Great idea of adding flowers to a rooting vase and use the foliage over and over



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Very pretty, Cinda!
I just thought of another late fall blooming perennial that's often overlooked;Goldenrod. They are also excellent pollinator plant beside being good cut flowers. There are many newer hybrids out there that don't go all over the place like the original natives.

I saw a Korean co-worker make a beautiful flower arrangement, had 2 vases on top of each other. She had an arragement in the bottom vase and then also on the top one. Never saw anything like that. She took classes when she was still in Korea. Just want to share the idea. Stupidly enough I did not take a picture.

Hmm... like a squat, bowl shaped vase with a tall thin vase sticking up out of it?

Callas are great, but annual in zones less than 9ish, even so, TOTALLY WORTH IT.

I forget how 2 or 3 blooms can get lost in the garden , but brighten a room. You encouraged me to go out today with my clippers and pickle jars and I just started cutting!

I almost only took stuff that should come out and ended up in the compost pile. things like Ivy getting out of hand, the first peonies on stems with multiple buds ( the first big flower will often Get so heavy they snap the stem, so the lower buds never get a good opportunity to mature, but if you cut the first blooms after they open you get a great result. They're heavy flowers on short stems so vase is very important ). I cut a lot of the leaves from cut leaf coneflower, which was sold to me as "various fancy color echinacea" ( I had a fit when I realized it was actually mostly plain purple with a handful of rudbeckia thrown in, but now I'm so happy they are a part of my garden. They do need a lot of trimming because they are HUGE and we're planted in places appropriate for a different plant). . I cut calla, but only the blooms that had fallen over and would have died much faster in full sun with a crimped stem than they will with a strategic cut and mild indoor conditions. I ended up with so much, I dropped little bud vases at my neighbors homes. I couldn't be happier! It's never been prettier inside or neater outside, and I thank you for reminding me how easy and beneficial it is to

From outside you can't even tell I removed anything, In fact, it just looks neater, nothing falling over or growing out of bounds

There was a bunch of stuff, like bearded iris tips, that didn't end up in any vase, and given the outcome I don't feel the least bit bad since I only took mature blooms with buds behind them.

Many Asian cultures have Thousand year histories in garden design, often using many things eastern cultures don't, But might like if they saw it..
specifically the use of negative space, hardscape (rocks, fallen branches, or in this case, maybe glass vases) and the juxtaposition of shape and size of stems and leaves, especially to create miniatures of tremendous scale natural features. Flowers are often excluded completely, or understated if used at all.

It's worth researching, because even if you don't like the minimalist style, it can open your eyes to how shape size and subtle colorations can interact beautifully.

I'm More of an English style gardener, I want flowers everywhere, all over.. my garden looks like a quinceniera puked on a gay pride parade. But I do love to see an artist work with just shapes and shades of green.

Paula-love your teapot! all those sweet arrangements. you must of had fun snipping. I like the clematis seed pods. the ones I took off the vine had curly tendrils that dried nicely. they look good mixed with Nigella seed pods and bitter orange thorns.

Really great ideas from everyone! Thank you all!

Turbosaurus said:I'm More of an English style gardener, I want flowers everywhere, all over.. my garden looks like a quinceniera puked on a gay pride parade.

I actually has this image in my head! Thanks a bunch for the laughs on a slumbery Monday morning!

I'm in the depths of early winter- no hard freeze yet, but lots of mild frosts, leaf raking and tulip daffodil and allium planting (so I have something to cut in April) so outside is nothing but misery and hard work, but inside my house looks like my garden in the peak of June- flowers everywhere with my phalenopsis (moth orchids), Christmas cactus and previous year amaryllis blooming all over the place- its almost too gaudy for me- thats saying a lot.

If you like having flowers indoors, you really shouldn't overlook these hard as nails fall and winter bloomers

I'm in the depths of early winter- no hard freeze yet, but lots of mild frosts, leaf raking and tulip daffodil and allium planting (so I have something to cut in April) so outside is nothing but misery and hard work, but inside my house looks like my garden in the peak of June- flowers everywhere with my phalenopsis (moth orchids), Christmas cactus and previous year amaryllis blooming all over the place- its almost too gaudy for me- thats saying a lot.

If you like having flowers indoors, you really shouldn't overlook these hard as nails fall and winter bloomers

I just planted a ton of spring bulbs so I can cut ASAP when the weather warms. Different tulips bloom at different times- and after a long winter something that will bloom 2 weeks early is key to my happiness- yet its important t realize early tulips are short and small, while late season tulips are big and long stemmed and waterfall gracefully out of a vase. Longfield gardens sells great bulbs at reasonable prices and publishes a great article: https://www.longfield-gardens.....