Today is Monday and time for In a Vase on Monday, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. For this week’s offering I thought I might try something a bit different. My peonies continue to be delightful this year but are starting to slow down. While the flowers look droopy and are ready to fall on a number of them, it struck me that the color still remains in the petals, falling or not. So…I got a plate and filled it with peony petals.
It’s not really a vase, and they aren’t really full flowers, but I must admit I love the color.
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A nice shift from tradition… and those colours are wonderful!
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Thank you, Joanna. It seemed like a good way to take advantage of the petals…before they brown out.
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Lovely arrangement! So unexpected & stunning!
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Thank you so much for your sweet comment.
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Lovely and imaginative – just what I’ve come to expect from you and the Arranger! (Did you then eat them?)
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Thanks. Sorry but we did NOT have a peony salad.
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A lovely idea, preferable to letting them wither unloved on the branch.
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I’m glad you like the idea. Thanks.
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That is such an intriguingly alternative idea, John – well done to you and the Arranger
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Thanks, Cathy. The dropping petals just begged for a different solution.
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That’s a very good idea John, which I may also try as it inevitably rains when my peonies open! I wonder if this dish of petals also smells good?
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Thank you, Cathy. There was a fragrance but not very intense. The petals don’t last very long…not a surprise.
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A beautiful way of displaying and appreciating the petals.
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