I tend to favor blue over every other color in my garden and, at this time of year, there are plenty of blue flowers available to fill a vase. This week I downplayed the sharp contrast of blue and yellow I used last week for a softer look.
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| In retrospect, a few more light flowers would've been useful to break up the mass of blue flowers. In addition to Scilla peruviana, I used 3 different Dutch Iris varieties this week. |
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| Back view: The Acacia 'Cousin Itt' I used as a foliage filler looks a bit messy from this angle |
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| Overhead view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt', Anemone coronaria 'Mr Fokker', noID Narcissus, Iris hollandica 'Mystic Beauty', I. h. 'Pink Panther', I. h. 'Sapphire Beauty', and Scilla peruviana |
I chose to fill my second vase with a mix of bright flowers. Much as I love blue, I find myself in need of something cheerful to look at these days when every newscast seems to be worse than the one before. It's hard not to feel anxious about the direction our country is headed under the current administration.
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| I took advantage of the first flowers of Leucospermum 'Royal Hawaiian Brandi' as a starting point |
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| Back view |
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| Overhead view |
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| Clockwise from the upper left: more wispy Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt', Calendula officianalis 'Cantaloupe Mix', C. o. 'Ivory Princess' and 'Oopsy Daisy', Grevillea 'Peaches & Cream', Leucadendron 'Cloudbank Ginny', Narcissus 'Geranium', and Leucospermum 'Royal Hawaiian Brandi' |
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