It has been a bit of a challenge to meet my commitment to offer a Vase on Monday today. My rain gauge reads over three and a half inches and it is still raining steadily. Moving about in my garden felt like I was walking on an unwrung sponge, with water standing everywhere. It will take awhile for my clay soil to absorb all this rain…and more is forecast. Because of the steady rain I decided to make just one stop outside, so I headed for the Camellia sasanqua ‘Our Linda,’ now blooming its head off. I must have been a sight trying to juggle the clippers, a container, an umbrella and the cut flowers. All that notwithstanding, here is our offering this week.
My Arranger suggested we display ‘Our Linda’ blossoms in six miniature vases on a green glass plate. There were enough petals left to sprinkle about.
‘Our Linda’ is my first camellia to bloom this fall and was a gift from David Park at Camellia Forest Nursery. I love its delicate pink.
Please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden this week to see what she and others are sharing.
A Walk in the Garden 
That’s a lot of rain, John! At least these lovely camellias don’t seem to have suffered – thanks for sharing
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Thank you, Cathy.
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Your arranger is an artist. Thanks for braving the rain to post this.
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My Arranger thanks you, as do I.
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Oh boy, I gotta have one of these.
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I’ll be happy to give you a cutting.
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These are just beautiful John–nice rich color. Raining here as well…
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Thanks, Susie. We were fortunate to get this one as a gift.
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Beautiful camellias.
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Beautiful, and worth the effort I would say. Especially pretty with the raindrops still on them.
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Thank you, Cathy. I agree; it was worth getting a bit wet.
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‘Our Linda’ is a lovely Camellia, I don’t really like the ones with too many petals but this has a beautiful open form. Wow! That is a lot of rain all at one time. How much rain do you get in an average year?
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Thanks, Christina. Our average annual rainfall is 44 inches. I think we are a bit ahead of that this year.
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Ours is an average of about 26 inches so you have a lot more rain than us.
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Gorgeous! What a lovely Camellia! We are enjoying the Camellias so much this month. They are covered with so many buds, and some new ones are blooming prolifically for the first time. That is an ingenious way to display each blossom so it may be fully appreciated and not crushed. your arranger has a special gift for showing off your flowers to advantage. A great team effort! More rain on the way, John, for us at least…. and I would guess for you as well this weekend. But it is so much better than not enough! Cheers! WG
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Thank, WG. We are having fun with this meme.
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