IVOM: November bouquets

I always have some kind of arrangement by the kitchen sink and in the bathrooms year-round. Given we were having one or two people over on Thanksgiving and on the weekend, I made sure those highly visible locations all had something in place. The Hellebore niger flowers that I cut and brought in on Nov. 11 are finally starting to fade. At the opposite end of the space is an antique jug with seedheads of Begonia grandiflora.

I have had good luck with the hardy Begonia and love the papery quality of the seedheads. 

My bathroom has a dried arrangement in a Delores Fortuna vase. 

The Lotus pod was purchased but the pale Hosta leaf and dark Bergenia leaf are from the garden as is the stem of seedheads. They look familiar but I can't remember which plant they came from.

I splurged and bought an assortment of foliage and blooms from the cooler at my favorite local grocery store to use on the table Thanksgiving Day. 

The pale peach Hyacinth has just the right amount of scent that it was not a problem at the table. The stems that look like Astilbe were labeled Solidago. If that is what they really are, I'd love to grow them. They are a beautiful rusty orange with tiny flowers opening to the same peachy color as the Hyacinth. 

I'm putting out Christmas items next so things will look quite different next Monday. 

Comments

[Kris P]

All the arrangements are lovely, Linda. I hope you and your guests had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Curious about the rust-colored Solidago flowers, I did a quick search online and all the initial references I turned up referred to "tinted" blooms. If that's what was done to your blooms, the seller did a good job!

[Linda Brazill]

KRIS — ​If they were tinted, you are correct that it was a great job!

[danger garden]

I keep forgetting to buy some pomegranates for natural holiday color, thanks for the reminder (they look great with your vase and its contents).

[Linda Brazill]

DANGER — ​I probably have almost a dozen older, dried pomegranates that shrink into interesting shapes and deeper colors. Eventually these will join them.

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Very nice. You are so talented in so many ways, including your creative arrangements.