Yesterday brought a cold damp morning and I briefly considered giving my usual trip to the market a miss. I was in need of a few provisions for the weekend however and the lure of the flower stall proved just to enticing.
When I arrived and saw the beautiful roses available this week I was very glad I had made the effort! I was spoilt for choice with sumptuous velvety reds and shades from palest antique pink to vibrant cerise. After some moments of deliberation I settled on my favourite peach shade with petals edged in pink.
I have arranged these roses in a cream lacework bowl that I picked up in TK Max a few years ago. A piece of floral foam sits discretely in the bowl and I have inserted the roses on short stems to fill the bowl. With hindsight I could easily have doubled up on the number of roses to create a much bigger more blousy arrangement, but I had to work with what I had available this morning.
To add some movement to the arrangement, I popped out into the garden today and cut some stems from my winter flowering honeysuckle (lonicera fragrantissima), which is flowering beautifully at the moment. Last years leaves are still on the shrub as it remains evergreen in a sheltered location, but I removed them for this arrangement as they were looking a bit jaded. The leaves that you can see are the fresh new growth for this season.
Once again I was lucky to have a half hour of sunshine in an otherwise overcast day to take these photos. I usually make my arrangement for Flowers On Sunday whilst cooking Sunday lunch and the timing of todays sunshine could not have been worse. A burnt disaster was narrowly avoided! The arrangement is sitting in a window in the dining room and works perfectly with the colours of the room. The curtains are a muted lime green with lovely cream flower heads (very similar to the colours in the honeysuckle), the walls cream and the upholstery a rich peach.
I do love the way the edges of these roses are tinged with pink!
I hope you have enjoyed Flowers On Sunday this week and I will be back tomorrow with an arrangement made from flowers in my garden. In A Vase On Monday is getting more difficult as the spring garden gets into its flow. I love all my flowers and it is very hard to make a choice of which to bring indoors when there are so many beautiful options.
I hope you have had a lovely weekend and I am now off to light the fire!
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The roses look lovely in that bowl . I’m going to plant some roses for cutting this year . ” Lady of Shallot ” is one id like to grow
Thank you Chris. I would like to grow Lady of Shallot too – it looks beautiful in the photos I have looked at. I also love Crown Princess Margareta and have both the shrub and climbing rose in my garden. Another beautiful peachy rose that I would like to grow is Just Joey.
Yes they look lovely too . I only have one rose at the moment but planted a few peonies last year and can’t wait for them to flower . I planted Charlie’s white , Claire de lune and Dr Alexander Fleming . This is only the second year I’ve planted flowers for cutting but I’m loving it !
This is a beautiful display Julie. The color of the rose is my favorite.
Thank you Susie – the roses look even better today now that they have opened a bit more.
That is a warm sunny arrangement Julie.Waiting to see what is going to be your tomorrow’s choice of colours and textures.
Thank you Sajina – the dining room is south facing with large windows so it is a warm sunny room – these beautiful roses on the windowsill are making it feel like summer in this room.
Lovely arrangement and view.
Thank you Sally – it is nice to see you here. I imagine you have a lot of imported flowers in Dubai – are there seasonal flowers or is everything available all year round?
So beautiful Julie – love the colours of the roses.
Thank you Nina – I am glad you like them. I have tried to leave a few comments on your blog recently and had a problem every time. I am not sure why, but I still love keeping up with your beautiful posts!
Beautifully done – and what a fabulous find from TK max!
Thank you Paula – I do love TK Max for vases and containers! I am enjoying your Instagram pics – what a beautiful house you have!
That red fringing is quite unusual isn’t it, Julie – is it possible that the colour is not entirely natural? That’s not meant as a criticism, I am just curious. Your lacework bowl is ideal for this arrangement – I have learned over the weeks I have been doing Monday’s vase to keep an eye open for potential vases around the house, but I have very little actual vases and nothing like this. I have been thrilled with my winter honeysuckle in recent months – it has really gone up in my estimation and yet it must be around 10 years since I planted it!
You could be right Cathy, although it is very well done if this is a dye. There is another florists rose on the market that is antique pink tinged with cream so possibly this is just something rose growers can do – certainly there is nothing we can grow in the garden like this. I think my winter honeysuckle is better this year than in the last few colder winters – I don’t remember it flowering much last year. Perhaps the colder temperatures last year meant the flowers came later after the new leaves and were not so visible.
I don,t have any peach coloured roses in my garden – definitely an omission to be rectified
I will certainly be planting a few more this year Elaine – I think the peach and apricot shades are the most beautiful.