It’s time for another In a Vase on Monday, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Several plants with lavender blue tones are featured in this week’s vase.

Taking center stage is bearded iris ‘Clarence,’ supported by ‘Blushing Bride’ hydrangea and ‘General Sikorski’ clematis. The greenery is cleyera japonica.
Clematis ‘General Sikorski’
Iris ‘Clarence’
Hudrangea ‘Blushing Bride’
Let me invite you to visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to see items from her garden and from others.
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John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
Lovely blue and white arrangement. That iris is exquisite and of course, I love the hydrangeas.
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Thank you, Susie. This is one of the few times we have used clematis in a vase; of course it was my Arranger’s idea.
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The clematis adds a lot. I’ve had mixed success with using them in a vase, some lasted only overnight but others, a week.
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Beautiful arrangement.
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Thank you for your comment.
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A very beautiful Clematis John. And a lovely arrangement too. I love the Japanese bowl as a vase.
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Thank you, Cathy. As the spring progresses, there are new things blooming in the garden, which makes for fun in a vase.
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Lovely! My favorite color!
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Thanks, Naomi. It’s one of my favorites too.
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Dilly Dilly! This is stunning John – I must try and use clematis more often. The combination of blooms works perfectly with those complemtary colours ps Lavenders Blue and Dilly Dilly are the names of two of our chickens… 😉
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I hadn’t thought of the song; thanks for reminding me. And here’s to your chickens!
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Perfect and beautiful! I have never seen Clematis this beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you, Amy. We “discovered” ‘General Sikorski’ at the Biltmore some years ago. It is a beauty.
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Excellent combination, both color and texture.
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Thanks, Jason. It’s been a good week for color.
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