Flowers for cutting are finally starting to pick up steam in my garden. Two bunches I cut in particular this week caught my eye. The ‘Blue Celeste’ sweet peas are a stunning steel blue color and are as sweetly fragrant as the most expensive Parisian perfume. They are so beautiful; I did not want to muddle either their color or their scent with any other flowers. Tucked into an antique silver cup en masse, they are whimsical and gracious as no other arrangement can be.
In a completely different direction, the bunch above that I picked in the rain (and didn’t have much time to “arrange” before sending it to the farmers market) proved to be frothy and woodsy, combining the last of some pale blue delphinium spikes with yarrow heads kissed by various hues of pink and creamy yellow and the spikey green filaments of ‘Hair’ alliums. A few pale violet penstamin blooms tucked around the edges reminded me of fairy caps, hinting at how this combination of flowers would work perfectly for a wood nymph’s wedding.
Wow They are simply stunning. Like the pictures of the flowers very much.