They tend to be a bit fragile, so bits and bobs are always breaking off from the mother plants.
I had a pot that needed some filling in at ground level so just poked those bits into the soil. Voila! In a matter of weeks they had surpassed all expectation. Kinda reminds me of Jack and his magic beanstock.
This little vase is an afterthought because it took shape a couple of weeks ago. The mums last and last in a vase even though the great outdoors destroyed what was left out there. Supplemented by some dried Persicaria and Chasmanthium latifolium and a decorative leaf plucked from a NOID houseplant, I’ll offer it up for Cathy’s ‘In a Vase on Monday’.
Nice arc and flow to your charming arrangement, Ricki. The background complements it. I didn’t realize that Persicaria can be dried. Yet another asset to this hardy plant. 🙂
The dried Persicaria was an accident. It started out fresh in a vase and refused to turn up its toes.
Oh dear heavens, the Sea Oats and Mums in that last vase are yummy. And with your staging in that spot, with the lovely wall-covering background… I love this.
That background is a large painting done by Richard. He will like that you mentioned it.
Oh how similar are the contents of our vases, rickii?! Persicaria, hardy chrysanthemum, grass and a leaf! Great minds…! Thanks for sharing yours – and your energetic succulents
I suspect as the pickins get slimmer there will be a good deal of crossover. I do like having my mind grouped with yours.
Its those little triumphs of cuttings rooted, flowers dried, and arrangements which come from nowhere, that can give us those moments of contentment even when we think the gardening year is over. Thanks for sharing.
I must confess to liking the challenge of the :nowhere” days.
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I wish I’d bought a few Mums in before they all went droopy .
Will we remember to do it next year? So soon we forget.
Succulents are amazing at rooting and filling in. Now if you could just find the goose that lays the golden egg… Very pretty vase.
Only geese I ever find are the silly ones.