This Monday meme, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden, encourages us to use materials from our gardens to put in a vase.
Well, the vase is new today, but the materials are the same as last week – just trimmed down a little. The asters still look good, and the sedums last well until their stems just fall apart. One Persicaria stem and a couple of yellow Achillea also lasted well enough to reuse.
And the photos are taken outdoors at the corners of my two brand new flower beds!
This one below will be the ‘butterfly bed’, with a focus on flowers for pollinators, but with some grasses too. The first lot of plants have been ordered and I am hoping the wonderful golden October weather will continue once they arrive in a week or so.
And the second bed will be home to more grasses, but primarily herbs. The soil here at our country house is very well-drained and sandy (a good layer of rich topsoil has been added for planting). The position is south-west and exposed to strong sun and wind. This could be a real challenge!
Thanks to Cathy and all the other Monday vase creators who welcome the week by sharing their beautiful and cheerful arrangements!
Autumn, autumn, autumn!
Yes, my favourite season! The trees are starting to colour up nicely too. 🙂
I love the shot of yellow interspersed in the arrangement. It makes it so exciting. Your flower bed screams fun in the sun. Good luck with your planting.
Thanks Lisa. Can’t wait to get started with the planting! 🙂
How exciting to be able to add new beds.
There is no garden at the country house at all, so I really am starting from zero! 🙂
Cathy your vase is magnificent. The Asters are divine. The stem of Persicaria I like a lot like the yellow Achillea and the Sedum. I really like the vase you have, it looks like alabaster it’s beautiful and it goes great with the flowers. What larger flower beds! I hope you have a great weather and enjoy planting your new plants. Have a good week. Greetings from Margarita.
Thank you! The forecast is good for the next couple of weeks. 🙂
How exciting to have new planting space – it wil be fun for us too to watch them develop from bare soil. And your recycled vase is still pretty, a most fetching rounded pop of colour
Thanks Cathy. It will be fun to share the progress too.
Exciting times! Your vase is gorgeous.
Thank you! 🙂
Those asters have held up very well, some flowers are good value aren’t they? Look forward to seeing progress on these new beds, very exciting!
The asters really have done well – they must have enjoyed finally having a good drink when put in the vases!
Reminds me of “kissing balls”.
Oh yes, I see what you mean. A shame I can’t dry them and keep those wonderful colours in a ball for winter decoration!
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I had to look that one up! I knew it did not mean what it sounds like! Gads!
Those asters are worthy of an extended stay! Best wishes with the new beds – they look fluffed and ready for action.
Thank you Kris. Just waiting for my plants to arrive now! 😉
I’m rather impressed you were able to carry over the flowers to another week. They held up really well. And lovely to know that you have even more gardening space all ready to go. I’ll enjoy seeing how that develops. Have a wonderful week, Cathy.
Thanks Debra. Enjoy your week too! 🙂
Exciting to have those beautiful new beds to plant up. The flowers look fresh–nice to have those long-lasting cut flowers.
I am amazed at just how long they have lasted Susie. 🙂
Beautiful flowers, I’m amazed at how well they’ve lasted.
Looking forward to seeing your new garden beds grow and bloom!
I will be sure to share the progress Eliza! 🙂
I love this! I think I even like this re-purposed arrangement better than last week’s, although that one was amazing, too! How fun to have new flower beds planned!
Thank you Beth! These last splashes of colour in autumn are wonderful! 🙂
A pollinator garden and a herb garden – two of my favorite things! 🙂 Herbs have been such a godsend here, as most are from the Mediterranean and somehow manage to grow well in our even hotter and drier conditions. So looking forward to seeing what you grow there!
I’m in awe of your asters, so colorful and lasting so well!
Herbs seem to withstand wind, sun, drought and poor soil, and can be so useful too! The pollinator garden will include lots of lavender at first. It will interesting to see how cold it gets here in winter as the garden really is very exposed… we will see!
There’s almost nothing that makes me happier than putting new plants into a new bed. Looking forward to seeing yours next year!
I know that feeling and am so happy to have all this space to play around with! 🙂
Those asters have done very well. Hope the weather does hold for planting up your new beds. Good luck!
The last ones will be cleared away today, so that really is my money’s worth! 😉
Glorious!
🙂 And they are still flowering away like mad in our beautiful October weather!
Long may that continue. We have had a yucky wet weekend and high winds
I like your vase with its preloved contents Cathy. Fingers crossed for perfecting planting weather ahead.
The weather is fabulous still, and although we deseprately need rain we are enjoying the outdoors to the full this October!
Color is also coming on strong here but the temps mean the snow is not far from us either snow in many parts of USA and Canada but I am ready 🙂
Ooh, I am not ready for winter yet! Hope you get a nice long mild autumn Eunice!
Thanks Cathy I am also never ready for the darkness of winter so yes nice till Dec 15th I would love.
Hi Cathy, I’ve been thinking of you a lot over the past months. It was an amazing summer for “non-gardeners” but for the rest…alas, what can I say. Hope the Aster I sent you is doing well. I chopped off a piece to plant it opposite the other one when I dug up yours and it’s such a beauty –all this without any watering {we didn’t get rain for over 3 months!)– so I’ve decided to plant more bits in other parts. It’s almost as tall as I am and so healthy. So glad that autumn is here and we’ve had some rain too so my poor parched plot begins to turn green again. Wishing you happy autumn days and good luck with the new garden…so curious and hope you’ll share some images soon 🙂
Hi Annette, have been thinking of you too. What a summer! Yes, we have had only a few drops since early July after a dry spring too. Glad you have had some rain at last… we are finally supposed to get some in a few days, but we will see! The aster you sent me looks amazing, despite the drought, but mine isn’t very tall – only about 70cm perhaps. I shall chop a piece off it next year to plant in my new garden. 🙂 (I must take photos of the newly planted beds tomorrow!) If you ever come anywhere near Regensburg you must visit us! 🙂
I’d love to meet you some day, Cathy, you’re equally welcome to call when you’re in my part of the world. So glad the Aster has survived. I keep my fingers crossed for (more) rain. The cooler temperatures certainly help. Looking forward to seeing the new garden take shape – will you move there eventually or will you keep both places? Have a fab week 🙂 xx
We will stay there but keep the old place too… not sure how I will keep up with the garden, but we will see! Have a great week too Annette!