In A Vase On Monday - Wreath

OK, so I am cheating.  I have not prepared a vase, and the holiday season is over, but I still wanted to share a simple wreath that I threw together just before Christmas.  

Inspired by the other wreaths in IAVOM posts, I decided to wrap together some parthenocissus tricuspidata vines that had started to take over the front of our house.  These twisted together suprisingly well because they are quite small in diameter and flexible ‒ no tying necessary.  We don't have fir trees here in LaMancha, so the greenery I added is rosmarinus postrata, and the red hips are from rosa canina rootstock that grew after transplanting a rosebush.

I like the simple asymmetrical look with our old-fashioned Toledo oak door.  And, I am happy to find that, two weeks later, the rosemary has not dropped is "needles".  Of course, the door is north-facing, so I would not recommend it for a south-facing door.

Stop by Rambling in the Garden to see other In A Vase On Monday posts for more inspiration!

Fall foliage

Fall foliage in Spain is mostly monochrome: gold on gold.  So, one of my goals in my garden has been to bring in more oranges and reds, reminiscent of my native New England.  Sometimes, you have to look hard, but it's coming along.  

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

For some reason, Parthenocissus quinquefolia likes hanging out at the top of the fence.  It hasn't grown much in years, and I wonder if it will ever fill in.

Tricuspidata on the front wall

A Boston girl loves her Boston Ivy!  But it really did not get colorful this year.

Strawberry

Fraxinus angustifolia Raywood

But, don't worry!  There's still plenty of gold here, too.

Morus alba?

Fig

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fall Foliage

We planted two large trees last February, a Pyrus calleryana and a Ginkgo Biloba, and this is their first display of autumnal color.  It's not much, but here in LaMancha there isn't much in the way of fall foliage anyway.

Ginkgo and Pyrus

Parthenocissus tricuspidata is starting to cover the stone-faced retaining wall by the garage. 

The variation in color is spectacular.

Here, it's interesting to see how the overlayer is red and the underlayer is yellow. 

 On the other side of the wall, fall color is provided by Parthenocissus, nandina domestica, abelia and a little mum.

 Migrating cranes flying over my house are another sure sign that autumn is well underway.

I'm linking up with Christina at My Hesperides Garden for Garden Bloggers' Foliage Day.  

Stop by to see her wonderful Italian garden.

In a Vase on Monday - Fall Milk Bottle

No, the milk bottle is not falling.  It is a vintage milk bottle filled with fall color.  Parthenocissus tricuspidata and some sprigs from a thornless blackberry accompany the unreal orange tones of Meilland's Baby Romantica (a gift from my babies one Mother's Day).

I believe that The Deerfoot Farms dairy was located on Deerfoot Rd in Southborough, Massachusetts.  The bottle was found in my grandmother's root cellar, in perfect condition even though it has to be more than 60 years old.

This vase is my contribution to Rambling in the Garden's In a Vase on Monday meme.