One of the best things about having a garden is being able to go out, select some perfect blooms, carefully cut the stems and then, of course, bringing them back inside to enjoy for many days and evenings to come. In the blogosphere, Cathy at Rambling in the Garden decided to start a meme about cutting flowers, putting them in a vase and then showing them to the world. Hence, In a Vase on Monday. Thought I’d give it a try!
My vase is a Hyacinth forcing glass, in a nice translucent sapphire blue. The flowers are white Hyacinth and Narcissus Quail – these both fill a very large room with a heady fragrance – plus a few Leucojum and three deep red tulips for contrast. (There’s also a single yellow tulip and a single odd Narcissus – just because.)
I like this arrangement and the fragrance, but now that I see it ‘in print,’ I realize I need to do better, both in selecting colours as well as heights and shapes. Next week!
Epilogue: The flowers for this Vase were cut on Saturday; I visited a friend yesterday morning. She lives in an apartment… Here’s the final destination for this vase:
Your selection of flowers and colors fits so perfectly in your friend’s space. Lovely destination for a charming bouquet.
The joy is in the picking and bringing inside, Chris – it doesn’t have to be ‘arranged’. It is a refreshing change to see blooms that are long past in the UK and how lovely to be able to pass the posy on to a friend. Thanks for joining in and hopefully we will see you again next week
Thank you!
Lovely that you have joined in with your fragrant bulbs. Lovely tulips too, these spring flowers are all long gone here.
Wow, I love the bulbs! and the vase. I rarely see Leucojem and that was a great addition. Are the leaves not out yet?
Just this week…and just today it seems….my birch trees went from bare to in leaf!
Birches get dressed quickly it seems. Welcome to spring.
Nice work, Chris. I bet your friend was thrilled to receive it. Love that deep red tulip esp. Warning: this meme is addictive! 😉
Thanks Eliza! The deep red tulips…OMG!!
The color mix is bold but it works! It meshes perfectly with your friend’s table flourishes too. Welcome to IAVOM.
Thank you – I’m going to let her know people like her decor! 😄
Lovely colours and I can just imagine the scent – your friend is lucky! Glad to find you via IaVoM!
Ah, it’s all in the presentation. . . .well, the flowers are exquisite too. I dig the leucojum. they showed up in my garden, and I brag about them like they are snowdrops.
Pretty tall snowdrops! 😄😄
That is what I thought they were when they first showed up. I had never seen them or snowdrops before.