my granite work surfaces!
With many thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting this lovely meme,
Duver Diary 
This is really lovely, what a great combination of colours and plants. Housework is for some time time the future, carry on with your gardening!
Thanks Julie – and yes I agree, the housework can wait!
What an unusual and stunning way to display flowers! Wow, just love it and the orange colour scheme warms my heart 🙂
I love that rudbeckia – hadn’t seen that before. The clematis is very interesting looking, too. I had thought of using clematis this week, but they started to disintegrate when I tried to cut them. Bravo!
Thanks Karen
Beautiful shades of orange in your vases. Very striking display. How nice to have your cutting garden still working for you until you could return.
Lovely warm colours for a cold day. Lucky you getting to use a walled garden for growing flowers to cut.
Indeed, about the walled garden. I was a little disappointed when I saw the size of my ‘allowed’ area, but it’s been absolutely fabulous, really productive.
That looks stunning – especially from above.
Ha ha – I am with you on the housework (well, not with you if you see what I mean…)! What useful opportunities you have had for growing things and a shame that you might be losing one of your options. The rudbeckia is such a good contender for vases, whatever stage it is at, isn’t it? And I agree on grabbing your tithonia while you can – I looked at mine today and I think the couple of chilly nights we had recently might have been their undoing 😦 Hey ho, there will be next year! Coincidentally I also looked at clematis seedheads and was already thinking about next week, especially as I didn’t actually make a vase for today’s post. The berries are the perfect colour, aren’t they? Thanks so much for joining in and hope you feel better soon.
Thanks Cathy, it’s always such fun to join in – and I get some of the loveliest comments when I post on your meme.
It took some months for me to discover this aspect of blogging when I first started – and then began to read and comment on other garden blogs. It’s lovely, isn’t it? And did you say you wanted some sunflower seeds – email me your address if you do
I just love your orange colour scheme and the lovely way of displaying the flowers. My Tithonia has finished, how lovely to be able to pick it in November. It looks so pretty with the Rudbeckia and the rose hips. Very pretty.
I love those Clematis seedheads – they give the whole arrangement a glossy finish!
Glossy seed heads, but not granite!
That rudbeckia’s really pretty, isn’t it? And I do like your containers so much – very original, I had to look hard before my head took it all in. The clematis looks lovely too, and interesting in the overhead shot (never mind the housework!)
I really adore these little bottle vases…they make a stunning show when all combines as a whole and viewed from many angles especially above. Such a wonderful collection of orange!
I love the way you have displayed this weeks flowers & the granite is a perfect background (polished or not!). I really wish I had grown Tithonia – definitely on the list for next year.
I laughed out loud when I saw your fabulous bottle vases – with pleasure! And your last of the flowers for cutting look so bright and cheery too. Housework! Here’s a variation on a quote I saw recently: gardening forever … housework whenever 🙂
Thanks Elizabeth – and I love your quote!
Very lovely – so warming, reminding us of summer sunshine and fading autumn leaves at the same time. I love the bottle vases too!
Life’s too short to polish granite when you could be picking flowers! Lovely, such warm colours, very autumnal.
Clearly (or should that be smearily?) I agree with you!
Who cares about the granite, if you had not mentioned it I would never have noticed! Too busy admiring the arrangement.D.
What a great vase, especially viewed from above, when it looks like a wreath! All of the orange is really pretty, too. I had granite counter tops in a previous home, and I loved them and miss them. Once you do polish it, I recommend lighting a couple of candles on it and enjoying the beautiful reflection!