Specialty Gardening: Floral Design 'Workshop', 1 by pupilpropogtr

pupilpropogtr wrote:
Karma, right up my alley. I love simplicity. I am dying for ya'll to start the paralell show. And guess what, we have had RAIN for two days. I didn't know I had this in the front yard, but there is a yellow rose bush about to burst with blooms. Now, when do I cut the larger more mature one and what do it use to extend the life of the flower? See, very novice, didn't even know we had a rose bush in the front yard until today. I found 4 more and several flowers.

Back to what I like. I ordered for my mother, on Mother's Day, a Susan B. Komen arrangement. She is a three year survivor. It was almost like a glass block, tinted pink. It had 4 pink tulips laying carelessly in it. It was beautiful. I love the new arrangements I see in short cubes and circles. Bunches of flowers in monocromatic colors. I also like contrast, of course in complimentary colors. I can't use purple and gold, because that reminds me of our high school and I would feel like I was decorating for the prom. What are some other complimentary colors. I love oranges and autumn colors. I love vivid and bright. And I love a wildflower look. Just a few of the things I love. LOL.

The coleus are sooo easy to root. They are the reason I started gardening. A neighbor gave me a cutting and over the last two months, I have given away 5 plants from it. It will soon be time to overwinter. As they are babies I just received from my wonderful girls in coleus, they are to young to cut. But come spring I should have oodles of them. I would gladly send some to you. Here is a pic of a few I have received.

These are babies, so they will get much larger.