After clearing away all the Christmas decorations and getting back to unadorned rooms, it didn't take me long to realise that I had three arrangements of varied dried flowers and those 'stag horn' branches. I didn't participate in the anniversary dried arrangement challenge. You could say I saved that for a time when there wasn't much in the garden. There are a few blooms, but the coming weeks the availability will probably rise in a crescendo. with the dried arrangement never being share. All the dried flowers except for the alliums have been brought together. Any surplus thrown away.
This will be on permanent display for several weeks all in my lovely new vase from Jean.
Honesty which is probably three years old, long dried Crocosmia seeded flower stems, poppy heads, Briza Maxima, and the old lichen twig I picked up from The Newt, all collected except the last year from the garden.
I was starting to collect all the seeds from the poppy heads, which I shall use in bread, when it occurred to me just how pretty all the seeds heads were. For now there are positioned in small pottery dishes.
Your Crocosmia really set this off. Love the poppy seed heads.
ReplyDeleteAs I was putting the vase together, I realised why the poppy seeds or the honesty were not quite right: there was no contrast. The darker elements gave it the one + one = three factor. Had the wall been dark that may have been different
DeleteI love this vase, Noelle, with its collected and found bits and pieces, and love the way it wil stay as it is for as long as you need it. I have a teeny vase with briza from several years ago in the bathroom, and other one with poppyheads and honesty in the back sitting room - both looking just as good as they did when they were first on show. Your little pottery dishes are delightful too, and so fit for purpose! Beware of poppyseed bread though...my stepson was telling us that a friend of his developed a taste for Aldi's popyseed bread, and failed a drug test at work!!! ��
ReplyDeleteI'll remember not to take any drug tests!!!!
DeleteVery pretty, Noelle! I've tried growing Lunaria here a couple of times to no avail. I don't have much luck with poppies either - even California poppies struggle to establish here :(
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris, Lunaria here is a biannual, but it did take up a lot of space, more than I am now willing to allocate as other things are growing up in the small garden.
DeleteLove the subtle colors, I think the poppy seedheads are my favorite. I am trying to gow Nigella now, it is very trying..enjoy your bread.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the Nigella, it is a lovely plant all feathery and ferny, with great seedheads. I had a couple of years but with a small garden I like to try different things so move on. I am going to try different violas this year. However no dry flowers from these.
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