SILVERBERRY & GOLDEN OATS
Something a little shimmery to kick off the festive season - Silverberry (Elaeagnus) with silver and yellow-gold leaves, feathery Golden Oats (Stipa gigantea) and Chrysanthemum 'Spider Bronze' for a pop of colour.
NOVEMBER
INGREDIENTS
Eleagnus (silverberry)
Stipa gigantea (golden oats)
Helichrysum italicum (curry plant)
Allium ‘Gladiator’ (ornamental onion)
Chrysanthemum ‘Spider Bronze’ & ‘Allouise Salmon’
Panicum ‘Warrior’ (switch grass)
Crocosmia ‘Hellfire’ (fire lily)
Linaria purpurea (toadflax)
Solanum laxum (potato vine)
VASE
Vintage brass lassis cup
NOTES
November is a great time for finding metallic ingredients and hunting through the garden for materials with a bit of a sheen to the flowers or leaves. Seed pods are a satisfying textural element - we tend to harvest them around now before it gets too wet and soggy in the garden. A surprisingly effective addition were the crispy crocosmia leaves - the blades turning gold and bronze.