I was going to call this post swanning around, but there are way too many interpretations of that term to have it in a title. Mind boggling how many ways a saying can be taken from sexual to merely showing off.
The late summer daisies are showing off – in yellow, Beach Sunflowers (Helianthus debilis) the red ones are Gallardias (Gallardia pulcherra). The white flowers are Bridal Bouquet Plumeria (in full glory) and Sweet Almond Bush (Aloysia virgata) backed up by a few Asian Sword Ferns.
The Green Swan is actually a candy dish I inherited from my mother. She was a collector of swans and loved to say ‘Why, I’ll Swanee’ – the polite Southern lady version of I swear.
Happy Monday.
The Shrub Queen 
The candy vase makes a great vase.
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As with Cathy’s Dahlias, your flowers are lovely but your commentary is even better!
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Thanks, Linda
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Love the title and the vase, sunny and perfect.
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A bright and cheerful late summer arrangement. The swan candy dish makes a wonderful vase.
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Thanks, Peter.
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Neat heirloom – I like how you made a ‘tail’ out of greenery. The sunflowers look sturdy – well adapted to your weather I expect. Hope your week is a good one!
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Thanks, Eliza. The Beach Sunflowers are considered a weed by many Floridians. They are so prolific they conquer weeds, works for me!
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I cultivate a fair amount of weeds here, 😉 natives support the ecosystem!
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Yes and you should see the butterflies, well worth it.
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So pretty and graceful in the swan. Is you mother’s swear word anything to do with Swanee river? I can’t remember anything about it, apart from the fact that it is ‘far, far away.’
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Thank you, Liz. The Suwanee River is actually in Florida. And I will have to look into the origin of I’ll Swanee, no clue of the origin. It is not something you hear people say currently.
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I laughed at your discussion of blog post titles – you do have to watch it there as I learned long ago when I titled one post “pretty weeds” (although I got a lot of unintended traffic from that post!). The green swan makes an excellent vase to show off your tropical blooms. I love the cheerful beach sunflowers.
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Yes, I have had some blunders…Thanks, Kris.
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the swan dish is awesome and isn’t it great how people use all manner of recepticals for vases. I really like you flower combinations -especially the sun flowers – they won’t grow in my garden in usually soggy Manchester. I’ve got staples of English country gardening in my vase today – sweetpeas, dianthius and lavender (that’s happy about our really hot weather). love Bec xx
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Thanks, Bec I like the vase alternatives. I am amazed you still have Sweetpeas and Dianthus with the heat.
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They’re in the shady part of my garden and I’ve watered the sweet peas a lot:-)
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Amusing post…and I love that you have shaped your foliage like a swan to fill your swan vase.
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Thank you, swans always remind me of my mother.
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