Here it is time for In a Vase on Monday. We continue to suffer from lack of rain and high heat. Nonetheless, there are still a few items that are bringing color to the garden. My Arranger suggested that they might be displayed better this week in separate small vases.
These are tough plants to survive our current conditions.
Dwarf crape myrtle
White Swan coneflower
Radicans gardenia
Anthony Waterer spirea
Pink Knockout Rose
Our thanks again to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for inviting us to share what is blooming in our gardens each week. Please visit her site.
A Walk in the Garden 
I think your arranger was right…these all look gorgeous in their own little vase…and then nicely grouped.
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Thanks, Donna. We really didn’t have a lot to choose from this week. I’m looking forward to fall and some cooler weather.
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Sometimes it is enough for each flower to have the stage to itself…but I have not been able to restrain myself! Maybe my individual blooms do not have the same presence as yours.
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Thanks, Noelle. Sometimes they seem to be more beautiful when separate. I can focus on each one.
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I love the White Swan best of all, so pretty.
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Thank you, Dorris. White Swan has struggled this year…rabbits and then the heat and drought, but they are coming back.
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Rabbits? Heat? Drought? really you wonder sometimes why us gardeners bother.
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Is it always thus hot during summer where you are John? Good strongly coloured flowers, I especially like your Echinacea.
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Thank you, Christina. This has been an unusually hot summer for us. We have had more days above 90 than any time since records were kept.
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Having the pretty flowers each in their own vase lets them all be stars. I like the frilly crepe myrtle, and the roses and echinacea are beautiful in their own ways too. My Anthony Waterer spirea is no longer blooming but maybe it I cut off the spent flowers it would try again.
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Thanks, Hannah. I deadhead Anthony Waterer after it blooms in the spring and it has rebloomed in summer…without fail…for years and years. And it is a full rebloom. I think it is a great plant.
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Crepe Myrtle soldiers on through the hottest summer and just keeps producing flowers . What would summer be without them ? They remain reliably bright no matter what . A lovely assortment of flowers this week 😊
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Thank you, WG. The crepe myrtles really do lift the spirit. The one in the picture is from a dwarf variety (of no name). Its blossoms are about half or less the size of the others. And this year it is blooming the best it ever has.
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Sounds lovely . I appreciate Crepe Myrtle a little more each summer . The flowers have such staying power . I have been thinking about planting some dwarf ones …
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Yes – what a good idea to show the different blooms in different vases. It works so well – thank you both for sharing!
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Thanks, Cathy. We finally got rain yesterday. Things are looking up.
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Nice specimen arrangement. Your White Swan coneflower is lovely. I have some but they never looked very nice this year because of the heat and drought. The Am. Goldfinches seem pleased they’re all gone to seed.
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My coneflowers have struggled this year, primarily because they were ravaged by critters when they first appeared in the spring. They are still trying to catch up, but not so floriferous as in previous year. (Sigh!) Maybe next year.
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