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David Austin Roses, Hydrangea arborscens Annabelle, in a vase on Monday, Leucanthemum, October, Rose The Pilgrim, shasta daisies, stripes
Seeking out a spot in direct sunlight first thing, I placed my bottle with flowers on a serviette, not so much because it has stripes but because the green is similar to Hydrangea Annabelle.
As I snapped my pictures on the phone I realised the stripes from the blinds were casting shadows.
The rose is The Pilgrim which has a faint rose scent. Planted next to the shasta daisies, I like how the rose colour picks out the yellow centre of the daisies and blends with the green of the Hydrangea . 
So that’s it, my selection on this the 1 October. Joining our host Cathy Have a good day. D.
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I like that too! and the stripes.
Your late season blooms are enhanced by the sunlight. Love the hydrangea.
Thank you. Definitely a nip to the air now so savouring the late summer rays
That’s a great effect, Dorris, and your Pigrim is gorgeous – mine hasn’t done especially well this year at all and has had no second flush.
The second is actually better than the first this year. As for the effect, a lucky happening!
Interesting that the second Pilgrimage was better than the first for you. Mine has put on more growth and may yet flower again but is in no hurry to do so
Down to the weather I think. Fingers crossed it flowers before the weather turns
We can put a lot of things in our gardens, good and bad, down to the weather this year! 🙂
So true!
A lovely colour combination and those stripes are very effective. Looks really artisitic. 😉 Your jar is pretty too. You always seem to find such nice containers!
Thanks Cathy. Stripes I will admit were a lucky coincidence !
Love the arrangement and the shadows…I too commented on shadows this week!! The rose is so pretty, and setting your arrangement on your napkin is lovely.
Thanks Noelle. Btw I have tried without success to follow your blog
I did not recognize the Shasta daisy until you mentioned it. It looks like the old variety of Paris daisy that I remember from when I was a kid, but have not seen since then.
Paris daisy, nice name I will need to see if it’s one of the same. Will ask it in French and if no answer will google it!
It is not the same as Shasta daisy. It used to be known as Chrysanthemum frutescens. There are modern cultivars of it now, but even the so called ‘straight species’ is not like the big flowered one I knew when I was a kid.
R. ‘The Pilgrim’ is my sweetheart’s favourite English rose. It is such a pure, soft yellow.