It’s Mother’s Day in the US this Sunday. As I collect flowers, my thoughts are always with my mother, the Greatest Generation Southern Belle, Miss Betty, who would have adored In a Vase on Monday. I am certain if she was still with us (she would be 98 years old) I would be printing out blog posts and mailing them to her. Computers were not happening in her world, ever.
My father’s mother, Blanche (yes) was the Blue Willow collector. I suspect there is a gene as I love the pattern and china. The teapot was found on a shopping mission with my mother.
The Sunday Madness? A Food and Travel magazine contacted me a couple of months ago – soon after the historic freeze, and they wanted to photograph food in my garden. I agreed. And am madly putting things right. This week I am baking! I will share more as things progress.
A closer view. The white flowers spilling down the side are Sweet Begonia (Begonia odorata). Orange flowers are Mexican Honeysuckle (Justicia spicigera). Blue flowers are Plumbago (P. auriculata). White spikes are White Flame Salvia. Scent is added by chartreuse culinary dill flowers.
Foliage is ‘Mammey’ Crotons and Asian Sword Ferns.
Please send me positive vibes for the photo shoot. To see more vases, visit Cathy at RamblingintheGarden!!
The Shrub Queen 
Ooh, sending positive vibes your way Amelia! 🐞🐞🐞 Good luck!
Your vase is so pretty! I think it’s the blue that I like best, both of the teapot and the Plumbago. 😁
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Such a delightful, harmonious arrangement, the vase is perfect for it. Hope the shooting goes well, so exciting.
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Congratulations on the magazine article. I hope I can pick it up, so let us know when it comes out. That is how I found out about blogging from a Southern Living issue. The blogger lived in the Austin area and has since moved to a desert state. I could not get family and friends interested in my plant photos and have since found a community that loves plants as much as I do. I hope you will inspire gardeners to start a blog.
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