My vases this first Monday of 2019 reflect my mood and the New Year. Celebratory. The Silver Goblet could be used to quaff the contents of the Champagne bottles. My girlfriends from college were here last week for a toast to 2019 – Champagne always seems to materialize with them. The bottles were saved for a toast from my garden.
The Pinkballs (common name) are Dombeya wallichii, purple flowers are Zinnia “Lilac Emperor” and Tampa Verbena (Glandularia tampensis); pink foliage is Alabama Sunset Coleus; off white spikes are Juba Bush (Iresine diffusa); green foliage is Asparagus Fern.
Another view:
Here’s a gardening toast to 2019, I found a lovely new seed source in the US (ordered seeds, of course! I was excited to find Lime Zinnia seed) Here is a link:
Cheers to 2019!
The Shrub Queen 
Pink Champagne … love it!
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Prosecco, actually. Thanks.
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Do you read Erin at The Impatient Gardener? She just ordered Floret seeds. She does a lot of seeds and really knows her stuff. She lives close enough to me that we have managed to visit each other’s garden once. Love that pink ball and the pink Coleus leaf. Both new to me.
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I don’t know Erin, I will go and look her up. I have just started growing seeds as it is hard for me to buy what I want to grow! I had not seen Dombeyas until last year or so. Alabama Sunset Coleus is probably a cultivar from the 90s.
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And you are ‘in the pink’ too!! The dombeya looks pretty as individual ‘balls’ like this, and the zinnias are gorgeous and are looking just like cosmos! The coleus is a perfect match too
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In the pink along with you, thanks – for some odd reason I have difficulty with Cosmos and China Asters, you would laugh if you saw the puny Asters. Not one successful Cosmo, ever!
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You may be pleased to know my asters are pretty puny too and I shan’t bother with them this year 😉
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Laughing, I will post my terrifying Aster with my Vase on Monday. I wonder where these grow – China, right?
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Yes, I believe they are native to China 😉
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I’ll drink to that! What pretty Champagne bottles, perfect for the celebratory mood of your arrangement. Happy New Year!
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Cheers, Peter. Happy New Year to you.
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you.
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So pink and pretty!
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Thanks, Noelle. It is pretty girly!
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I love all your frothy pink, specually the dombeya, I would love to be able to grow it. I love the zinnia too.
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Thanks, Liz. I am not really a pink person – but, I love the Dombeya.
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I love the bubbly display! And I wish my friends materialized with champagne in hand…
I put a Dombeya on my Annie’s wish list but there’s no telling if or when that nursery will have the plant on offer for mail order. I shall wait, semi-patiently.
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Thank you, this particular friend keeps cases of Champagne in her garage, I think, and you really need a Dombeya!
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Is that Annies’s Annuals?! They have some really cool items. I remember when they were just starting out in Richmond. I found them by mistake while picking up Perlite from one of their neighbors.
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Your dombeya are glorious.
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Thank you, I am really enjoying them.
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I simply love this. A real celebration of new year.
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Thanks, Christina Cin cin
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So pretty in pink – I love the champagne bottles!
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Thanks, Eliza. Cheers!
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