Flowering in November

I don’t often join with Chloris at the Blooming Garden when she writes about her favourite 10 plants for each month; however I think it is a good exercise to understand what pleasures each month brings. 

In a Vase on Monday – Generous

As always Monday brings the opportunity to create a vase from flowers in our own gardens.  I am lucky that on this last Monday in October there is still plenty of choice for my vases and enough for bouquets to give as gifts.

In a Vase on Monday – the same but different

Finding material from the garden to join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for her weekly challenge is becoming harder each week.  But I did find something  to add a little interest to the evergreen foliage of two weeks ago.

The cut flower beds in November

As is to be expected the production of cut flowers is in dramatic decline; I am beginning to look with more interest at the evergreen shrubs, fruits, berries and seed-heads to supply fresh material for my vases.

In a Vase on Monday – three years old

Happy Anniversary to In a Vase on Monday!  Cathy at Rambling in the garden started this meme as a prompt to herself to pick flowers from her garden to enjoy in the house.  Who would have imagined that this meme more than any other would change us all fundamentally.

In a vase on Monday – Not what I expected

What to put in a vase for Cathy at Rambling in the Garden‘s weekly challenge to find something in the garden to put in a vase to enjoy indoors?

In a vase on Tuesday

No, not a new meme!  But I have so many flowers that I thought I would see if it were possible to create a vase every day for a week.

In a vase on Monday September in three vases

The temperatures have dropped, there has been rain, the cuttings beds continue to produce flowers and constantly surprise me with their generosity.  Cathy asks us to fill a vase with flowers from our own gardens or surroundings and every week I am surprised by the variety and beauty of the vases offered from bloggers from all over the world.  What will you choose today?

In a Vase on Monday – The show goes on

I had no idea what was going to be in the vase today as I have been away since Friday celebrating my birthday on the Massa Lubrense peninsula (not far from Sorrento and Positano).

It had rained very heavily while we were away with thunder storms I imagine as the power to some parts of the house had gone off because a fuse had blown; something that seems a regular occurrence here in Italy; but I digress.

In a vase on Monday – Orange yet again

Monday means a vase of flowers from my garden for Cathy.  Yes, in a way I do feel that these vases are a gift to Cathy and all those who join her meme; they are also a gift to me as I’m sure sometimes I would think I was too busy to pick flowers just for myself.  Today is a good example; I have a dental appointment and lots to plant in the garden so without Cathy I wouldn’t have produced this arrangement.