Hello all,
Most of the arrangements in this post were made with materials that I had cut and brought inside to save them from being scorched by the excessive heat of last Tuesday.
The arrangement, above, started with the hydrangeas. I went outside and looked for inspiration for an arrangement, when I noticed the young strelitzia nicolai leaf. The shape was interesting and I was able to place the stem of the large hydrangea behind the stem of the leaf. The smaller hydrangea is in a water vial.
The arrangement, below, is quite self explanatory, except for the fact that I had curved the stems of the crucifix orchids by bending them when still soft and bendy.
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| Pinellia pedatidesta leaf and leek flower |
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| Arisaema leaves and crucifix orchids |
The container in the arrangement, below, is a piece of bamboo, which I had cut with a diagonal split.
Although the flowers were not in a true mass, I still felt that it needed a line. I found the piece of wisteria but, being sprayed black, it does not show well in the photo against the black background. I've included another photo against a light background where the wisteria is visible.
A word of warning if you're thinking of using bamboo as a container. In my experience, when I have used water in bamboo, whether fresh or dry, the bamboo absorbs the water and expands. This results in it splitting. So, I now use a plastic or glass container inside the bamboo.
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| Crucifix orchids and hellebores leaf |
You may remember the arrangement, below, made with arum italicum pictum berries. The berries were a combination of green and red but, a week later, they were all red.
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When the arrangement had to be dismantled, I put the berries in the garden for the birds to eat.
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| Two days later |
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| Back in the gardedn for the birds |
Emily
