As pandemic restrictions drag on, I've been spending entirely too much time surfing the internet. That's led to some purchases I might not have made otherwise. One of those arrived recently and, after some deliberation, I decided it probably wasn't going to work in the location I had in mind, or even for the purpose I originally had in mind. For the time being, I decided to use it as a vase. Or, perhaps instead of saying "it," I should say "them."
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| Sold as a collection, I'd planned to fill the "Triplet Sculpture Planter" with small succulents and place it in my shade house but the especially strong winds we recently experienced broke a couple of things there and I decided these resin pieces might not survive another such event. They have drainage holes so they're not intended to be used as vases but I managed to work around that problem. |
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| The planting space is quite small in all three cases. I was able to insert a tiny bud vase in the middle one but was forced to resort to two shot glasses as water reservoirs in the other two. |
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| I mixed and matched materials to fill the planter cavities, clockwise from the upper left: Calliandra haematocephala, Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite', Leucadendron salignum 'Chief', and L. 'Wilson's Wonder' |
I had another of my more unusual vases in mind for my second arrangement but in the end decided to use a conventional vase which better fit the contents.
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| I cut one stem of Hippeastrum 'Lemon-Lime' and prepared it for use in a vase as I did last year, inserting a stick up the hollow stem, stuffing in some cotton, and closing the bottom using a rubber band |
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| Back view: Grevillea and Leucadendron stems provided the primary accents |
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| Top view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Agonis flexuosa 'Nana', Correa 'Wyn's Wonder', Grevilleas 'Peaches & Cream', Hippeastrum 'Lemon-Lime', Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset', and noID paperwhite Narcissus |
For more IAVOM creations, visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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| The triplets landed on the fireplace mantle |
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| and the Hippeastrum arrangement sits on the dining table |
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