This is kind of an ‘hello’, ‘I’m still here’ vase, rather than a proper post! The Bon Viveur is home at the moment (until Wednesday), and so there’s little time, but a desire nonetheless to pick flowers.
These were for our dinner table on Friday night. Still looking lovely on a misty, first day of October. We were lucky enough to get some rain and the temperatures have finally dropped.
The michaelmas daisies (divided and replanted in the spring) are looking irresistible. They came as small plugs from Hayloft Plants about 3 years ago and were worth every penny, because asters do so well on the clay, in dry conditions.
With them is Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’.
I like the way that even when the zinnia doesn’t do its double ‘thing’ (and it frequently doesn’t), it still sometimes makes a small effort!
Go over and look at the other lovely vases on Cathy’s ‘Rambling in the Garden‘. I will do my best to visit everyone’s vases after life has returned to a less than sparkling ‘normal’ speed!
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 
Gorgeous. The colours are beautifully vibrant.
Alison took the words right out of my mouth 🙂 ‘Vibrant’ is the perfect word for this arrangement! The zinnia making a small effort to be double is cute too.
What Alison said! Such beautiful saturated colors, a perfect match for the bright warm colors of autumn.
Asteraceae, Asteraceae for you too, Cathy! And aren’t they gorgeous?! Definitely jewel-like in their vibrancy 🙂 Enjoy and make the most of the last of your time (for now) with the BV
Gorgeous colours, and the zinnia adds some ‘zest’. 😉 Have a good week Cathy!
The asters are beautiful, Cathy! I always chuckle when I see my zinnias wearing top hats too.
Very pretty, Cathy! The asters here have been good this year, too. The season’s last hurrah!
Your asters are vibrantly alive Cathy. When mine flower we are usually very short of rain so the flowers are very small and underwhelming.
What a fabulous bunch of asters – love the jewel colours! And the very personable zinnia. 🙂 A lovely vase! Hope you and the BV have a wonderful week!
That zinnia looks surprisingly delightful with all those other asters and astery flowers. I do not often like that color. I just do not like that weird green.
I wondered how to describe the zinnia with its little top hat..but its been said before! the colours sing together.