It is difficult to pinpoint what makes me think of these flowers as elegant. The long lines of the buds and stamens; the clear orange red color of the flowers in contrast to the simple heart shapes of the dark green foliage? I am not sure, so I arranged them simply in a brown pottery vase with Muscadine twigs.
Pretty simple. The vase I bought at our local charity shop.Something I am sure someone’s mother or aunt made and the ability to appreciate such things was lost in time or translation. My next comment was edited; as so, so many people don’t appreciate things made with our hands and hearts.
The plants in this vase are very simple, Clerodendrum speciosum, Java Glorybower, in red orange flowers and Vitis rotundifolia, in twigs.
It is what it is. Flowers and twigs. Simple and, hopefully, elegant.
On the butterfly front, here is another newborn:
This is a Swallowtail, who grew up in my Parsley and hopefully flew away.
The Shrub Queen 
None of the above can be found here, although I intend to grow muscadines. Not being able to identify them makes them intriguing.
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I think they’re elegant; I love the vase, so fat and squat and solid, gorgeous!
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Thank you.
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Wow, that Clerodendron speciosum is gorgeous and perfect with the twigs in the brown vase. Yes, very elegant. And lucky you having swallowtail butterflies.
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Thank you,Liz.
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I always find the colors of the flowers interesting. Your tropicals are such hot colors and all the vases from farther north are much cooler. Every Monday is a trip around the world in flowers.
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The flowers are hot colors or white,just happened that way. I have one pink plant.
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Your first photo made me think ‘Lady in Red’ but in the subsequent pics your flowers look more orange. I am in a musical vein this week 🙂
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It is a very orange,maybe coral red.
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Elegant and dramatic! There is even a fireworks vibe going there too! Lovely!
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Thank you, there is a fireworks vibe. Should have waited til next week.
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Oh, I imagine that you’ll find something full of ooohs and ahhhs and sparkle and pizazz! I love seeing what you have going on in your part of the world and how you bring it all so beautifully together!
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Thank you.
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Simply elegant. The Clerodendrum clan certainly has a lot of stunning family members. Isn’t it interesting (sad) how sentiment for things seems to be waning? Perhaps because so much is disposable and so many things are available?
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Thank you, the Clerodendrums continue to amaze me. I wanted to do a painting for my nephew’s wife as a wedding present and she turned it down.
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I love your elegant flowers and that beautiful vase…..I am still hoping I see some wonderful caterpillars on the herbs…..I do so miss seeing any butterflies. But we are in for a hot dry time so they might reappear.
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Thank you, I hope you see some butterflies soon.
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The pistils/stamens do give it an elegant look. I like simplicity in arrangements, it is calming, even if it is a warm color. Passionate simplicity? 😉
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Passionate simplicity??! good idea.
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🙂
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It’s the graceful stamens that make the flowers elegant I think. The twigs add to the appeal. You’re doing exceptionally well in the butterfly department!
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I think so,too. I found a new caterpillar this week Atalas, butterflies are cobalt blue, black and orange.
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Oh that’s lovely. The shape of your design, the color, texture—all wonderful.
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Thank you
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Aha! (Student raises her hand for teacher’s attention.) That arrangement works because the flowers are in that particular rounded vase. Do I get marks for that clever reply?
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Clever reply, and I hadn’t considered that. I had another comment along those lines. I thought the dark brown would show off the colors and the flowers have short stems! Sticks were for balance and color repetition with vase.
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