It was garden tidy up time this week and this included moving our rose bush. I have no idea what variety it is we picked it up from a local garden centre bargain corner a couple of years ago.
It flowers quite early in spring and goes through in fits and starts right through to the end of summer and into autumn. I don't usually bring the flowers indoors as I like to enjoy them in the garden as they last longer but the timing and weather we just right for both Hubby and I to get stuck in and sort a few things out. The flowers are beautifully scented but happily not over powering.
I chose to display the roses in a variety of bottles that I have collected, to add a bit of texture I wound raffia and jute string around the bottles. The different sized bottles worked well with the differing sizes of stems.
As I was winding the raffia around the bottle it occurred to me that this was the third time I had used this. Its first outing was on the Christmas tree at the cottage we stayed in last year, it was brought home and used on a birthday present for my daughters boyfriend and now it was providing a bit of decoration in my lounge. I have a feeling that it will be making another appearance over the festive period in some form or another.
I am very pleased with my autumnal looking mantelpiece, although I really should have swept the hearth!
Are the roses still blooming in your garden? Do you have a little something that keeps being reused? Leave me a little message to let me know x
