When All My Flowers Are Gone

All Spring and Summer I have the luxury of picking flowers from my garden and enjoying the blooms inside.  One of my favorites are my peonies.  They're so short lived but so lovely.

Peonies From My Garden

Even now that the weather has turned cold, I still can find garden cuttings in my yard.  I think that the shapes that branches take on are so interesting.  I placed these branches in a demi-john on my front porch.

I especially liked these branches because they had some funky mold stuff on them that made them even more interesting.

I also like to clip a selection of branches which haven't lost their leaves.  I placed some multi-colored beauties in my favorite hand blown bottle with my framed ceiling tile as a back drop.

Fall Arrangement on My Screened Porch

Branches are one way to add nature inside when the flowers are gone.  I also use cuttings from my shrubs.  My favorite shrub to use is my Nandia, sometimes called Heavenly Bamboo.  In the Fall the leaves are green but in the winter they have hints of red. One variety even has berries.  The look of a totally green arrangement places the focus on the texture.  In fact, I use Nandina cuttings inside all year long.

Nandina Bouquet in an Urn in My Dining Room

I wanted to share one more image that I'm sure many have seen already.  It's the Harry Lauder Walking Stick branches that I painted red and placed in a vase with some sand and shells.

Branches on My Mirrored Table in My Sun Room

So, what to you do for some Fall nature in your home?

Kathy


If you missed my other posts about Fall decor, go here, here, here

My Garden in Bloom

Even though we haven't had much rain, my garden seems very happy.

The azalea's blooms stretch in front of our new patio wall.

The azalea on the opposite wall with a field of ferns in the background.

A clay chimney pot and some vintage cement urns flank the garden path in the side yard.

Roses climbing past the trellis onto the bricks.

My peonies are so lovely and so short lived.   If you're not paying attention you could totally miss their beauty.

Hibiscus bloom in one of the pots on my front porch.

My arbor framing the path to the back yard.

Peeking through the pergola at a back yard bed.

Climbing hydrangea clinging to a grouping of lattice trellises in varying heights.

Hydrangeas in bloom under a canopy of wild climbing roses.

A chippy iron garden bench next to a vintage weathered cupola.

How does your garden grow?

Kathy

Roses and Peonies

I really didn't appreciate all the rain we've had, but the result is the happiest garden I've had in years.

My climbing roses are off the chart.

 

Some Close Ups

 A Side View

The Peonies Ready to Bloom

Peonies in Bloom

I brought them inside for the family to enjoy.

 
How does your garden grow?

Kathy