In a Vase, on Monday – V and N

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 […]

In a Vase, on Monday – Peonies, Part Deux

Last week I had a pretty glorious vase of red, pink and white peonies featuring P. Duchesse de Nemours from this largish clump: Then, overnight Thursday, it rained. A lot. And I woke up Friday morning to find this: Oh well…I quickly cut a bunch of the bent stems, trimmed them and plopped them into […]