This is me, NOT complaining about snipping flowers in the rain, or about the almost three inches (75 mm) we’ve received since noon yesterday. For once, the weather forecasters were right…well, maybe not, since it was all supposed to end overnight. Trees are ecstatic I’m sure, as is my veggie garden and all the flowers that, tomorrow, will be brighter than ever. On this wet holiday Monday I’m determined to join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden with a vase of cut flowers.
The surprise is the lovely red Gladiola that started to bloom yesterday. There’s a dozen or so spikes in my cutting garden, all from bulbs that I decided not to dig up last fall, that, surprisingly, survived our extremely cold winter. I’m using this Trojan Horse milk vase; it hasn’t been seen in a few years even though I like it a lot.
I snipped Calendula, Allium carinatum, Agastache and Antirrhinum to join the glad, hoping the colours reflect the summer’s warmth while playing well with each other.
Have a great week everyone!
Ah, gladiolus are still going. Ours are finished already. That vase is as pretty as the flowers in it are.
Thanks Tony!
Cool vintage vase, it looks Art Deco? Your arrangement is summer-bright! 😍
Thanks yes! 1930’s I think…
All your flowers with beautiful colors look outstanding in the vase. Seems like a lot of rain! I, also, just went out in the rain: shorts, hikers, raincoat & scissors to cut lots of celery & parsley for today’s Cream of Celery soup…it was p o u r i n g when I came in.
A summer rain is really quite nice to be out in, isn’t it?
75mm of rain…lucky you 🙄I took a video of the 0.4mm we had last week and keep replaying it so I can hear the sound….!! 😂 Your bright offering looks so cheery and refreshed – thanks for sharing it
I’m so thrilled we had that rain..the butts are full again, the tomatoes 🍅 won’t need watering for a few days….the clouds were heading east….if only they would cross the Atlantic!
Congratulations! Your plants look very happy. I can only guess how many months we have to go before we see any rain but then we’re told there’s an 81% chance of an El Nino starting later this year…
I’ve read about El Nino arriving, but tbh I have no idea what that means 😅
The rain was fabulous, the sun came out a while ago…everyone and thing is happy 😊
We got over 2 1/2” in 6 hours….
Yaay!!
Raining here too….love the wet flowers especially the snapdragons.
In the first photo, that gladiola looks waxy: such an interesting effect. I love the vase as much as the flowers. I have a pair of heavy metal bookends that belonged to my parents. Despite being metal rather than glass, they look almost exactly like your horses. I remember Mom telling me they were a wedding gift; she and dad got married in 1938, so that would make your date of 1930s spot on.
So interesting about your bookends! And yes, the glad looked waxy in real life as well…maybe something to do with the rain on dusty petals? Or just the light reflection on that shade of deep red…
Oh yes, those colours all look lovely together. And amazing that the galdiolus survived the winter! Like your little jug too – it is intriguing. 😁
Thanks Cathy!
That is such a cool vase! Love the cheerful mix — the raindrops on the petals are such a good aesthetic. May I ask how cold your winter got? I’d never dare, but have to know, since I seem to remember you living somewhere that’s actually comparable to some of our winters. I’ve still got a couple weeks before the glads and calendula come out to play, but am looking forward to them.
I’m in southeast Ontario…temps down to -30 in winter with between 1 – 4 feet of snow. It’s more common to dig up glad bulbs here, and store them indoors for the winter. Almost all my calendula blooms are from self seeded plants – they’ve been blooming for weeks now.