Happily joining in with Cathy’s charming meme today. I’ve prepared and shot the vase at dawn and I can tell you it was cold outside! It has just started raining now but I won’t complain as we’re thankful for every drop. Today’s vase features Dahlia ‚Café au lait‘ which is rather en vogue these days, but I must admit that although I love the colour and shape of the flowers, I find them a bit top heavy. They certainly look great in a vase though. Next to ‚Café au lait‘ you see my favourite Chrysanthemum. I got it last autumn, put it in a bigger pot in spring and I’m absolutely thrilled by its beauty! The flowers have been going on for ages and are even stunning as they fade. As for the colours – I find them irresistably beautiful and they go so well with this Dahlia. As it didn’t come with a name I chose ‚Café au lait‘ too. I’ll split it once the flowering is over and will replant it in the border. Don’t forget to pop over to Cathy to see the pretty creations of my fellow bloggers. Wishing you a fab week, keep warm 🙂
Annettes Garten / Annette's Garden 
Wonderful colours…and very artistically posed.
Das sieht soooooooooooo behaglich aus. Hallo liebe Annette, ich grüße dich herzlich und hoffe, es geht euch allen gut. ❤ Und hey – by the way – in diesem Jahr hab ich doch tatsächlich deine Tipps für trockene Gärten sowas von gut gebrauchen können. 😀
Uns geht es gut, was wir auch von euch hoffen. LG an alle 2- und 4-beinigen Wolfsnestbewohner 🙂
Love your vase of D. ‚Café au lait‘ and newly annointed Chrysanthemum ‚Café au lait‘! Such gentle, subtle colors and your staging creates serenity. Enjoy your raindrops and have a wonderful week Annette.
I’m so in love with this chrysanthemum, even after more rain it still looks beautiful. 🙂
They do work well together and I think you’ve chosen the perfect name for the Chrysanthemum! I’ll be looking for some new ones this week.
thank you, Christina, I hope you find some nice ones – do you plant them out afterwards?
Yes, if they are good plants I’ll take basal cuttings.
Gorgeous blooms and I love the entire composition. Café au lait, a good book, and a warm blanket are perfect for the chilly evenings of autumn!
thanks for your appreciation, Peter 🙂
What a perfect combo….love the colors in that mum….really takes my breath away! Enjoy the rain.
absolutely adore it too, Donna, trying to enjoy the rain, yes 😉
I love the chrysanthemum it is a gorgeous colour. Café au Lait is rather big and blowsy but what a fabulous colour and what a perfect match.
I wouldn’t grow CAL again, it’s not very floriferous and the foliage isn’t pretty but now it’s there and in a vase it’s a beauty 🙂
I know what you mean about C au L – I resisted for a few years because it was such a big plant although the blooms are gorgeous. I ahve now had mine for a couple of flowers but it must be the one dahlia that didn’t flower this year, no idea why… The little chrysanthemum is the perfect partner today. Thanks for sharing
It’s not very floriferous at all, Cathy, wouldn’t grow it again as the foliage isn’t pretty either but the chrysanthemum is a true winner.
Thinking about it, it wasn’t very floriferous here last year, compared to all of the others so ditching it sounds like a good option…
That is gorgeous! What a beautiful dahlia and the colours are all so soft and lovely! Thank you! Here is my offering for today, with a rather more orange vase to follow on Wednesday – as a nod to Halloween! https://therunningwave.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-tiny-vase-on-monday.html Amanda
Lovely pairing and setting, Annette. As much as I admire CAL, it’s size holds me off from growing it. I’d love to see them hybridize a smaller version!
I agree, Eliza, wouldn’t grow it again, the smaller flowers are prettier and often have nicer foliage. My fav remains David Howard.
I’ll have to see if my supplier has that one. Always glad for a recommendation.
Discovering just the right match for a favorite flower can be a source of joy in itself. I’ve yet to try ‚Cafe au Lait‘ but with my burgeoning dahlia fixation, I’m sure I’ll get to it. Wind rather than cold weather put an early end to my dahlias this year. I grew several of the „dinner-plate“ varieties but appreciated that the blooms got smaller as the season progressed, making their heavy heads easier to manage.
A beautiful composition. My cafe au lait plant produced just one flower- and then the first came. Yours is quite beautiful.
mine not more than 5, I think, so won’t bother in the future but the tuber is left in the ground and has survived so far, thankfully it’s in the background so one doesn’t see the ugly foliage
Cafe au lait all round please. Gorgeous
lovely to see you, thank you, hope all is well xx
A very lovely pairing Annette. It’s been damp and chilly here too, but thank goodness we have finally had a really good rain! 🙂
good for us all this rain and it’s funny how trees seem to refuse to change colour and drop leaves all of a sudden, it’s almost as if they want to make up for lost time 🙂
Gorgeous, Annette. I love the way you composed the setting too.
thanks a lot, Cynthia, much appreciated 🙂
Beautiful Annette … that dahlia is a stunner! It must be nice to be getting some rain. We have been getting our fair share lately.🙂
Hi Julie, just got back from Paris which was exciting and exhausting. Café au lait has since produced another flower but it’s not a great performer which I won’t bother again. Have a nice w-e, hugs xx
Liebe Annette,
wie schön, dass Du wieder da bist. Ich habe mich noch gar nicht gemeldet, aber fleißig mitgelesen. Die milchkaffeefarbene Dahlie ist außergewöhnlich, ich kenne diese Farbe gar nicht. Deine Farbkombination funktioniert sehr, sehr gut – sieht sehr edel aus! Hier dominieren mehr die kräftigen Farben, scheint mir. Ich habe meine Dahlien vor wenigen Tagen ausgegraben und lasse sie gerade noch etwas abtrocknen, bevor sie in den Keller wandern. Wir hatten vor einigen Tagen einen etwas strengeren Frost, der ihnen gar nicht bekommen ist. Regen hatten wir in Oberbayern auch, aber insgesamt jetzt auch nicht soooo sehr viel.
Ich wünsche Dir einen schönen Novemberbeginn!
Herzliche Grüße,
Doris
Liebe Doris, bei mir dominieren sonst auch eher die kräftigen Farben, aber für den grauen Herbsttage passte die Dahlie gut. Hab sonst eigentlich keine Schwäche für die grossblütigen Dahlien. Frost gab’s zum Glück noch nicht – ich warte noch auf die Blüte von Dahlia imperialis. Zum Glück kann ich Dahlien hier im Boden lassen, sonst wäre ich wahrscheinlich zu faul und würde drauf verzichten ;). Schöne Herbsttage!
Liebe Annette,
ich habe deine Adresse verlegt. Und bei facebook finde ich dich auch nicht mehr. Schickst du mir bitte nochmal deine Kontaktdaten? Danke dir!