A few years ago I inadvertently started a Shrub Queen holiday tradition. A rock n roll friend of my husband’s brought him a tin of biscuits from the UK. I am a lover of tins and this one has become a favorite ‘vase’ for holiday arrangements.
A few former Holiday Buses:
This year I added new colors to the red and green palette. Burgundy and chartruese and pink. Going wild.
A closer view:
Green Envy Zinnias are front and center. The pink flowers are Globe Amaranth; in white, Bridal Bouquet Frangipani; in red, Coral Plant (Jatropha multifida),
Burgundy flowers are from Red Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana); red foliage is Ti Plant (Cordyline); red flowers are Tropical Red Salvia (Salvia coccinea); Asian Sword Fern add some greenery.
Happy Holiday Monday to everyone and Best Wishes for a Joyous Christmas.
Thank you to Cathy for hosting this weekly event. To see more vases, visit her blog at http://www.ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com.
The Shrub Queen 
I remember your bus and it does make a nice display. Your green zinnias have really done well.
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Thank you, I fear you haven’t sen the last of the green zinnias. Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas to you.
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Love your displays in a London bus.
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Thank you, Happy Christmas.
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😃 I love your bus, and it looks absolutely gorgeous again this year! The zinnias are a great addition. 👍
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Thanks, Cathy. Warm holiday wishes to you and yours.
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You’ve outdone yourself again this year with another splendid holiday arrangement, Amy! I love the abundance of ‘Green Envy’ … such a great cultivar. Enjoy your week!
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Thank you, Eliza. I am enjoying the zinnias. Weird is good sometimes, Happy Holidays.
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I like the addition of the green Zinnias this year. Masterful and whimsical! Have nice holidays Amy.
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Hi Susie, thank you – the zinnias are whimsical by virtue of their color! Happy Holidays to you.
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Yes, I remember your bus too, and in a way the zinnias look like a further row of passengers on an upper deck!! 😁 The width and depth of the tin offers great scope for arrangements and you have given us another beauty – thank you! 😊
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Green Envy on the bus! I love it. Thank you.
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What a delightful tradition. If I ever get around to joining this meme, I must use similar traditions, or find more vases.
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Vases can be just about anything. Flowers in Rhody’s collar would work!
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It would not work for Rhody though.
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I remember you bus from a previous year, and your arrangements in your collection are a lovely tradition. Happy Christmas
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Thank you, Noelle. Happy Christmas to you.
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That bus was such a surprise (I’d not seen it before). What a fun tradition. Good additions this year!
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