Saturday, December 5, 2009

Now for the fun part...


Oh, it's all fun.
These are Rose's pots, getting jazzed up for Winter-mas. Best free winter-decorating tip ever: Save Your Hydrangea Blossoms Before They Go Soggy. I stuff them everywhere--in wreaths, made-over hanging moss-baskets, pots, etc. They last forever under the eaves/out of the rain.
The pot above already had skimmia and variegated holly, so I added white cyclamen, paperwhites, pussy willows, and evergreen branches.
Below, we worked the donkey-tails euphorbia already in the planter into the design with fresh evergreen, red osier dogwood, red huckleberry and golden willow branches. This winter medley (sounds like a salad) also serves to disguise the nondescript bare branches of a Black Beauty elderberry which also lives in the pot. I find the Big Red Bow rather festive. Don't u?






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