It has been so cold that I haven't been able to bring home any flowers from the grocery store on my recent shopping trips. Instead, we've been enjoying the very long lived flowers that I bought for Thanksgiving and Christmas. When the Thanksgiving bouquet started to fade, I took the best flowers and arranged them in new displays. This group is in a contemporary interpretation of a Japanese wall vase. This container does not hold a lot of water and I have no idea when I watered it last. Clearly, that's not a problem for these flowers.
I took the red-dyed Goldenrod and added it to the holiday display around the ceramic platter that hangs by the front door.
This is the last stem from the bouquet one of my friends brought me last month when my sister died. Mark has it in his bathroom on his typically crowded sink.
I grabbed a bunch of Tulips a couple of weeks ago on the one day I could safely get flowers from the warm grocery store to my warm car. When I got them home I was not all that happy with how tight the flowers were and how tightly they fit in the container.
I moved a few tulips to another vase with the end of the Christmas greens.
I enjoyed them more as they started open more.
But neither Mark nor I were really happy until the flowers started on their slow path downward. I love to watch that process; I think it is Mark's favorite floral moment. He took dozens of photos as they faded.
It's going to be much warmer tomorrow, so I should be able to treat myself to a new bouquet when I go grocery shopping.
You are an expert at redecorating with flowers, Linda! I love the arrangement with the ceramic platter. I was surprised to see Leucadendron "flowers" in photos 7 and 8. They can't be beat for their long-lasting display.
Posted by: Kris P | Monday, January 31, 2022 at 01:52 PM
KRIS — Thanks for the id on the Leucadendron "flowers". I just grabbed a stem from the cooler at the grocery store and did not have any idea of what they might be.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Monday, January 31, 2022 at 03:00 PM
I love how you appreciate the different stages of cut stems, moving them around. It always seemed like something everyone must do, until I realized it's not. I hope you find a wonderful bouquet to purchase!
Posted by: danger garden | Tuesday, February 01, 2022 at 11:46 AM
DANGER — The fact that Tulip stems continue to grow after being cut is one of the real pleasures of them in a bouquet.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Tuesday, February 01, 2022 at 12:28 PM
I think one of my favorite things about flowers is watching them change from start to finish. Last year I decided that I love bloodroot most when it's closed up for the day. And there are so many amazing stages of coneflowers that I can't choose a favorite. Thank you for sharing your vases.
Posted by: Kristin | Wednesday, February 02, 2022 at 07:55 AM
I love fading tulips and how they change from somewhat rigid shapes to fluid gracefulness. For some reason they always remind me of dancers.
(Late with my comment but will post anyway.)
Posted by: Christine Vowles | Monday, February 07, 2022 at 12:26 PM