I have to join in with Cathy today with her popular meme, because she is celebrating the fact that she has been doing her vases and getting everybody to join in for a whole year now.
We are deep into November, but I still want to see my garden and flowers through rose -coloured spectacles. So as everything is gradually turning brown, I have picked the last of my pink flowers. I hate brown.
I left it a bit late and the light was going but I managed to take a couple of shots of the vase in the birdbath without a flash.
And then I had to go indoors and as Cathy is keen on accessories I teamed the arrangement with a Chinese Famille Rose plate. The flowers are arranged in a pink Cranberry glass vase so we are all in the pink.
The flowers are Rosa ‘New Dawn’. Chrysanthemum ‘Emperor of China’ and my unnamed one. Diascia. Nerine. Scabiosa ‘Beaujolais Bonnets’. Salvia greggii and Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’ Penstemon ‘Connie’s Pink’, Fuchsia, Viburnum tinus and Mosquito grass, Bouteloua gracilis.
I am off to look at other peoples’ vases now at ramblinginthegarden. Thank you very much for encouraging everyone to have so much fun with their vases over the year, Cathy.
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Perfect in Pink! It hardly looks an autumn vase at all much more like mid-summer. The dark claret colour of the vase brings out the pinks even more. I hate brown too!
Thank you Christina, that is what I was aiming for. The Cranberry vase is one I haven’ t used before and I don’ t know why as I love it.
Amazing how summer like your display is Chloris. I can’t believe you’ve still got so many pink flowers. Lovely display.
Thank you Angie. The pink flowers are coming to an end now unfortunately. I shall miss them.
What gracefulness! So light and lovely and so unexpected in November.
Thank you Jane. I wanted to do something that didn’ t look at all like November. That’ s why I chose pink.
I’m impressed at what you still have in your gardens to pick for a vase. Pretty in pink, indeed!
It is unusual to have so much colour in November. I think we are coming to the end of it though. Future vases are going to be more of a challenge.
As Audrey Hepburn once said: I believe in pink. Even in November. =)
I didn’ t know she said that. Great! I really felt the need for some pink today. I was glad there was still some left. Soon we are going to be plunged into a dingy, brown world. That is why I hate winter. It is so monochrome.
You have a beautiful collection of pink flowers, Chloris! I think it looks particularly good against the brick wall. The plate was a nice touch too.
Thank you Kris. The Famille rose plate seemed appropriate for an all pink arrangement.
I like Audrey Hepburn’s comment about pink – but I especially like your delicately pink vase, absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sparing some crinum to share with us, and for finding such lovely pink additions to go with it. I need to look up your Beaujolais Bonnets – and is that the Hopley’s diascia? I have now bought one of those. All very very lovely – and such kind comments about the meme too. Thanks Chloris.
It is not a Crinum Cathy, it is the last of my nerines. The Hopley’s Diascia is fabulous. It has been flowering for months. You will love it.
Oops – temporary aberration, Chloris. I do know it’s a nerine really! I am really looking forward to my diascia flowering next year as I had seen one in real life about the same time as you first featured yours. Well done on your first year of blogging – for us it seems as if you and your profound plant knowledge have always been around…
Thank you, dear Cathy. What a lovely thing to say.
Chloris i can’t believe you still have so much pink in November. I have pink roses but oh to have more and more pink…I love the delicacy and variety of your vase.
Thank you Donna, but you have your lovely Fairy roses which are so pretty.
Your flowers look amazingly fresh and spring-like. Beautifully arranged. I seldom get to photograph my vases outdoors, but what a nice effect you achieved.
Thank you Susie.It is nice to be able to get a shot outside in natural light. The colours are never so good with the flash.
This is such a pretty vase! I can hardly believe it’s November looking at those gorgeous pink blooms! 🙂
Thank you Cathy. I think that is probably the end of the pink though. The blooms have lasted well this year.
Thats so pretty Chloris and the Viburnham tinus flowers have come in very handy!
Thank you Julie. The Viburnum tinus is living on borrowed time. I am working my way round the garden getting rid of them. But it is an uphill job, there are so many. The previous owner had a thing about them . Mahonia too are everywhere.
Usually not a big fan of pink, but that is really lovely. I especially like the ‘New Dawn’ rose and the mosquito grass.
New Dawn is so reliable and healthy. It always has a second flowering. The Mosquito grass was an impulse buy this year, I love it and it is great for flower arrangements.
Oh Chloris, I keep thinking it can’t get any better but I’m wrong – such fireworks! The nerine look splendid in a vase and I love the way the mosquitos hover over it. Well done!
I love the colours of your vase this week, Annette. What a gorgeous Sweet Pea you have used. I think we have both managed a summery vase, even though it is November.
It doesn’t feel one bit like November, Chloris, but then for me the dullest months are really January and February.
But at least we have snowdrops and hellebores to absorb us in February.
Lovely pinks, Chloris! Nice to be reminded what a good rose New Dawn is. I looked carefully for the scabious with that lovely name, ‘Beaujolais Bonnets’, but there was only a tempting hint. I’ll hope to see it popping up in another of your arrangements – it sounds like my kind of plant. And the nerine is divine!
You are right Cathy, I carefully picked the last of the Scabious to put in the vase and then forgot to make sure that they could be seen in the photo. They are lovely and very easy from seed.
I have nerines in different parts of the garden and some are long gone. The clump that I picked this from is still going strong so late in the year.
Considering it’s November that really is wonderful. xx
Yes, I don’ t remember any other year when I could have picked a bunch like this in November.
How beautiful! I can’t get over how much you still have blooming. I have new dawn as part of my new rose collection which I shall plant out next spring, It was lovely to see yours blooming so late, I really hope mine does too.xxx
You will love New Dawn Dina, it is so pretty and always so reliable.
I hope your parcel arrived safe and sound.
Wow Chloris, that’s an incredible pink firework of a vase – just gorgeous!
Thank you Jenny. I love the firework image.
Lovely pinks! I’m not a fan of brown (or gray) either. I think both can look great as supporting players and with blue-sky background, but if they’re the dominant colors I get sleepy. 😉 They tell me “time to hibernate.” In any case, your arrangement is quite uplifting and pretty!
I agree Beth, and I am not ready to hibernate yet, so bring on the pinks! Let’ s have more of them.
So beautifully pink, Chloris. I find it hard to imagine so many pinks still in flower. Good planning on your part, no doubt! Oh, and the wonderful Audrey Hepburn was definitely right!
I like to pretend that it is good planning but really it is a very mild Autumn. So much pink has never happened before so late in the year.
I am not a fan of pink outside the garden- BUT-I have grown to appreciate it in the garden over the years. I love your flowers in the vase! All those shades of pinks:-) I have some pink mums and passion pink chard but that is it! Pretty amazing all that you have!
Yes, it is unusual for this time of the year. I can’ t remember still having nerines out so late before. I love them. In fact I love all the pinks, particularly now that everything is getting so brown and dark and dank.
Oh most pretty in pink Chloris. It is sad that brown, dark, damp and drear are now the order of the day but not long to go until we see pink and other coloured hellebores 🙂
Add me to the list of people loving your pink this week. It looks completely fresh and cheery, but the nerines look best of all. Such a clean color on such a delicate and shapely flower. The whole arrangement has a perfect lightness to it!
What a stunner, Chloris. Well done.