FLORAL ARRANGING 201

THIS POST is linked to FLORAL FRIDAY (hosted by Nick — thank you!)  MOSAIC MONDAY (thank you Mary)  and RUBY TUESDAY.(now hosted by Gemma and Magical Mystery Teacher.  Thank you!!)

This is the time of year when I start to miss Spring flowers —  so it's time to play with the flowers we do have.   

RED FLOWERS

The tradeoff for no Winter (as we used to know it) is no Spring.  So we don't have pussy willows or daffodils or violets or tulips.  Or really any of the Spring flowers we used to grow (or at least see) back in our other life.   

Collages

Florida flowers are more lush.  Show-offs really.  

Collages1
 

But they're showing off under that blue sky you can see in some of these pictures.  So we think it's a pretty good tradeoff!

 Collages2

No flowers were harmed in arranging and re-arranging these Florida beauties.   

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36 responses to “FLORAL ARRANGING 201”

  1. You made a great arrangement of the flowers you love! And great to see you at FloralFriday! Have a great weekend:)

  2. Beautiful collection.
    Holy Basil

  3. All the pretty colors say to me that LIFE is really worth living! Thank you for leaving a sweet comment on my roses&lilies post.

  4. they are all plants here too! lovely.

  5. I LOVE the bleeding hearts – the red things popping out of the white in the last picture. Sometimes I see those growing all over fences and I have to jump out and take a look! Good job on the whole project, and I liked your disclaimer at the end. 🙂

  6. Thank you for participating in Floral Friday Fotos, Sallie. These mosaics are exquisite!

  7. Beautiful collages.
    Regards and best wishes

  8. Incredibly beautiful collages you made with different flowers.
    Wishing you a good day / good weekend.
    Hugs Hanne Bente / hbt.finus.dk

  9. Your flower photos are lovely and brought me cheers today. visiting from ruby tuesday 2.

  10. Beautiful collection.
    My RT2

  11. It is spring! I love all of them but my favorite is the hibiscus. We call them GUMAMELA!

  12. These are all beautiful Sallie

  13. I haven’t seen bottlebrush in years! The trade off for no winter is no spring? bummer! At least you have these beauties to look at.

  14. Lovely flowers, beautiful shots!
    Visiting for RT 2- hope you can stop by:)
    http://www.sweetposh.info/2012/03/the-mega-blocks.html

  15. Fl. does have some gorgeous flowers…Hibiscus being one of my faves!

  16. they have the right to show off, they’re beautiful
    your collages are too 🙂

  17. Their bright and beautiful faces bring so much joy to the world around them. I love them all, Sallie.
    I hope your eyes are now better than ever 🙂

  18. A very beautiful collage display of colourful beauty! Very lovely!

  19. As beautiful as any tulip or daffodil! I like your flowers, Sallie.

  20. AHHH, spring time in Florida. Gorgeous flowers and blooms. What a beautiful and colorful mosaic. Thanks for sharing, I hope you have a great day!

  21. Exquisite sights, so beautiful! Love the mosaics, they all brighten up my day here 🙂

  22. Would love a collage like this in my office! Gorgeous.

  23. Sondra

    OH gorgeous I love all those flowers!!!! We had a cold wind today and down to 30 tonight…brrrr

  24. It’s very beautiful!
    Crab Apple

  25. Those are beauties, and a welcome sight here as we still have lots of snowy weather to get through before we see new flowers.

  26. They are different than what I am seeing here, daffodils, tulips and fruit trees are in bloom. Most of what you have also grows in Southern California, especially West Hollywood, where I grew up.

  27. Colin Huggins

    Very tropical Sallie.
    Great shots. Very similar to what you see
    in the gardens in Brisbane and further north.
    Cheers
    Colin

  28. Very colourful and wel-composed mosaics, Sallie. They really are quite sumptuous.
    Feel free to post your flower photos on my Floral Friday Fotos meme. It opens on Thursday Australian time and closes the next Wednesday:
    http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com/

  29. so pretty!

  30. What lovely exotic beauties!

  31. Your Florida flowers are so bright and intense. Your mosaic looks like a color-wheel that’s been scrambled. So pretty.

  32. Wow, these are wonderful flowers. The collages take my breath away.

  33. Sure looks like Spring to me. Lusciously lovely.

  34. So cheering to see, on a bitterly cold, but sunny day!

  35. I think I could live with all those showoffs!
    Love your last caption! 🙂

  36. the hibiscus are always so showy! i love the bottle brush thingies, though!

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