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IAVOM – Last Call

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Eliza Waters

I’ve gleaned my garden of nearly all viable blooms as frost is likely this week. I’ve made several arrangements and will show one a week so I can continue to join the IAVOM meme for a couple more weeks. Hopefully, … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Deepening Autumn

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Hylotelephium spectabile) is deepening to a beautiful burgundy and I paired it with gray-green sage leaves (Salvia officinalis) and burgundy coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides). Light pink Dahlia ‘Chilson’s Pride’ and burgundy’Voodoo’, pink and yellow Zinnia elegans, white yarrow … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Season’s Change

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Autumn colors continue to creep through the landscape and today’s vase features the colors of the season. My sunflower pocket vase holds yellow, coral and orange Zinnia elegans and apricot Z. angustifolia, yellow/orange hybrid Calendula officinalis, rust-yellow Helianthus debilis, white … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Purplicious

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Eliza Waters

With so many purple/burgundy flowers blooming now in my garden, I felt the urge to do a purplicious arrangement. In the vase: My favorite aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium), Verbena bonariensis, flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata ‘Watercolors’), coleus foliage and bloom (Plectranthus scutellarioides), … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Zinnias and Dahlias

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Eliza Waters

As you can see in the background, my garden is still filled with a good amount of flowers for making arrangements. How much longer before frost cuts them down is anyone’s guess, but I will enjoy them as long as … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Little Blue Jug

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Eliza Waters

I bought this little, blue Villeroy & Boch Dresden Saxony milk jug at an antique store many years ago. It was chipped and priced accordingly, but I fell in love with its embossed cherries and lovely blue glaze, which still … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Big and Little

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Eliza Waters

At least once a summer, I get the itch to create a really large arrangement in one of my hefty vases. This blown glass beauty I brought back (very carefully as a carry-on) from a trip to Poland. The whole … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Fruits and Seeds

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Eliza Waters

The season of seeds and fruits is upon us. Today’s vase shows Cotoneaster berries and ruby-red Penstemon ‘Husker’s Red’ seed heads. Goldenrod (Solidago sp.), pale yellow Zinnia elegans and beach sunflower (Helianthus debilis) complete the arrangement. Thanks to Cathy at … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – In the Pink

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Japanese anemones (Eriocapitella x hybrida) have begun to bloom in earnest and I picked several stems as the basis of this week’s vase. Also included: white, dark and light pink cosmos (C. binpinnatus), Dahlia ‘Pinelands Princess’ and “Chilson’s Pride,’ white … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Edging into August

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Eliza Waters

Noting a subtle change in the intensity of daylight, as well as the length of day, we’re edging towards summer’s end. Like a warning note, I’m reminded not to waste a moment of summer’s delightful days. Placed in a bed … Continue reading →

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