Hi there! September is flying by, and I thought it would be nice this week to feature some of my flower arrangements from the past month. While I work with a lot of the same flowers, the arrangements can have rather different looks (that’s what makes the challenge fun!).
But I’ve also added some other flowers from the garden in today’s post, because they were just too beautiful to skip.
I’ll be joining the ‘Six on Saturday’ meme hosted by Garden Ruminations, which is always fun!
Enjoy!
In Peace,
Dana
1, 2, 3, & 4 – Four flower arrangements. Top left I had an emphasis on sunflowers and roses, bottom right was a monochrome coloring of copper/burnt red dahlias, and the other two were combinations of pink dahlias and floppy yellow sunflowers. For two of the arrangements I used my favorite golden square flower holder. I have some chicken-wire that fits in perfectly, and I use two floral frogs to help keep the flowers in place. The top left arrangement is in a large square pottery serving bowl. The size was perfect for adding lots of flowers (with chicken-wire holding them in place). The large blue jug was the easiest to use, and I love the weight of it to ensure the flowers aren’t going to tumble over. I have really enjoyed using the dahlias! Another favorite are the small yellow sunflowers that have long floppy stems. They add a bit of whimsy!
I’m sneaking these pictures in to highlight some of the dahlias, roses and sunflowers!
5 – Sweet Pea. We’re nearing the end of the season now. I’ve marked all of my pink flowers, and I’m letting them go to seed. I was disappointed with how few pinks I had this year, so I’m going to try and only collect the seeds of the pink flowers and grow all pink next year! 🙂
6 – Sunflowers. I wouldn’t say they are still going strong, but there are still flowers blooming! I was happy with the variety of flowers I planted this year. There was something for everyone! Did you even know there were so many different types of sunflowers? I’m glad I have lots of space for them.
It’ll be interesting to see what the weather does next. I’m hoping for some mild weather to get more gardening jobs done! How about you? 🙂
Thank you for visiting!
Mom in the Garden 
Beautiful flowers! How nice to have enough to make so many gorgeous bouquets!
Thank you! Yes, it was key to have a few plants of most of the varieties to keep the arrangements going. So worth it! 🙂
What lovely flowers, Dana, I must try to get some pompom sunflowers next year.
Thank you, Rosie. I just think that sunflowers give so much for us to enjoy (and the birds). I love having them in the garden.
So beautiful!! I’ve also been enjoying the sunflowers in this transition time. 🙂
Thank you, Rebecca. I can’t imagine my garden without sunflowers. 🙂
I actually didn’t do a Monday vase post because I felt like it was just a repeat of the same flowers, but I enjoyed seeing yours immensely. The insane abundance of your dahlias!!! Also, I’m impressed you managed to find a use for the floppy sunflowers because I cut one on a whim and couldn’t manage to fit it into any arrangement so just stuck it in its own vase on the table for the heck of it. The exuberance of your vases is going to inspire me next week for sure 😀
Ah, thank you Angela! The dahlias have been super stars! (And still going strong in October!) 😊
I really enjoyed all your flower arrangements and surprised myself with my favorite…the monochrome coloring of copper and burnt red dahlias. Not only was it their coloring but their texture.
Thank you, Karen. It’s not a typical one for me, either, but I found myself liking the monochrome more and more!