I did wonder, with an element of trepidation, what I would find in the garden today worthy of picking.
It turns out that it was not so much picking but collecting bent and broken foliage post Storm Austin and Boelo, so today's #IaVoM is brought to you courtesy of some rather frisky weather!
The garden looks like a rumpled quilt, all the shrubs and herbaceous perennials are beneath a deep patchwork of leaves. Very pretty but not quite the look I was going for, so later, when the rain stops, I think I will go and uncover the paths and see what else has been bent or broken by the weather.
And as a nod to autumn - a beautiful cone collected some years ago from the government gardens in Pretoria South Africa on a glorious warm blue sky autumnal day - a complete opposite of today.
Thank you Cathy of Rambling in the Garden, I shall go and see who else has filled their vases with autumnal delights.
Looks beautiful, I can't get honesty to grow in my garden.
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DeleteLunaria took a bit to get hold in my garden, now I have an infestation of them!!
they have decided they rather like it there now 😄
Even if wind damaged still looking beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJust a few roses hanging on here in this garden where things shrink instead of spread
thank you - suspect the remaining survivors in the garden are presently being pummelled as it is absolutely chucking it down outside now. My roses are still trying to send up buds but I think it is too late now for anything to bloom, tempted to prune back and let them have a rest.
DeleteWe're having frisky weather here! I'm in South Florida. Lovely vase. A.melia the shrub queen.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amelia - and hello to you in South Florida 😊 thank you for visiting my little corner of blogland x
DeleteThat's a lovely selection to flowers and foliage. I must try and get some honesty in my garden - those seed heads are just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Ellie
Thank you Ellie - The seed heads this year are the best ever, so transparent and despite the ridiculous weather recently they have survived and look as delicate as ever x
DeleteOur garden has taken a bit of a beating too. Roses are still covered with buds. Like you i am contemplating just doing the autumn hack (prune) but i may just live in hope for a few more blooms over the next week or so … assuming the weather calms down a bit. It’s most definitely autumn 🍁🍁🍁
ReplyDeleteI understand that the temperatures will rise for a day or two, but not necessarily be sunny, just more meh than anything else, which for my garden usually means things turn to mush so I definitely need the autumn hack back!
DeleteA beautiful display. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you sweet lady x Hope your weather is a lot easier today
DeleteMy mother-in-law used to grow Lunaria, so it holds special memories for me. Plus, the seedheads are fun! Sorry about the crazy weather--I hope you won't find too much damage under the leaves. Your vase arrangement is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, my garden always looks very weary at this time of the year and so to add insult to injury the last couple of storms have actually given it some colour and form just by drowning it in autumn leaves - got to see the good side 😄
DeleteThe bounty we find from damage can be the best. Love it.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree!
DeleteI think you did very well foraging for vase materials after the storms, Kate! I love the Sedum and Lunaria elements. The latter is something I've never been able to grown in my own garden.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have both in abundance in garden, they can both be a bit leggy or floppy due the amount of shade from the neighbours to trees, but I persist with them😊
DeleteTo those of us for whom honesty grows happily, It seems odd that it doesn't seem to do so for everyone. My L Chedworth is seeding all round the garden but I am just wondering if I have seen any seedheads worth picking... Your vase of wind damaged bits has worked really well - and this is one of the joys of IAVOM, making us look at our gardens in a different way, searching for material to plonk in a vase. Your green and burgundies have worked so well together today - and I like your description of the rumpled quilt 👍
ReplyDeleteYes, I was surprised how many mention that they can't grow lunaria, for me, in the wilder parts of the garden it is almost a weed and I pull it up in handfuls.
DeleteI am definitely a plonk it in a vase then twiddle the foliage sort of person!
What you found looks a bit Autumn but that is your season, right? it's my favourite time of year, have a nice week.
ReplyDeleteYes definitely mid autumn here now although now after the storms is strangely mild. You will be mid spring now, I am not that much of a fan of autumn due to its confirmation of end of summer and the imminent arrival of winter.
DeleteIYAM, your flowers look terrific. And your "rumpled quilt" description is so delightfully precise. Also this: aren't pine cones the best? I've tried (many times) to represent them artistically (painting, printmaking, drawing) but I no artist compared to nature.
ReplyDeleteThank you :) I have found drawing cones particularly hard too, so I take photos of them instead! I have two of those large cones, I have had them since 1995 and they have moved with us many times since then.
DeleteWhat a gorgeous display. I don't think I've got anything left in my garden, but who knows what I'll find if I go looking? You've inspired me. x
ReplyDeleteGo one - give it a try, I was surprised what I was able to garner from the garden and to see it in a vase in the lounge makes me smile each time I look at it, I shall try to keep it going as long as possible :)
DeleteThe storms gave you this lovely big bunch of autumn to enjoy, with those gorgeous lunaria seeds! Still, I do hope that you have calmer weather now!
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