The two bottles are from a nice tea assortment I was gifted last year by my nephew’s wife, my niece in law? I saved the bottles and here they are with my vintage Blue Willow teapot enjoying the IAVOM spotlight. The flower colors reflect our weather in South Florida. Hot and hotter. Apparently we haven’t made it to Hell’s Front Porch yet. I see this on social media and have to laugh as it is a fairly apt description of late summer.
The bottle views:
The zinnias are supplying better colors this summer. All pinks and oranges. Another garden mystery to ponder. A few sprigs of Arabian Lilac (Vitex trifolia) and Firecracker Plant (Russelia equisetum) complete the bottle.
This bottle has Gallardia (Gallardia pulchella), a few sprigs of Red Salvia (Salvia coccinea) and Arabian Lilac.
Happy Monday to all and thanks to Cathy for hosting IAVOM. Follow this link to visit Cathy’s blog and view more vases.
The Shrub Queen 
Each of your vases is bright and as you say have ‘hot colours’. That bottles are such a good shape too.
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Thanks, Noelle.
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Warm and bright, so summery!
I remember well several weddings of 2 nieces and a nephew in central FL always in Sept. many years ago, and I imagine it hasn’t got much better. ‘Hell’s Front Porch’ is an apt description!
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The weddings were too early in the fall! Hopefully indoors..
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One was outdoors, in the afternoon, and we kept worrying about the thunderstorm that was approaching, thinking: ‘Hurry up and say “I DO!” and let’s get under cover!’ 😀
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Yikes.
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Can you imagine the headlines? 😱
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It has probably happened
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Love them! What gorgeous hot colours, I thought those zinnias were tithonias for a minute. Hell’s Front porch sounds alarming, I hope it doesn’t come to that.
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Thank you, Liz. I need to try Tithtonia, I have never had any. Hell’s Front Porch is inevitable.
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Arabian lilac sound interesting. I tried to find some seed for another species of Vitex in Arizona, perhaps a Texas lilac. It looks nothing like Arabian lilac.
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It is. This looks very much like a butterfly bush (Buddleia)
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Well, that somehow makes it a bit less interesting.
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I think the butterflies agree with you.
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I can grow most of those plants, but you are ahead of me. Did you get the Sahara dust? I saw once on a documentary that it drops nutrients, especially on the Amazon.
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The Salvia is just getting started. I cut most of it back, it kind of goes dormant without rain. There was Saharan dust on the west coast, I’m not sure what happened to it. It’s odd to me how far it travels, maybe it is just not here yet.
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Hell’s Front Porch!! It feels like that to me today in B.C. at 32C. Gaillardias do so well here in the wild so it shows how adaptable some plants are. What a stretch of climate zones! Actually all your flowers today are very familiar which is different than many from your wonderful plant collection. Love them all and your teapot is a gem!
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Wow! it is almost cooler here! Gallardia is amazing. It was recently decided they are not native here. Thanks and I hope it cools off soon.
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The whole concept of Hells’s Front Porch doesn’t bear thinking about! 🥵☀️The rectangular nature of the teapot and the bottles make for a striking display today and I love the colours, especially of the gaillardia. I am pleased to have some zinnia flowerheads developing, but the plants are still very short
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You are right about that! Thank you. I’m glad to hear your zinnias are coming along. These are fairly long stemmed for me.
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Most of my annuals are shorter than usual so far this year – lack of rain, I suppose
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I love those hot colors! I suspect it’s going to be a couple months before I see any zinnia blooms here but at least the Gaillardias have made an appearance. We’re at the height of “June Gloom” season, when we’re lucky to see any blue sky before late afternoon. Much as I appreciate the lower temperatures that accompany it, it’s getting tiresome.
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Thanks, Kris. I think if you are from a normally sunny climate the gloom really gets to you.
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Stunningly lovely! You are fortunate to have Zinnias and Gallardia blooming already. Thanks for sharing!
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