Today I’ve got dahlia ‘Arabian Night’ (the dark red one), dahlia ‘Diana’s Memory’ (the peachy-pink one), Austin rose ‘Scepter’d Isle’, and Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’. That hydrangea is absolutely covered in blooms this year, and will probably be featuring in many more vases this summer because it makes such a nice fluffy neutral background for everything else.
Find more Monday vases over at Cathy’s Rambling in the Garden.
5 responses to “In a Vase on Monday | 3rd August 2026”
Ooo, pretty! Dahlia envy!
That red dahlia makes a statement against the soft pinks and whites!
Ha, that dahlia is so assertive that I have absolutely nothing else that can stand up to it. I typically gravitate more towards pastels but am growing to like how it stands out.
Gorgeous!!
You are right about Annabelle blooms but sadly mine have suffered terribly in our long hot summer – yours look so refreshing with your rose and dahlias. I remember seeing Sarah Raven use an Annabelle bloom as a basis for a posy, slotting other blooms through it