A change is a good as a rest – proverb
A change of work is the best rest. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four (1888) – 2nd Sherlock Holmes novel
The more regular readers of this blog will have noticed that MOST of my flowers vases contain purple, pinks, lilac and white flowers with red appearing now and again. So perhaps people might think that’s the only colour scheme in our garden – it’s not. I walked round looking for flowers to pick, it was a very overcast day here in Manchester, a couple of different yellow flowers popped out from the gloom.
Definitely time for a change! So this week’s In a Vase on Monday, in a milk bottle vase, has many yellow flowers and a bit of red too.

In a Vase on Monday – Coreopsis – sunfire, red dianthus, Achillea, sweetpea – 26 September 2016
It looks so cheery, even though it’s feeling very Autumnal:
- Coreopsis – sunfire – I really liked their raged edge.
- Pansy 🙂
- Red dianthus –these flowers have appeared in ‘In a Vase on Monday’ before:
- Keep Calm and Carry on (last week – 18 September 2016)
- Restful Reds and Pinks (23 June 2016)
- Achillea – it comes in many colours and sizes. This one starts as yellow and fades to pink/yellow. It only grows about 18 inches high. I don’t know its name as it was a gift. Its common name is yarrow and it’s appeared in a vase before.
- In a Vase on Monday – sunny yarrow, oranges and reds (10 August 2016)
- White sweetpea – this is the very last flower from the plant at the end of the garden.
Yellow is associated with happiness and joy especially for flower bouquets it represents new beginnings – so that seems appropriate too – since I’m about to enter a new decade.

Coreopsis – sunfire, red dianthus, Achillea, sweetpea – 26 September 2016
Do have a look at Cathy’s flowers over on ‘Rambling in the Garden’ – she has one vase with very architectural pink Nerine which look stunning. She has another vase which has dahlias, zinnia and Persicaria amplexicaulis as well as foliage from oca – It’s a New Zealand yam – I’d never heard of this before.