I titled last week’s vase V and Divas – referring to the Verbena bonariensis and Dahlias that were featured. There’s still a lot of ‘V’ in the garden, and I’m pairing it this week with a few round Nasturtium leaves.
It still feels like late summer here with plenty of warm sunshine (for dragonflies, spiders and people to luxuriate in…) In this wider view of the raised beds I have just outside the back porch you get a peek of the masses of Nasturtium in the top left, plus Nicotania foliage and garlic chives I try to deadhead before they drop any more seeds. The Verbena is welcome to drop seeds – the seedlings are easy enough to pull out in the spring if they encroach too much on the path. I found these two little glazed pottery vases at my favourite local vintage shop yesterday.
Every Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens. Have a great week everyone!
lovely – and perfect vases too.
Thanks Jan!
Nice vase finds…you’ll use those often!
It’s my first red vase….happily, on the colour wheel, it’s opposite green, so lots of opportunity!
I am sorry to say my V has gone missing and I am sad as I loved it for the pollinators. But yours is going strong and perfect in the vases.
Thanks Donna…maybe some will pop up in your garden next year…
I love those glazed vases, Chris – and I am pleased you are enjoying a late summer… it is definitely autumn here now, I think! Thanks for sharing your summer remnants
I was at the beach yesterday but not sure about the rest of the week…still, we’ve had much colder Octobers!
I love the dragonfly pic, Chris! I just planted some Nasturtium plugs so hopefully I’ll get some blooms from them too – freezes and winter cold shouldn’t put an end to them, although excessive dry conditions might.
Thanks Kris – I was happy to see the dragonfly because we still have the occasional mosquito!!!!!!!
You have the best V! Nasturtiums go in the ground here December 1, hope I remember. Some good finds on the vases. Did you run your race?
Yes! I made it just under two hours (for the half marathon) so was pretty happy with that – conditions were good for a race! Chipmunks seem to be planting nasturtium seeds in various places this year!
Awesome, Chris! congrats. Nasturtiums everywhere next year…chipmunk design
I love this time of year with the long rays of light illuminating the garden. Perfect for our pausing to enjoy the basking pond hawks. 🙂
We have red tail hawks here (amongst others) – the winery down the road is named after them!
Your nasturtium leaves look a good bit like those of our local ‘dollarweed,’ so named because the leaves look like silver dollars. It’s a weedy introduced plant that likes a wet environment, so it’s common to see dragonflies perched on it.
They look exactly like dollarweed! I wonder if those leaves have the same radishy flavour of nasturtium…
I’ll have a nibble the next time I come across them and find out.
Nasturtiums are so underappreciated. It is gratifying to see them getting some attention.
I agree!
Love the two new vases Chris. The Nasturtium is such vivid colour for this time of year. 😃 (Verbena always seems to choose the wrong spot to reseed here! )
The nasturtiums are VERY vivid, almost fluorescent, right now!
Delightful!
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