My new vase and some roses from my garden

Roses from my garden (they smell like sweet rose and lemon), white astrantia, and variegated pittosporum in my new vase from Tail of the Yak, Berkeley

I love the backs of these–the white petals with the green tips

Flower of the Day: Astrantia

My Favorite Arrangement from Last Week’s Celebration

Garden roses, peonies, white lilac, honey suckle.  By Bloomies.

Last Minute Mother’s Day Centerpiece

I made this quickly for I. to take to dinner with his mother and brothers so she could have a special centerpiece. 

White hydrangea, lilac, tulips, camelia leaves

It’s Raining in Rockridge

I responded to the day by going out and relieving Bloomies of some of their merchandise, lest it get damaged in the rain.  

Nothing like big bright yellow peonies (and a fun mini pineapple) to lift the rain cloud from over your head!

 

Roses, ranunculus, flowering sage, unknown branches (wegnia?)

Definition of Soothe

From Soother1978’s visit to NYC’s Union Square Farmers Market

Flower of the Day: Inspired by Sigh, Pua

Ms. Saipua made a gorgeous arrangement today, including fritillaria like I’d never seen before.  Back in my florist days, we simply called it “speckled hen;” I’d never even heard fritillaria until, sigh, pua enlightened me.  Hence, the F.O.D.:

 “Speckled Hen:”

 by its Latin name: fritillaria meleagris (via Easy to Grow Bulbs.com)

Fritillaria caucasica, davisii and pinardii via the Scottish Rock Garden Club Bulb Log Diary

From Easy To Grow Bulbs:

This is a fun flower to include in an existing garden where it will pop up in mid to late spring with the late daffodils and just before the lily of the valley blooms. This fritillaria has slender, silvery-green foliage that doesn’t require much room and the nodding, bell-shaped, checkered flowers weave well in and amongst fuller spring perennials. These are also called Guinea Hen flowers because the flower markings are much like the feather patterns on some breeds of guinea fowl. Deer and rodent resistant. These bulbs are nursery propagated, not collected from the wild.

Arrangement of the Day

I am on an artichoke kick, clearly:

with amaryllis and roses, via Seaport Flowers, New York City.

Today’s Arrangement

I love the simplicity of this arrangement and its strong organic elements:

The arrangement is by Ink and Peat Home and Floral of Portland, Oregon.  Click here to browse more of their creations.