Anemone ‘Serenade’ is flowering, so before it gets spoilt by the rain (Ha Ha! Note the sarcasm!) I picked a couple of them for today’s vase.
I decided to stay with the pink theme. Pink vase, pink Scabiosa, pink Cosmos and pink Knapweed.
Along with the Knapweed, the only thing growing in the open ‘grass’ is the Queen Anne’s Lace, so I added some of that and some Calamagrostis, Deschampsia and Stipa.
The upturned log I have placed the vase on is cracking and will probably fall apart soon, but it has made the yard look rustic over the past two years. 😃
I am linking in to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Cathy invites us to join her in sharing a vase of flowers from in or around our gardens each Monday. So pop over for an idea of what is flowering around the globe. 😃
Have a good week, and if you are waiting for rain I do hope you see some.
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Words and Herbs 
Your deep pink anemone is lovely, I have ‘Pamina’ which is a similar colour and comes in both single and double flowers. It’s not so happy with the dry weather though!
I have seen Pamina on sale… really pretty. This one got a bit of watering last week when I realised it was in bud and wilting. The woodchip mulch on that bed helps a lot and at least keeps the roots relatively cool.
OMG, your poor lawn. You must wince every time you look at it. Drought is a wicked thing for flora and fauna. At least your vase this week shows all is not lost! 🙂
I have got used to the brown expanse beyond the yard now and the fields harvested a. month early are standing empty as it is too dry to sow. Can’t even get the potatoes harvested as the ground is too hard! I saw a youtube video of Pennsylvania yesterday and it immediately struck me how green it is there!
The mid-Atlantic region is getting everyone’s rain, floods everywhere. How I wish a cloud or two would stray this way.
Beautiful shades of pink Cathy. Your grass looks sad but no doubt will recover when it has some wet stuff. I hate to say it but we have actually had some rain today. It has been very dry and hot summer here but further south and most of Europe are in more dire straits 😢
Good you got some rain Anna. Our ‘grass’ is actually mainly weeds like clover and plaintain, so it should grow back really quickly. Even the morning dew helps.
Oh, great combination! And I love the vase, too. You’re always so creative!
Thank you Beth! 😃
Your blooms look really fresh too, Cathy, especially with the contrast of the parched grass in the background! How long has your Queen Anne’s Lace been flowering? Doesn’t it start in early summer? Thanks for sharing your pinks today 👍
Yes, the grass is pretty bad! 🤪 The Queen Anne’s Lace must have started flowering around early to mid June. Around the same time as St John’s Wort. It will go on flowering until the autumn.
That’s far longer than I would have thought – I think i will have a go with it again
Cathy has arrived first with just the very words I would have used regarding the vase and the parched grass. The pink selection goes beautifully in the vase.
Thank you Noelle. 😃
I adore that Japanese anemone, Cathy. Your lawn looks like what lawns in my area should look like if the fools around here would stop wasting precious irrigation water trying to keep them pristine green during our long hot, dry summers. My husband and I pulled all our lawn out in stages after we moved in but, even with our worsening “megadrought,” we’re surrounded by green lawns that never belonged in our Mediterranean climate to start with. Sorry about the rant – you can tell I’m frustrated 😦
Gosh – I can see why you feel so frustrated!!!
We humans are completely MAD!
I understand your frustration Kris. We got irritated with neighbours in the past who chopped down their hedges and trees and replaced everything with huge concrete blocks, grasses and laurel shrubs. Nothing else! I have always found it strange when I have seen the lawn sprinkler systems in films in the US. Such a waste of water!
Love the collection of pinks.
Your ground looks as dry as ours.
Yes, so dry. But still a few flowers hanging on!
Is knapweed native or naturalized? It looks like Centaurea cyanus (which some might also consider to be a knapweed).
That would be blue here. This is Centaurea jacea. Grows everywhere here and is native. Usually pink, sometimes purple. 😃
Yes, Centaurea cyanus reverts to blue as it naturalizes. Since it is not naturalized here, much of it blooms with other less natural colors in home gardens, including purplish pink like your Centaurea jacea. Even though I know it is a weed in some regions, I still like it, particularly the common blue sort. I think that it excels at blue. Of course, your Centaurea jacea is very pretty also, and excels at its particular purplish pink.
pretty in pink! I love the vase and its contents. I wish Queen Anne’s Lace was around here it is a favorite. I was just saying to my husband that I don’t remember a year when almost everyone on IAVOM was not getting rain. I am getting worried about this winter. My lawn looks worse than yours! We got a bit of rain, so there is hope.
Yes, seems like so many are suffering from drought this year. Where is all the rain?! I promise not to moan if it rains all autumn!
No moaning…maybe we should have an ugly lawn contest – I would win!
We have lots of weeds in our ‘lawn’ which helps a bit… well, delays the brown for a week or so anyway and it may bounce back quicker. The clover only needs some morning dew for it to start sending up new leaves.
I have tried to find clover to plant! I think I am too far south for clover.
The anemone is so pretty. Mine do not bloom until autumn.
Mine are a bit later this year, possibly because it was so hot. They usually open the last days od July or early August. There is a hint of autumn in the air this morning though….
Love the anemone combined with the dried blonde seed heads, Cathy. It does look dry in the background – do your lawns usually dry off like that in summer in your part of the world, or is it due to the extreme weather you’ve had over there? Here we have lots of lawn (not my choice, we are renting) but I let it brown off every year too.
It isn’t usually this bad, although the grass does tend to get scorched most years. The heat but especially the hot drying winds have caused a lot of damage this summer simply because we haven’t had any rain in between. Fingers crossed for some at the end of the week.
Oh dear, your lawn looks as bad as ours! Anemone has never been doing well with our hot and dry summers but refuses to die off completely. Like you I will start to cut back the (many) dead bits and hopefully it’ll look a bit neater afterwards. Sadly I’ve also lost a Malus ‘Evereste’. After the initial shock and pain of losing quite a lot of plants, I’ve started to feel a little better and make plans for new plantings which will definitely not need any watering. Your vase is delightful. Keep your chin up 🙂
I have also made a list of plants that have survived this drought and they will be filling the gaps! Keep smiling and happy gardening Annette! 😘
Very lyrical! Love the shot of Serenade against the Queen Anne’s Lace especially. Hope you get rain soon. Our chances are now fixed on next week 😦
The rain they forecast here for Friday is now a 50% chance of a light shower so I am not holding my breath. Just had a panic and watered the fruit trees with our bucket system: 20-Liter-buckets with a tiny weeny hole in the bottom and a half closed lid on top, placed at the base of the tree. Works better than a watering can or hose.
Thank you for sharing links, I have been trying to do the prompts to blog more 🙂
Hope you can get back into blogging again soon Eunice. I miss you! 🤗
I have been doing a lot more posts and prompts always help I remember 20 words………… not sure if that still is a blogging stop.
Oh my goodness, I see I have been unsubscribed from your blog! I have missed so much! Off to catch up now. So sorry Eunice! I really thought you were taking a blogging break! 🤭
lol nope like you I do try 🙂
This summer has been upside down the world over. Drought, flooding, drought, repeat. I’ve just seen footage in The Guardian of flooding at Victoria station! Yesterday we had *seconds* of drizzle, followed by a hot, humid, miserable day. The dry here continues. Thanks for sharing pics of your lovely vase.
We are waiting with bated breath for rain forecast later today. So far it has passed us by. But it is cooler at night, with a little morning dew, which should help some smaller plants to keep going.
Best of luck, Cathy.
Yes, I caught your sarcasm. And I feel your frustration. Your garden is still delivering beauty despite the dry conditions, and the pink and white is perky and cheery. They seem to be adapting well, and I suppose that’s the name of the game for us all!
Yes, my garden needs to be even more drought tolerant I have found. Although last year was an exceptionally wet summer! LOL!
Oh my gosh your lawn absolutely does look worse than mine! There was rain just a few miles North and then later a few miles South of here, and of course not a drop fell in this garden… i bet you’re very familiar with that story…
There hasn’t been any rain at all in most of Germany until recently, but again, passing us by! Keeping our fingers crossed some might fall later today….