I was a bit worried that our snow and cold weather was going to stick around for much longer and affect my ability to cut flowers from the garden, but a little warmer weather and rain moved in just in time on Saturday to melt almost all the snow. I managed to get out and cut some Hellebores, which is what I had wanted to cut last week for my first IaVoM post. They work just as well this week.
It's a different vase than last week, (a cheaper, unmarked thrift store one), but pretty enough, and the right height and color to go with the blooms.
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| It's a very simple combo of Hellebores and sweet box |
As I looked at it sitting behind my sink in the kitchen window, I realized that I couldn't really see into the Hellebore flowers. Although it's a variety that holds its flowers more upright than most (either Penny's Pink or Anna's Red, I can never tell the difference), it still needed to be a bit higher. So I upended one of my cat's dishes under it.
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| Overturned cat dish for height |
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| Now I can see into these pretty blooms |
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| I tried to choose a few sweet box branches that still had black berries for just a bit of contrast |
Most of the scent of my sweet box out in the garden seems to have dissipated. I had to strip all the lower open flowers from these stems and I'm hoping that the tiny upper blooms will open eventually and add some scent to the room.
I discarded everything from last week's upstairs vase arrangement, but the one downstairs had undergone an interesting change.
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| The Monstera leaves had turned yellow! |
I had to keep them and use them somehow in another vase. I tried to work them into the Hellebores, but quickly realized that just didn't go. Fortunately I had a single stem of Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer' blooming out in the greenhouse that fit in perfectly.
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| Even closer, just in case you are also wondering what we like to read (Guess who reads what?) |
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| Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer' |
I'm having a lot of fun cutting flowers for this meme, and I fear it is going to get addictive. Cathy at Rambling in the Garden hosts In A Vase on Monday. Check out Cathy's post
here, and see what she and other bloggers are plonking in vases for today. And think about participating too!
