There's still very little going on in my garden when it comes to floral displays. I've got seedlings coming up here and there but it'll be a good month or two before I start to see vase-worthy blooms from those so I've made do this week with twists on flowers I've been using over the past several weeks.
My husband and I held our annual Christmas smörgåsbord on Saturday and I prepared an arrangement for the new kitchen island to great our guests. The arrangement was constructed around a single stem of
Hippeastrum 'Zombie'.
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| As I did in early December, I combined the 'Zombie' Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) with Grevilleas but this time I added Australian fuchsias (Correa) and a different mix of foliage |
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| Back view: I used 2 cultivars of Grevillea this time |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Hippeastrum 'Zombie', Correa pulchella 'Pink Eyre' (shown with Corokia x virgata 'Sunsplash'), Grevilleas 'Peaches & Cream' and 'Superb', and Euryops virgineus 'Tali'(Stems of Coleonema pulchellum 'Sunset Gold'were also included but aren't shown in close up here) |
On Sunday morning, in response to warnings about another rainstorm headed our way, I gathered a few more blooms for a second small arrangement.
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| The white snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) are making their seasonal debut with this vase. Planted from plugs several weeks ago, I never know how long they'll last in my garden as they're magnets for rust here no matter how widely spaced they are to allow air circulation. |
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| In retrospect, I like this back view of the vase better than the one I selected as the front view |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Antirrhinum majus, Eustoma grandiflorum (Lisianthus), Argyranthemum fruticosa 'Everest', Osteospermum 'Berry White', Leptospermum scoparium 'Pink Pearl', and Westringia fruticosa 'Morning Light' |
Last week's dry vase did only so-so. The succulents were fine of course but the small amount of water in the floral tubes used to sustain the berries and
Coprosma was rapidly depleted and, as they couldn't be refilled without deconstructing the entire vase, those plants shriveled. The
Leucadendron stems fared somewhat better but I'd be hesitant to create a wreath of them, at least for use inside. Outside, without exposure to the dry furnace air, they might hold up better.
For more of this week's IAVOM creations,
visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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