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Permalink Reply by Gail Freiherr Zn 7 TN on June 9, 2009 at 9:25pm

hydrangea & sweet bay magnolia

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Permalink Reply by Gail Freiherr Zn 7 TN on June 10, 2009 at 10:56am

A tip for arranging hydrangea ~ I hold the stems in my hand and arrange them and then I use a twist tie to hold them in place. The blooms are top heavy and tend to fall or move out of place in the vase.

Permalink Reply by Lanier Hollingsworth Z8 TX on June 10, 2009 at 5:50pm

That is a gorgeous arrangement and I love the idea about the twist tie for the hydrangeas! I never could figure out how people got the big, fluffy arrangements when mine were always falling out of the vase!

Permalink Reply by Gail Freiherr Zn 7 TN on June 10, 2009 at 9:56pm

hydrangea, roses, sweet bay magnolia & mint
calla lillies, hosta blooms & mint

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Permalink Reply by Barbara, zone 8 VA on June 11, 2009 at 6:57am

Beautiful arrangements. I am more likely to be one who admires, than one who posts pictures. I love to arrange flowers and see beautiful arrangements, but unfortunately, I am more of a left brain math and science person than an artistic right brain person so my arrangements are not always so well balanced. Maybe as I pick up some of your hints like the twist tie idea, I'll have better luck!

Permalink Reply by Gail Freiherr Zn 7 TN on June 11, 2009 at 7:05am

Hi Barbara,
Welcome to our group. I just visited your website and enjoyed your pictures. Several of them reminded me of my yard. We lived in Northern VA for 23 years, I have a good friend in Suffolk, VA who is a master gardener.

Barbara, zone 8 VA said:

Beautiful arrangements. I am more likely to be one who admires, than one who posts pictures. I love to arrange flowers and see beautiful arrangements, but unfortunately, I am more of a left brain math and science person than an artistic right brain person so my arrangements are not always so well balanced. Maybe as I pick up some of your hints like the twist tie idea, I'll have better luck!

Permalink Reply by Lanier Hollingsworth Z8 TX on June 11, 2009 at 11:50am

Welcome, Barbara. I'm a left brain person too. I think that's our problem, we tend to balance things too well and they don't come out looking artistic. I love ya'll part of the country. I graduated ... a long time ago ... from college in Spartanburg, SC and my sister and brother-in-law were in college in VA. I've originally from South Texas but have been in North Texas ... where we are getting a huge amount of rain last night and today ... and have been in this area for ~25 years.

Barbara, zone 8 VA said:

Beautiful arrangements. I am more likely to be one who admires, than one who posts pictures. I love to arrange flowers and see beautiful arrangements, but unfortunately, I am more of a left brain math and science person than an artistic right brain person so my arrangements are not always so well balanced. Maybe as I pick up some of your hints like the twist tie idea, I'll have better luck!

Permalink Reply by Rene Brown on January 27, 2010 at 9:50am

Those are beautiful arrangements, what type of Hydrangeas are they?
Rene~

Permalink Reply by Gail Freiherr Zn 7 TN on January 27, 2010 at 9:54am

Rene thanks for the compliment, they are endless summer hydrangea. It is a repeat bloomer and the blooms can be blue, pink or mauve

Rene Brown said:

Those are beautiful arrangements, what type of Hydrangeas are they?
Rene~