Today is Monday; they said it would rain…and it is, so I jumped ahead yesterday to grab what few flowers are available from my garden to include In a Vase on Monday. Because all of these are rather small, it seemed appropriate to float them in a shallow dish.
The only blossoms available for this week’s vase are a few surviving camellias from ‘Our Linda’ and ‘Debutante.’ I filled in around them with undamaged Encore azaleas, violas, and the purple calibrachoa.
Camellia sasanqua ‘Debutante’
Violas
Encore azalea
Calibrachoa
The “vase” is a shallow Waterford crystal condiment dish.
Please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to see what she and others who are following here meme will be offering for us to enjoy this week.
A Walk in the Garden 
What a delightful late season collection of flowers…
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Thanks, Noelle. I didn’t have much from which to choose this time, but I was pleased with the color combos.
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Lovely dish, John! I also enjoyed your nice contribution to the ‘Transition’ photo challenge. How heart-warming to see so many family around to ‘transition’ your traditions further into the 21st century …
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Thank you, Cathy. Holidays are such important times to establish and replay traditions.
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My grandmother used to float her Camellias like that, thanks for inspiring a good memory.
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Thank you for remembering.
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I realized I have the actual bowl – if only I had some Camellias!
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Oh that is absolutely delightful, John – thanks to you and the arranger for sharing it
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Thank you, Cathy.
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I always love floating flowers – particularly when the collection includes camellias!
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I hope to continue to have a few camellias still. The trick is to get them to come into bloom between frosts…something, of course, that I cannot control.
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Beautiful presentation.
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Thank you, Susie. It’s getting to be a challenge as the flowers fade.
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I love the idea of floating beautiful flowers in a beautiful crystal dish. Thanks for the inspiration John.
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Thank you. It’s fun to share ideas.
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How beautiful! The color combination is stunning 🙂
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Thank you, Angie. It is fun to try to put the right things together.
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Oh John the flowers are stunning in the bowl!
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Thanks, Donna. I am pleased with the pink-purple combination. It’s about all I have right now.
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What a nice arrangement for so late in the year, and smart to float them!
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Thanks. It’s getting more difficult to find presentable items now.
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Another beautiful composition!
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Thank you, Kris.
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Beautiful!
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Oh, this is stunningly beautiful. How brilliant of you!
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You are most kind to say so, Eliza. Thanks.
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What a warm and lovely combination of colors, John! You have quite a lot still in bloom it seems. Aren’t the Camellias just the most wonderful gift this time of year? What an interesting dish for floating flowers. I love what you and your arranger have done here ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thanks, WG. I am really scraping the barrel to find flowers to include in the weekly vase, so you may see some of the same items over the winter.
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Absolutely adore the photo of the floating flowers – could be the cover of a card or printed and framed – definite eye candy the moment I spotted it! Cathy T
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Thank you, Cathy. You are most kind.
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