Christmas Notebook » bouquets

surprise lilies

~~Rhonda — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:56:47 +0000

The surprise lilies are in full bloom. So pretty! They add a dramatic touch to the garden, springing up suddenly (hence the name). I made a simple bouquet of them for church last Sunday, using glass florist pebbles to hold the stems in place.

You can’t sit too close to them, though. The scent is very heavy and sweet. They do last a while in a bouquet. I put them in the vase on Sunday and now, on Friday, many of them are still beautiful.

~~Rhonda

Sunday bouquet

~~Rhonda — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:02:59 +0000

Each Sunday morning, DH picks blooms from the garden and I make a bouquet to take to church. It is my thanks to God for the beauty He has created. This is today’s arrangement.

It has purple coneflowers, phlox, daisies and ‘In Depth’ double yellow daylilies.

After the church service, we like to pass along the bouquet to someone who will enjoy it, but when it has daylilies in it, that’s less an option. The daylilies are one day bloomers, hence the name. Tomorrow, the bouquet won’t have its shot of lovely yellow. I’ll probably pull the other flowers out of the arrangement and put them in a vase for the kitchen table.

I hope your garden is giving you lovely blossoms. Pick a few for your table and enjoy!

~~Rhonda

recent bouquets for church

~~Rhonda — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:17:01 +0000

The garden is dwindling, but fall is putting out some beautiful color and even some blossoms here and there. Here are two bouquets recently made for church that show the variety still available this time of year.

This basket bouquet is made with hydrangeas and sweet autumn clematis.

And this burst of fall color is made with Southern oak leaves, sumac, goldenrod, wild asters, and sedum.

I’m hoping the garden will provide bouquets through the end of October. Then we’ll put away the baskets and the crocks and the floral foam until spring. ~~Rhonda

Sunday bouquet

~~Rhonda — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:05:02 +0000

The surprise lilies have been blooming for almost two weeks. Last Sunday the bouquet was made using them (pink), flowers from the ‘Royal Standard’ hostas (white), and some spirea branches for fill.

Pretty in pink.

With thanks to my honey who goes out into the garden every Sunday morning in search of bouquet blossoms. ~~Rhonda

sunday bouquet

~~Rhonda — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:48:40 +0000

The first church bouquet of the season…made with daffodils and bush honeysuckle stems from our yard. The stems work great in the bouquet, providing structure to hold the daffodils in place.

I’m so glad spring is here! ~~Rhonda

Mother’s Day bouquet

~~Rhonda — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:05:16 +0000

The bouquet for church this week was full of ‘Miss Kim’ lilac and several kinds of peonies. It smelled SO good! I also tucked in a few sprigs of honesty. The green seedpods looked nice with the pinks and lilacs of the bouquet.

‘Miss Kim’ is a late blooming lilac (our latest) and it has petite blossom clusters. So pretty.

Our peonies are in full bloom and, along with the irises, are a beautiful sight. If you’re in the area, drive by. Better yet, stop in.

It amazes me how well they hold up under high wind and torrential rain such as we had Friday morning.

I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I certainly did!

~~Rhonda

sunday bouquet

~~Rhonda — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:16:05 +0000

Today’s bouquet was made from irises, snowball bush blossoms and pink columbine.

It didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted it to, but how can you go wrong with such beautiful irises?

~~Rhonda

spring bouquet

~~Rhonda — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:01:28 +0000

We try to take a bouquet to church each Sunday when we have flowers available in the yard. Here is the one from last Sunday.

The white sprays are bridal wreath spirea. It has purple and yellow irises, the last of the Poet’s daffodils, and some lilac blossoms. It smelled so good!

~~Rhonda