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acid bottle, blue glass bottle, Darsham Nurseries, Hosta praying hands, in a vase on Monday, July, perennial sweet peas, Verbena bonariensis
I have missed joining Cathy in her weekly meme but today I have got a bit of time at home to join her. 
Firstly is a sprig of Verbena bonariensis in a Japanese Tom-thumb sized pot which I acquired at Darsham nurseries , Suffolk. It reminds me of the pebbles on the beach. 
So not much picking or arranging involved but pleasing to my eye at least.
In the garden shelter I have an old acid bottle, don’t you?
into which I have picked flowers from Hosta Praying hands. 
I am not really a fan of Hosta flowers as I think they detract from the beauty of the leaves so I snipped them and plonked them in the bottle.
My neighbour gave me a bunch of her perennial sweet peas. Pretty and pink, I have them in a blue glass bottle outside. 
Aren’t they sweet.
Now do take a look at Cathy’s blog and look at some of the other lovely arrangements.
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Oh that littl epot is absolutely adorable, Dorris – it looks SO tactile and I just want to reach out and cradle it in my hands… It looks perfect with the pebbles and with its tiny sprig of verbena. I keep intending to cut a stem or two of hosta blooms, but somehow it is never quite the right time! I know what you mean about them detracting from the leaves, so perhaps that it is the soloution, to have a series of vases with hosta blooms! Hope all your preparations are going as well as they can in this heat – look forward to seeing you. Must look into campsites soon!
That is how I felt about the pot, too sweet.
There is a campsite in Ivinghoe not sure if it has any mod cons though.
The Camping and Caravaning Club lists 2 or 3 within reasonable distance, but I need to check out their facilities
The sweet peas are so pretty, mine died before they started to flower (bud drop) so I am getting my fix by looking at others. They look wonderful in the blue vase and I really like,the Verbena bonariensis in the pebble.
Thank you. Bud drop is awful after all the nurturing. Next year!
Goodness, you really spread them around. It is like the ‘In A Vase On Monday Garden Tour’. Those perennial peas really are pink! I like the purplish pink too, but yours look more like annual sweet pea. I tried to grow white ones from vines with white flowers, but of course, it did not work. They do not like to be in the garden anyway. They just want to grow wild where they are not planted.
Ha that’s plants for you: always go where they please