The Miscanthus ‘Adagio’ is flowering – the silvery spikes seem to have appeared overnight (well, within the few days I was away from home actually!) and it is lovely to see them sparkling in the damp and dewy September mornings.
Naturally they had to feature in this week’s vase, alongside the other earlier flowering Miscanthus.
The sedums worked as a nice base, holding stems in place. I added some Persicaria ‘Firetail’, a sprig of Japanese Anemone and Buddleia, a single stem of Teucrium and a few cranberry Cosmos (hiding at the back!).
I hope you will visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden so you can enjoy her vase and all those from around the world who have linked in to her meme once again.
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Beautiful.
Thank you Cathy!
Clever use of the sedums to hold the other materials in place. Your world looks brilliant with that blue sky and your bright garden colors.
Hi Susie. The sky was changing constantly today, but there were more bright spells than cloud after a misty start to the day. 🙂
So pretty! I just love Japanese Anemones.
Oh yes, me too. 🙂 I just wish they would grow into huge plants a bit quicker!
This is a grear autumnal combination, Cathy. Here, I am excited to see some of my grasses flowering as they have taken a while to get established – I love their flowering spikes. Hope you had a good journey to and from the UK
It was very autumny this morning Cathy – chilly and misty with cobwebs everywhere! 🙂 Grasses are so wonderful, especially Miscanthus, so I am glad you have also got some that are beginning to perform. I could imagine even more making it into my garden next year!
We have got the cobwebs here too now!!
The sedum works really well and it’s a great idea for holding the grasses up. I, too, have a few Miscanthus flowers in my jug this week – they’re lovely grasses, aren’t they? The persicaria works really well here, too. Beautiful.
Thanks Sam. I agree about the Miscanthus. And this Persicaria is my favourite for flowers and I don’t think I had used any of it in vases this year yet.
You still have a lot blooming in your garden. Happy IAVOM.
Thanks Lisa. The garden is slowing down now the nights are getting chilly but there’s still a lot going on! 🙂
Beautiful Cathy your flower arrangement. Sedums I love and I like very much as you have placed them to keep the bouquet. The beautiful Persicaria as the Buddleia and the Miscanthus. I hope you had a good time on your vacation. Greetings from Margarita.
Thanks Margarita. I had a lovely break but am happy to be in my own garden again at this time of year! 🙂
Oh it looks like a really lovely day with you Cathy. Your vase is full of interesting shapes and vibrant colour. The miscanthus is most eye-catching.
We had some fabulous sunshine today, along with clouds too. The miscanthus catches the changing light so nicely. 🙂
A very refreshing arrangement. Well done.
Thanks John. The cooler nights and changing light are indeed refreshing too.
When September arrives, some will say summer is over. But I know this isn’t true! Your lush, Vase on a Monday is a testament to all the goodness of late summer.
I’d love to hang on to late summer slowly sliding into autumn. It was cool and misty this morning and we noticed some leaves tinged with yellow and gold… 🙂
What a good idea to use the sedum like that to hold your jaunty flowers.
I must remember this, as it really did work nicely…. I just wanted to use that vase so badly, LOL!
A holiday away and you come home to sparklers – that sounds wonderful! I hope you enjoyed your time away. I remain envious of your Japanese anemones but we got a dose of unexpected summer rain last evening so maybe mine will show up after all.
I hope they do show up for you Kris! They started flowering early August here and have been battered by lots of storms and heavy rain, but I love them so much I forgive them for sprawling a bit and looking untidy!
It’s wonderful to see ones garden again after an absence..lovely way of displaying late summer blooms.
Thanks Noelle. I was only away for 5 days, but then we had another blast of summer heat followed by LOTS of rain and the garden has been admired from afar since I got back!
Things falling into place? Ha, love the transitioning to autumn vase! I have never seen or heard of Persicaria til IAVOM, it is lovely especially with Miscanthus.
🙂 This Persicaria is one that actually stands tall in heat and drought too, so I was lucky in my choice as many are said to like damp ground.
It looks like a yummy, big cupcake with sparklers! 🙂 Hope you had a nice holiday!
Oh yes! LOL! I should make a whole batch! 😉
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Very sparkly indeed!
The raindrops still on the sedum didn’t show up on the photos but added to the sparkly effect too. 🙂
September impression!Lovely!
Thanks Anca!
Wonderful. Your arrangements are always something I wished I’ve thought of! Interesting use of the sedum too.
🙂 That was lucky with the sedum, as I was thinking I might need my wire vase insert to keep the flowers in place.
Just lovely! I like the Japanese anemone!
Thanks Joanna! Such a shame the anemones don’t last long in a vase.
J > Wow, yes it does look like a ‘sparkler’!
The Miscanthus does look a bit like a firework, but it also sparkles in the light too. 🙂
Sparklers indeed. I do love the miscanthus especially Flamingo
Oh, thanks for identifying that pinky coloured Miscanthus! I bought it before the garden really took shape and it probably didn’t have a label anyway! 🙂
I never miss the “firetail” when you added it in. I feel like it’s the punctuation that really brightens every bouquet! You have a lot of lovely colors still blooming this late in the year. How lovely, Cathy!
Hi Debra. Yes, the Firetail Persicaria really is like a punctuation mark – an exclamation mark perhaps, and it is so useful in vases! 🙂