Material: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Camellia sasanqua, Acer palmatum.
Vase: white ceramic vase.
Rain has come at last and in a few days all the fiery autumn colours will be scattered in the lawn or in indistinct wet piles at the side of the road. I'm using the small dried branches of the hydrangeas that I pruned in early spring to light the fireplace, and large logs to keep it on.
In his book 'The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony', Mittwer suggests 'tree and shrub branches' for the Chabana in the colder months. He lists the winged spindle, for example, to be used just when 'the leaves have started to turn crimson'. He adds useful information: 'to select a branch with a nice line', to avoid baskets, and to use a white camellia or wild flowers for nejime, that is for the base of the flower arrangement.
I walked in the garden and ignoring the Schiapparelli pink of the Euonymus alatus, I chose a combination of colours and the last flowers of the season.
I walked in the garden and ignoring the Schiapparelli pink of the Euonymus alatus, I chose a combination of colours and the last flowers of the season.
Photos:
TravelinaGarden, October 2016
Further reading:
Henry Mittwer, The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony, Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc., Tokyo, 1974.
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