A variety of vessels makes for a memorable tableau. Plants include (left to right) ‘Lanarth White’ lacecap hydrangea, mixed garden roses, Nicotiana langsdorffii, and chocolate cosmos and Origanum ‘Kent Beauty’.
Nature looks best when it’s turned out in simplest dress, from fresh acorns gathered in a white porcelain bowl.
Fresh-cut roses
Fig leaves
A loose arrangement of nasturtium, roses, honeysuckle, and geranium leaves
When massed together, nature’s bounty takes on an unexpected, captivating charm of its own.
A bunch of brazen dahlias, single stems in peaches and pinks and a passel of containers.
morning glory vines tucked into a basket.
An unruly goldenrod, tamed into submission by a stately urn.
This article appears in the April 2015 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens).