I have been watching and admiring the white antirrhinum, A 'Liberty Classic White', in the cutting beds for a few weeks, not wanting to cut any stems until all our garden visitors had departed. Now that they have indeed all gone, I was at liberty to use the stems in today's vase, where they form the mainstay of an all-white arrangement.
The startlingly white blooms are the variety's main attraction, but the elegant spires also make them the shapeliest and most attractive antirrhinums I have ever grown, with the buds all set to open right to the tip in a way they have never done before. It wasn't hard to find appropriately stunning compatriots, with Cosmos 'Double Click Snow Puff', Clarkia (godetia) unguiculata, Dahlia 'White Onesta' and clary sage 'White Swan' all within easy reach in the cutting beds. I thought additional foliage might be required to soften the stark whiteness, but the clarkia was so tall (up to 1 metre) that I had to cut the stems above the flowering buds and was able to use the upper part for added greenery, whilst the clary provided its own unique greenish-white interest.
Today's prop is the vase itself, one of Aldi's seasonal mugs, of which I now have a small collection to provide appropriate vase opportunities. Vase, mug or jam jar, there are endless potential receptacles for Monday blooms or other material gleaned from our gardens, so why not take advantage of them and join us on IAVOM by using the usual links to and from this post?
Whilst picking the blooms yesterday morning I was also picking sweet peas for elsewhere, returning to the house with a supersized combined bunch, and the realisation that supersized bunches were well within the garden's remit at this time of year, subject to the confidence of the vase-maker, so perhaps you can tentatively watch this space...
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