With the return of warmer temperatures, the garden is in hyperdrive. I had too much to choose from so I picked a couple of colors to focus on and got to work looking for flowers that met the profile.
My first arrangement started with the selection of the soft peach tones of Leucospermum 'Spider Hybrid'.
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I added a touch of purple to pick up the grayish-lavender pollen presenters in the Leucospermum's flowers
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Back view: The number of plants containing anything in the way of soft orange color was limited, hence the addition of 3 stems of Aeonium 'Kiwi' flowers
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Top view
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Clockwise from the upper left: Abelia 'Kaleidoscope', Aeonium haworthii 'Kiwi', Freesia, Leucospermum 'Spider Hybrid', Limonium perezii, and Narcissus 'Geranium'
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I focused on vivid red for my second arrangement, accented with white flowers.
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The vase I used has an irregular shape so I photographed it from 3 sides, all of which look a little different. The red flowers are Argyranthemum and Freesia.
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The white flowers are Anemones, Coleonema album (aka white breath of heaven), and Freesia
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Alstroemeria 'Inca Lucky' melds the white and red flowers
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Top view
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Clockwise from the upper left: Alstroemeria 'Inca Lucky', Coleonema album, Coprosma repens 'Plum Hussey', Anemone coronaria 'Rarity' (although I think the variety may have been incorrectly identified), Argyranthemum 'Grandaisy Red', and white and red Freesia
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I'd originally planned to add a deep burgundy Anemone 'Mistral Bordeaux' to the second arrangement but I didn't feel it fit so I popped that flower and a few other stems that didn't make the cut into a small vase. Leftovers from one of last week's arrangement went into yet another vase.
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The tiny vase containing the Anemone trying to pass as a rose is on my desk. The vase of leftovers containing a Leucospermum 'Royal Hawaiian Brandi' flower sits on the kitchen island.
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