It’s still very much summer weather here, whatever the calendar may say. Despite which, I had intended to give an autumn flavour to today’s vase by making it mostly about the brilliant orange fruits of desert hackberry (Celtis ehrenbergiana). Then as I prepared to go out and cut some, I remembered abruptly that last time I tried that, they hadn’t survived very long in the vase. Furthermore, I found that I couldn’t reach many of them over the fence. Nor was I about to go round and climb through mounds of prickly pear to get at them from the other side!
Clambering through prickly pear definitely sounds like a bad idea! You came up with a lovely mix of flowers though. The salvia is so pretty - true blue is so hard to find. I love the wispy effect you have created in your gorgeous vase. 😃
What a great end result from your wisps and waifs and I am glad you decided against a climbing expedition! It will be exciting discovering what will grow in your new garden - and I think you said you had some roses waiting in pots?
Clambering through prickly pear definitely sounds like a bad idea! You came up with a lovely mix of flowers though. The salvia is so pretty - true blue is so hard to find. I love the wispy effect you have created in your gorgeous vase. 😃
What a great end result from your wisps and waifs and I am glad you decided against a climbing expedition! It will be exciting discovering what will grow in your new garden - and I think you said you had some roses waiting in pots?
Foraging and exploring is exciting in a new garden. What will / does grow here? What supports biodiversity?
I love the colors and the composition, Amy. The "velcro" grass is interesting too. It's still more like summer than autumn here as well.