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Calamagrostis x acutiflora Karl Foerster, in a vase on Monday, Miscanthus sinensis malepartus, molinia Transparent, rhei radix pulveratum
Here we are, mid November, still finding things for the vase as part of Cathy’s meme.
My pickings are getting harder to find yet for mid November, it is extraordinary to have any flowers, let alone roses.
I have picked the much used ‘Lark Ascending” rose with some of the orange toned Molinia ‘Transparent”. The colours work so well together . By contrast Calamagrostis xacutiflora Karl Foerster looks bleached and stiff.
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Miscanthus sinensis malepartus is pleasingly fluffy.
The rose has masses of buds but with imminent cold weather (surely) I am not anticipating them having the chance to open. The old enamel labelled bottle is made of orange/brown glass and compliments today’s colours. The earlier contents of the jar,? rhei radix pulveratum a herbal remedy for constipation was absent from the jar by the time I was given it.
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That’s a relief then.
Have a good week and let’s hope it dries up soon.
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I am glad you told us what rhei radix pulveratum was used for – and of course we will now know what to ask for if we ever find ourselves in that sort of situation… 😉 Lark Ascending is SO pretty – and as you say, what a shame to have buds that you know are unlikely to open, but hey ho! there is always next year. The various grasses are the perfect setting for it and a great advert for their versatility. Thanks for sharing Dorris.
Always next year….that favoured phrase for us gardeners; do you think we are the eternal optimists?!
Love the jar and your creative arrangement mixing the browns and oranges of the grasses and rose…really beautiful!
Thanks Donna, a happy coincidence me thinks
“That’s a relief then” – well it would have been apparently.
Lark Ascending is gorgeous.
I want to grow ‘Lark Ascending’ and I love the vase, even with its funny translation. Lovely combination.
Thanks Julie, is it a funny thing to have on a jar, or just weird? not sure. Yes, I would say grow that rose, I am so pleased with it.
What a beautiful warm hued rose, the grasses are such an interesting addition. I know what you mean about how thin Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ becomes at this time of year, with the seed spent earlier in the summer it’s a whispy ghost. Lovely in the garden, though. Picking it to dry the flowers when fresh preserves the colour and form of all grasses 😉 . The fluffy seed heads of Miscanthus Malepartus are lovely in your vase.
Hi Kate I shall try drying the seed heads of Karl next year, I would imagine they look rather lovely. I like the fluffy heads in the vase too , they are so pretty close up.
I love your quirky jar. The different grasses set off your lovely rose perfectly. So pretty.
Thanks Chloris. It is a little quirky but serves a new purpose here.certainly these flowers are more attractive than the powder!
Great rose stem, with lovely foliage too. It goes so well combined with the grasses and the interesting vase.
-I absolutely love that apricot-pink color of ‘Lark Ascending’. It may be much used, but I have never seen it before.
Thanks. It is a David Austin rose.
What a delightful still life and very much ‘you’ – quirky container and a well chosen background too 🙂
Thanks Annette, I am happy to see you recognise my quirky eye 🙂