There are not a lot of cultivated flowers blooming in my garden now that I’m willing to cut and bring in for a vase. I suppose I could have brought in a peony or two, but there are just three blooms right now, and it makes me really happy to drive up the road to my house and see them under the Kousa dogwood tree.
What I do have plenty of, thanks largely to my own negligence, are “weeds”! Pretty weeds! So I have picked a good handful of wild ox-eyed daisies and several stems of buttercups from my rock garden and as-yet unplanted vegetable patch. The catmint (Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’) is blooming nicely now, too, so I thought some sprigs of blue would complement the white and yellow nicely. For filler, I cut a few branches of spirea.
A formal vase didn’t seem right for this arrangement of wildflowers (see how I’ve decided they’re not weeds anymore!), so I took a Mason jar out of the cupboard for it. I had thought there was a scrap of ribbon lying on the counter which would have been pretty tied around the rim, but, after weeks of it just sitting there, someone either put or threw it away!
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting this weekly party and encouraging us to bring some of the beauty of our gardens into our homes to enjoy!
The jar is the perfect choice. I have enjoyed seeing wildflowers every bit as much as garden flowers this year.
Thanks, susurrus! The wildflowers look so fresh and cheerful, I think!
I love this kind of vase Kimberley! The jar is perfect for wildflowers. I would only call buttercups weeds if they grew in my flower beds…. 😉
Well then, some of these buttercups were definitely weeds, then, as are the daisies. I actually let the daisies bloom and grow in my beds because I really like them. When they’re done, I pull them out. Even though I pull them, plenty come back the next year!
Yes, the jar is spot-on for the contents and ox-eye daisies are always such a cheerful sight. The nepeta and buttercups are the perfect finishing touch but I had to smile about your experience with the bit of lace – I know what you mean! ps I am just about to plant out my very first seed-grown cleomes!
I hope you enjoy your cleomes! I think I’m not going to have any this year! : (
This seems to be a perfect year for wildflowers. Your choices made for a nice, informal arrangement.
Thanks, Alana! The wildflowers along the roadsides do seem to be having a banner year. I’ve really been enjoying the wild mustard, and have been tempted to transplant some into my own garden. I think it would be a bad idea, though!
So many vases today look like they are remnants of spring!
In my zone, the wild daisies and buttercups signal the beginning of summer!