I invested so much time fussing with my
new lath (shade) house this past weekend, I'd little time for cutting flowers, especially as I'd set myself a goal of packing away all our Christmas decorations prior to the new year. Of course, that doesn't mean I'd let Monday go by without cutting something! It just means I didn't go over the top as I'm inclined to do.
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| Last year, I had pink Lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) in my vase in the beginning of January. No such luck this year but Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' with its flower-like yellow bracts is putting on a good show and so became the centerpiece of this New Year's Day bouquet. |
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| The soft, lacy foliage of Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt' provided a textural contrast for the Leucadendron |
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| And the bright red-orange berries of Nandina domestica echoed the tinges of red in the Leucadendron's "petals" |
I tried to find additional blooms and foliage for the vase shown above but nothing else I cut looked quite right in the arrangement, partly because the stems weren't long enough to stand up to the
Leucadendron. I tucked the leftovers into 2 small vases.
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| The amber vase on the left contains Coprosma repens 'Plum Hussey' and Gaillardia 'Fanfare Citronella'. The green vase on the right contains another stem of Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' and Argyranthemum 'Mega White'. |
For more IAVOM posts,
visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Best wishes for happy, healthy and productive new year to all. May 2018 find us living in a better, kinder, and more peaceful world.
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