I have been so busy today I thought I wouldn’t have time to join Cathy at Rambling in the garden for my favourite meme. But I felt Monday just wasn’t Monday without a vase.
So it is very simple but I actually love its simple elegance.
The vase is large and the Antirrhinums tall
White Anthirrhinums
I used stones to support the stems, Antirrhinums have tough stems that support themselves very well
Do visit Cathy to see her pink vase! Plus all the other vases, where most people have had more time than me today to produce something you’ll enjoy Sorry this is so short but better short than not at all!
Creating my own garden of the Hesperides 
I LOVE it! I love the design and the simplicity – sometimes less really is more.
I’m struggling with time too today – but I might just squeak in later – like you I considered giving it a miss but ………. no – not possible! Uh oh! my newly discovered addictive personality. xxx
Yes, do join in again, you’ll be pleased you did, as I am too.
Oh those white snapdragons Christina! Glad you found the time!
Literally, five minutes to pick them and perhaps another five to put them in the vase.
Fabulous and so elegant Christina….I love how you used the stones to only a certain level and really showcased those stems.
I wasn’t sure about the stems but I thinks it does show just how tall they are, which is about 90 cm (3 ft).
Oh, this is lovely and so difficult to pull off. It reminds me of a quote, the gist of which is anyone can do the airy fairy froth but to come up with such elegance, such restraint and for it to look as good as this is very hard. Christina, this is what I aspire to. I’m going to have another look …
Thank you Sarah, you are very kind, but I really did this very quickly because I was so short of time to pick anything else; but I wanted to pick the snapdragons because it would have been a shame not to enjoy them.
Christina, this is so striking! I’ve been thinking white snapdragons would be a great garden addition and now I’m sold.
I am very pleased with them, these were from the seed I sowed this winter so they grow very quickly to make very sturdy plants.
Simple…sleek…modern: this arrangement belongs in an art gallery.
Yes! I so agree Ricki!!!
I know what you mean, it does have that ‘look’ doesn’t it?
They are wonderful, and simplicity is everything.
I also like the way that they will straighten up in a vase if they have been curved in the ground.
It’s perfect, Christina! I have a similar (but somewhat smaller) vase – I’ll have to pick up some pebbles and try copying your example.
To use the pebbles successfully, the flowers need to have good strong stems, which the Snapdragons do, I can see why florists like them.
Just stunning Christina!! We share a love of white and I always like single flower arrangements. Well done for squeezing a vase in when time was short.
With so many flowers available to pick it seemed a shame not to join in, even though it was really very simple.
How lovely! Even the stems look pretty the way you have anchored them. Great idea!
I think it would also be good if the water level was the same as the stems, but I’d need to remember to keep topping it up.
Lovely, less is more most of the time!
I agree with you about that but sometimes a huge mix of flowers is fun.
How very imaginative. A marvelous presentation.
Thanks John.
A wonderfully elegant piece with a minimum of means… Lovely work!
Thanks Amy, when needs must! If I’d had more time and had done more it wouldn’t have been so striking.
So elegant and cool . These would be lovely for a wedding . Thank you for finding time to join this week 😊
Only if the wedding was very modern I think.
…. or a small and simple gathering…. I love what you’ve made here, and your flowers are beautifully grown. Best wishes, WG
These antirrhinums are gorgeous, Christina – and elegantly displayed, like you say. It is hard to believe that they have such tall straight stems although I think the ones I am growing from seed are a shorter variety and unfortunately the white ones had a very poor germination rate. Lots of pink, although they are a long way off flowering. Your Christmas present book is proving really useful isn’t it?! Hope all is OK with you and thanks for finding time today ps my marking is almost finished 🙂
The white snapdragons are from Sarah Raven but the other much cheaper sees has also grown tall but I don’t think there are as many flowers per stem. It had almost decided that I really didn’t have time but when I got home at 6.30, I just could miss picking something. There is such a lot to pick and we’re going away soon so they all need picking now if I’m to have anything to pick when I get home.
Hope you get everything done and picked before you go and do enjoy your trip. Will you be away long?
Yes, three weeks!
My goodness! Are you coming to the UK, Christina?
No, Cathy, I’m going to a wedding in the US, I’ll be meeting Susie from pbm garden.
I love this vase. I always grow snapdragons, but they are never that tall. They look great the way you have arranged them in the large vase with pebbles.
Sarah Raven promised that these would be tall, so I’m pleased they are. The other coloured ones are also good with long, strong stems but fewer flowers per stem.
Bellissimo e molto originale. Le bocche di leone alte mi piacciono tanto!
Se vieni al weekend te do. Deve tgliarle prima di partire.
Very elegant with those long stems , and I love the white flowers.
I think I like white for cut flowers more than any other colour but I will always grow other colours too for variety.
These snapdragons are beautiful and I love the vase/pebbles. Very simple but elegant. It looks like the kind of arrangement that would be in a very posh restaurant 🙂
LOVE this.