So many weird and wonderful shapes in my vase this week!
Stately Heuchera, upright Allium, silvery white Lavender, tall Teucrium hircanum, fresh foliage of Persicaria (‘Lance Corporal’), hairy Clematis tangutica seed heads, wiry Russian Sage (Perovskia) just before flowering, huge round globes of Cephalaria gigantea (looks like giant Scabiosa), curvy Willowherb, fluffy Melica ciliata, and the beautiful Daucus carota ‘Dara’ in its shades of pink (also not fully open yet, but I just couldn’t wait to pick one!).
Do visit our host, Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, and see what is in her vase today. And my apologies to Blogspot bloggers last week – I had difficulties posting comments, but your vases were – as always – wonderful! 🙂
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Absolutely LOVE your vase – wild and garden flowers dancing in harmony – gorgeous!
That is what the garden looks like now – dancing after all the rain we finally got! 🙂
Like a handful of hedgerow. Beautiful.
And all growing within my rockery and patio pots! 🙂
Love these verticals…such abundance. Love the colour palette of lemons and pink/purples. This vase should last days since most are in bud.
Thanks Noelle. The creamy yellow Cephalaria is fantastic this year. 🙂
This looks delicate and light hearted. Beautiful. Happy IAVOM.
I think the willowherb makes it light and airy. 🙂
These potential ‘thugs’ are tamed in your vase but squirming to escape – they look great together so thanks for sharing 🙂
They are all more than welcome in my garden! 🙂
In a smaller garden they might be less welcome, I guess … 😉
Nicely loose and spiky. Good colors.
Yes, spiky is a good description too. 🙂
Wow, a lot of these are unfamiliar to me. Interesting to compare the forms of the flowers. Have a great week Cathy.
These are all thriving in the garden now, so I just realised this is what I need to focus on in the future!
Lots of unusual offerings. That Daucus carota is a beauty.
The white Daucus carota are almost open in the hedgerows now too, but have rarely moved into the garden. This pink one that I grew from seed still has the distinctive spot in the centre, and I love it!
Delightful. I would go for wonderful rather than weird.
Thanks John!
Weird is quite wonderful! I found out that the Teucrium is hardy here and found a source for seeds. Now where will I put them?? 😉
Great! Look forward to seeing them setttle into your garden! 🙂
They all look so well together, these weird ones!
Thanks Anca!
Cathy gorgeous. And what an abundance of flowers. Many of them I do not know, but I have already informed. Daucus carota “Dara” is very pretty. Greetings from Margarita.
Glad you could see something new! 🙂
It’s a wonderful and eclectic collection, Cathy! My favorite is the Allium, yet another plant I’ve found difficult to grow in my part of the world. I need to find a local source for that wonderful Cephalaria, which might be willing to make a home in Southern California.
The Cephalaria is a pretty tough plant Kris, so I think it might cope with your weather but I wonder if it would flower for so long. Good luck! 🙂
From my view, you haven’t begun to hit weird! What is blowing my mind is cultivars of Queen Anne’s Lace, a roadside weed where I come from – and so very lovely! The vase is wonderful.
And that particular weed (which I adore!) will not grow in my garden, so I looked for seed and could only find this pink one! I love it! 🙂
Nice use of the willowherb! I am happy to see your dark carrot flower. The time I tried to grow it from seed, it was a major fail. Must try again.
It took ages and ages for the Daucus to germinate, so I more or less ignored it and suddenly it appeared! Once it is a few inches high it is really robust and rooted quickly. I shall let them go to seed and hope for more next year! 🙂
Have a wonderful week Cathy. I must make up a vase from my yard that will look like yours, as we celebrate America’s Independence Day with a BBQ and friends. Wildflowers such as Queen Anne’s Lace with cut Lilies from my yard as well as others in bloom.
Hope you have had a great day Eunice! I can see that vase in my mind – wild flowers always look great in a vase.! 🙂
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Oh much in the way of loveliness there Cathy. I must try cephalaria. Have never seen it for sale so I will check the seed catalogues.
The Cephalaria takes up quite a lot of space but is such a great plant! It has really got settled now – it must be its third year. I do hope you find one Anna. 🙂
I think your “wild” arrangement is the perfect summer bouquet! Summer always feels more free of structure, and here you go! It’s lovely, Cathy!
I agree Debra. Summer is for floatiness and airiness. 🙂
Cephalaria is a lovely plant, I like the flower shape, it works well at the back of a border.
I agree Brian. I only heard of it a few years ago and it is perfectly suited to the corner of my rockery. I must post a picture of it soon!
A stately and colorful vase, Cathy. I liked seeing it posed on the steps this week.
Thanks Alys! 🙂
An stonking vase full Cathy, I love it and wish my cephalaria would open
Hope your Cephalaria does well for you Dorris – mine has got really established now and makes quite an impact. 🙂
I know they are super, so tall and airy. Mine is leaf only. Perhaps I should water it ?
Well, mine hasn’t had a drop extra and we hardly had any rain all through May and June. Mine didn’t produce many flowers in its first year though, so perhaps it just needs another year to settle in…? Have a good weekend!