Earlier in the week, we had a storm that beat down quite a few things. I went on a rescue mission and stuffed all of the refugees into a big square vase that R brought back from the dump. I thought I would make up some smaller arrangements later.
Then I got to looking at it and thought “hmmm…this could be the start of something”. To begin with, there was a bunch of foliage from the tree peony ‘Chinese Dragon’, a few NOID shrub roses, some white herbacious peonies and several bearded iris. To this base, I’ve added two stems of the tree peony ‘Gold Sovereign’, some chive blossoms and some tight buds of peonies.
The iris blooms last only two or three days, so the bouquet needs constant tweaking to remove faded blooms. The tightly furled buds will take over as the exhausted ones give out and are removed. It speaks me of the abundance and changeable nature of the season. Visit Rambling In The Garden to see what Cathy’s got up her sleeve – er – in her vase.
Perfect Ricki. I love what Mother Nature gives us after a storm…That was how I made my first vase for Cathy’s meme….love the peachy colors of that iris!
mom Nature is always willing to lend a hand when I am shy about cutting too many flowers.
Oh how lovely! Great color on that iris.
It has no name, but I refer to it as the “champgne one”.
Your storm rescue arrangement so full and lush just like late spring!
All of the flowers are pretty spread out in my garden, so it’s fun to get them all together in a vase.
Oh the colours are lovely, rickii – that unnamed iris is so distinctive and makes a real statement that the other blooms complement. It’s good to be using ‘storm damaged’ goods too, like a phoenix rising from the fire – if you think the analogy is appropriate 🙂
I do like the phoenix analogy.
Peachy! 😉
Keen
These flowers are spectacular, even though they don’t allow us to see the vase! 🙂
The vase is big, square and heavy: all the requirements for anchoring a big bunch of flowers. Other than that, it is boring, so we’re not missing anything there.
It’s a lovely arrangement. I especially like the effect of the drooping small rose, and peony foliage. It’s my favorite so far of yours that I’ve seen.
I like drooping elements too…surprisingly, easier said than done.
Maybe I should try that with rampaging dog damage blooms .
Something breaks off one or two of the daylily buds every single year. I blame the deer.
Rescuing beauty from the jaws of adversity.
And feeling all righteous about it too.
Oohh, that yellow peony is amazing… I’ve been trying really hard to restrain myself from buying this fabulous cool yellow peony we have at work – P. mlokosewitschii (also known as Molly the Witch), but I think your bouquet pretty much pushed me over the edge.
I would have to have ‘Molly the Witch’ for the name alone.
You had a storm? Did it include rain? It’s been awhile here…
Lovely vase composition. I prefer the loose and casual over a more formal approach.
It was early in the week, but yes…a doozy.
Like Donna, I really like the colour of the peachy Iris, last year I had lots in vases because they were broken by the wind, this year there have only been a couple and that was due to woolly aphids rather than wind. I find it interesting that when presented with a mass of flowers we all come up with so very different ways of using them.
Different ways and different flowers…taste is such an individual thing. Forever interesting to see what people come up with.
Gorgeous colours, they work so well together, hope the stormy weather has passed 🙂
It’s calmed down out there and is now slightly overcast…perfect gardening weather.
Great arrangement, Ricki! I do that sometimes, too. The tall Irises, in particular, frequently blow over with thunderstorms. Fortunately, the stalks with buds are great form elements in arrangements. The colors and form of your bouquet are beautiful, too!
new definition of “silver lining”?