In a Vase on Monday: Natural


For this week’s ‘In a Vase on Monday, ‘ the freesias I’d planned to use were still not in bloom. Stumped for ideas, I looked around for a theme inspiration. Bees. Bees are attracted to certain plants. Next, I needed a receptacle. I spotted a Portuguese terracotta shot mug and a log.

Thought. Purple, yellow and wispy. Found a yellow Carpobrotus Edulis as my central flower. For purple I used lavender. Bees adore my wild lavender. And for wispy … Wild Dill.

Then I tried another arrangement. Bees love Oxalis pes-caprae – Bermuda Buttercup.

So I trotted around the garden with my log and vase of flowers. I love the shape of the log, which provides the perfect display stand. And then Buddha.

But my favourite is still …

That’s my inspiration in a vase for this week, folks. You can check out more displays on Cathy’s blog, Rambling in the Garden.

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  1. Sorry, I nearly missed this as to keep on top of IAVOM I usually follow up vases from a comment, but I didn’t see one…?

    Like the other Cathy suggests, it is such fun following your thought processes, and it is clear you enjoy coming up with something for IAVOM. What a useful log that is!!

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    1. Hi Cathy, no problem. It’s been a crazy week. I thought I’d commented on your post. Or maybe I got halfway through writing a comment and got sidetracked! Yes, I do enjoy IAVOM. IT’s harder than it looks. The log will no doubt make further appearances as the months progress. 🙂

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      1. And sometimes WordPress is on a go-slow and won’t allow comments to be posted for a short period – I try to remember to go back later and click ‘send’, but probably don’t always remember!

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  7. I love your vase this week – and the thought process that went into it too! I think the most creative vases arise when we think we don’t have any material. But your wispy dill and lavender are a lovely base for any flowers. The Bermuda buttercups are new to me, and I must look them up. I also didn’t recognize the Carpobrotus, but it looks like it wouldn’t be happy in my winter garden anyway. 😉 The vase looks lovely on your log, but I like the Buddha shot too.

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    1. Thanks, Cathy. It’s surpising what you can create when faced with limited time and resources.. The Bemuda buttercups and Carpobrotus were also new to meuntil we came here. The Carpobrotus ia a succulent and I don’t think it is frost tolerant.

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    1. Thanks, Donna. Trying to find flowers and a theme for a vase each week is tougher than I thought. The flowers I included are considered invasive but when you see the swathes of bright yellow flowers in the wild swarming with bees it is quite uplifting.

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