In celebration of In a Vase on Monday’s Eleventh!! Anniversary. I would like to extend a warm, tropical, virtual Thank You card to Cathy at RamblingintheGarden for hosting this lovely garden meme for all these years. I enjoy the weekly chat with gardeners around the world and have learned quite a bit about what grows where and beautiful new plant possibilities for my garden. It may seem counterintuitive; but I have found many plants that grow in summer in the UK do well in my South Florida garden in winter and I love making vases with them! Follow the link to see more vases celebrating eleven years of IAVOM.
The Close Ups:
The Eleven is made from Blanchetiana Bromeliad (Aechmea blanchetiana) foliage that I drew an eleven on with a Sharpie and trimmed off the excess. Certainly a first in my house, drawing on foliage. Grey rosette is Graptosedum succulent; purple and silver striped foliage is Wandering Jew (Transcandentia zebrina); white flowers are Bridal Bouquet Frangipani (Plumeria pudica).
Purple and pink flower is a “Candy’ Portea Bromeliad. Ferns are native Boston Fern (Nepholepis exaltata).
Thanks again to Cathy and Cheers to all from South Florida.
The Shrub Queen 
You are so inventive, the 11 is truely inspired.
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Simply stunning Amy. And what a clever idea to make a foliage number 11.
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Oh my! This sort of reminds me of (what formerly was) contemporary floral design of the 1980s.
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Love that 11, very creative. I can only imagine that Wandering Jew would go crazy in your yard.
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Oh what a great interpretation of the 11 theme, Amelia – it works so well! And thank you for the card too – how kind! 😊 Your vase really does look celebratory, and the blocks of colour nicely reflect those on the thank you card – so well thought out! Thank you for your loyalty and support over the years
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Aren’t you cleaver, very appropriate. I love it.
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Brilliant! I have never seen a leaf cut into any shape before, and using it as an anniversary ’11’ was an ingenious idea! 😁 The flowers are lovely for an anniversary vase too.
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Brilliant, I like your ’11!’ 💡
I love that this meme has brought us garden friends from all over the world. Like you, I’ve learned about different climates and new ‘must have’ plants. Plant envy can be a good thing! 💚
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Clever and effective, Amelia! The card prop was a nice touch too.
https://krispgarden.blogspot.com/
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Interesting about the UK plants working well for you in winter, and your 11 is fun! It’s a very graceful and professional arrangement. 🙂
Beth @ PlantPostings
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A fabulous celebratory concoction Amelia. I loved your addition of a thank you card and the foliage eleven is a most inspired finishing touch 😍
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Love it and your thanks to Cathy. I know I am so appreciate of this wonderful gathering of floral minds. I so enjoy seeing some of sunny Florida so opposite to my snow dusted garden!
https://zonethreegardenlife.blog/2024/11/18/in-a-vase-monday-november-18/
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thanks, the floral minds bring me a lot of joy.
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Wow, love the 11! So beautiful 🙂
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thank you!!
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Lovely! Sorry I missed reading posts last week so just now seeing the special anniversary entry. Glad to have met you here. Hope things are going well.
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