Hello GPODers, and glad Friday!

I’m again with one other installment of GPOD Vignettes, a compilation of submissions too quick for their very own submit however nonetheless worthy of sharing. To atone for previous Vignettes, verify them out right here: GPOD Vignettes #1, Vignettes #2, and Vignettes #3. Similar to earlier GPOD Vignettes appeared to effortlessly come along with a cohesive theme, this subsequent batch of submissions all revolve round floral preparations and colourful container plantings.

Bounty from a chopping backyard

I’m an avid gardener who enjoys beginning vegetation from seed. I reside in Sterling, MA and have a small greenhouse through which I propagate herbs, greens and flowers. The picture has zinnias, sunflowers and hydrangeas which I lower and introduced inside yesterday.

Thanks,Cathy Fox

This annual-filled association delights in yellow, orange, and pink. I significantly love how Cathy lower her lacecap hydrangea into smaller sections, permitting the flowers to splay out from all sides quite than the standard clumps and clusters we often see from hydrangeas in floral preparations. The truth that she grows a lot of her flowers from seed makes all of this that rather more spectacular!

Suave preparations

These subsequent images come from Susan Warde, showcasing the beautiful preparations her daughter made.

Hello Kaitlyn, impressed by your vignettes submit the opposite day, I’m sharing two images that my niece despatched me. These are flower preparations accomplished by her daughter Kate Fenstermacher, from Bradford PA. I like these images—they’re so painterly: Nonetheless Life in a Summer season Cottage, White Pitcher; Nonetheless Life in a Summer season Cottage, Inexperienced Bowl.

Like artwork leaping off a web page, Susan was spot-on in her description of “painterly.” Kate’s association model may be very harking back to the Seventeenth- and 18th-century Dutch masters who favored sprawling, wild, and heavy preparations stuffed with shade and hidden meanings. Artists like Jan van Huysum, Ambrosius Bosschaert, and Jacob Vosmaer come to thoughts with their unimaginable nonetheless lifes that includes profusions of blooms.

Kate’s selection of vessels is equally as inventive and becoming of these traditional Dutch designs. Whereas the usual vase shapes are at all times elegant, out-of-the-norm containers like the beautiful pitcher above provides an additional contact of character. Bowls and baskets additionally assist create fantastic shapes out of your preparations that aren’t potential in your typical tall vase. A fantastic inexperienced bowl with matching floral adornments helps Kate create a boisterous mass of blooms.

Favourite shade combine

Whats up! I’m Amy Scholz and I reside within the stunning village of Flat Rock, NC.

I spent 20 years studying to backyard in Summerville SC, zone 8b, and have become assured in my means to make use of vegetation that grew very effectively there. After transferring to the mountains of Western North Carolina I shortly realized the panorama right here was a distinct story. I’ve loved studying concerning the lush rainforest area right here and all the brand new and attention-grabbing vegetation. Our panorama at our house is generally shade so I’ve tailored. Beneath is one in all my favourite combos since transferring right here in 2021. It’s a easy mixture of 1 Dragon Wing® Pink begonia (Begonia x hybrida ‘Dragon Wing Pink’, annual), 2 totally different coleus vegetation, and variegated ivy (Hedera helix ‘Glacier’, Zones 4–9). I’ve two of those and so they actually pop on the shade!

Amy makes use of flowers and fabulous foliage to create a container that brings a vibrant burst of shade to the shade. Coleus is at all times a strong possibility for vibrant foliage in containers, and he or she makes use of two show-stopping varieties. Watermelon coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Watermelon’, annual) pairs completely with the Dragon Wing® Pink begonia, whereas Electrical Lime® provides some complimentary chartreuse and yellow.

An exciting and spilling porch container

My planter is stuffed with Rockapulco® impatiens (Impatiens walleriana ‘Balcoree’, annual), Silver Falls dichondra (Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls’, Zones 10–11 or as an annual), Prince Tut™ papyrus (Cyperus papyrus ‘Prince Tut’, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) and Persian protect (Strobilanthes dyerianus, Zones 9–11 or as an annual). I reside in Chicago, Illinois.

Thanks,Jane Friedman

Yet one more thrilling container that brings a tropical really feel to a porch within the midwest. ‘Silver Falls’ dichondra is a sure-fire container selection with its waterfall of cool-toned foliage, and Prince Tut™ papyrus is a superb compact Egyptian papyrus that could be a excellent different when you possibly can’t match the towering King Tut® selection. I see another container plantings peaking out from round this pot, Jane, we’d like to see extra of your creations!

Thanks to the entire readers that submitted their inventive combos. In the event you’ve bought a vase of fall flowers in your desk or potted plantings which can be wanting sensational subsequent to your pumpkins and Halloween decor, snap a photograph and get your creations featured. Observe the instructions under to submit!

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