A Bunch for the Weekend - # 92 - Purple Limonium and Grey-Green Eucalyptus Foliage

In this week's 'A Bunch for the Weekend' I'm featuring two plants that florists mostly use as fillers in their flower arrangements. 

We are talking about Eucalyptus and Purple Limonium - two very easy and reasonably priced plants.

It's always a pleasure and lots of fun to buy a bunch of flowers for the weekend and this series of blog posts, called 'A Bunch for the Weekend, will show you how you can make quick and easy flower arrangements for your home. 

Buy the flowers where it's convenient and easy for you whether that is from a flower stall, farmers' market, the supermarket or a florist. 

Always try to buy seasonal flowers - they will last longer and they will be a lot cheaper.

Make sure you condition the flowers as soon as you get home. Remove any foliage that will end up below the waterline in the vase. Trim the ends of the stems at an angle and put in fresh water as soon as possible.

Purple Limonium is also called Statice or Sea lavender. They can last for up to two weeks - not bad going. This is a small version of the larger Statice that you often see dried and that comes in many different colours. 

Eucalyptus foliage also lasts for ages. So a win, win situation when using both plants!

Both are also strong hardy plants and straightforward to condition before making the arrangement.

Florists use filler and foliage plants in addition to the bigger, more important and often more expensive flowers that make up the flower arrangement.  

Here I wanted to show that "secondary" flowers or foliage can make beautiful flower arrangements just by themself.

I made up one large mixed arrangement and two small side arrangement. All three containers that I have used are vintage apothecary jars - clear glass and white china. 

Enjoy your flower arranging and have a fabulous and floral weekend!

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer' - I will be back on Sunday with another Florets - a floral quote by someone passionate about flowers. 

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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FLOWERS by ingrid and titti - White on White

The theme on FLOWERS this time is 'White on White'. 

I have used the beautifully scented Paperwhite together with a small leaved Eucalyptus.

In early December I bought two very large pots of Paperwhites from the flower stall at the farmers' market. But instead of bringing them inside I kept the pots on an outside window ledge. That way I could enjoy the flowers through my kitchen windows. I also knew they would last much longer being kept outside as I had a feeling I might want to use them later on for something else.

So this week when I saw that they were in full bloom I knew the time was right. I needed some white cut flowers for the current FLOWERS and thought it would be nice to use them as the theme was all about the colour white. 

I didn't want any of the leaves so I happily cut all the flower stems and combined them in a medium sized vase with some small leaved Eucalyptus foliage that has this lovely mid-green colour - not too dark and not too light.  

I have then layered the image with white on white - using a vintage ceramic urn from Sweden, some old French linen fabric, a painted wooden foot stool, a pile of old books, a small white statue, also from Sweden and as a contrast a little wire basket.

Titti Malmberg - my Swedish based collaborator who I work alongside on FLOWERS - has also created a blog post over on her blog HWIT BLOGG - so please follow the link and go over and see what she has done. 

You can see all our FLOWERS posts Here. 

We also have a special board over on Pinterest with images from FLOWERS.

Have a Very Happy Floral Day!

~ xoxo ~ 

Ingrid 

[Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson for FLOWERS and Of Spring and Summer.]