Greens for the Beach House…

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I really like the combination of light green, yellow/green or almost chartreuse greens and blooms and white flowers. White flowers are almost too stark in most arrangements, but for some reason, in various shades, blend nicely with chartreuse. I just recently learned that chartreuse got its name from a french liquor made by Carthusian monks since the early 1700’s, how cool is that?

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At the last mini-eyeball held at the beach, I made a few arrangements of greens and flowers for the beach house to spruce it up a bit for the guests. This arrangement made of greens that look like clusters of bells (I keep forgetting their name) and casablanca lilies.

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They brought a lot of life to a rather plain setting and are offset against black walls, dark grained kamagong tables and neutral colored couches…

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…on the coffee table, several large cellum leaves catch the light nicely. The leaves will last a good 3-4 weeks or so, and are an extremely economical way to bring a bit of green into your living spaces.

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15 Responses

  1. MM, I was admiring that green flowers during the mini-eyeball and I asked green blossoms what it was and she also forgot the name then a few days after she texted me back…she remembered….Bells of Ireland! :)

  2. Green is my favorite color too…”next eyeball” :-) I will bring green flowers instead of those violet ones…selloum leaves lasts for weeks and not very expensive – there is another leaf that lasts for months – they call it renaissance…wow Betchay you remembered…

  3. sometimes i like “quiet” arrangements like this. and i love selloum too, as well as the selloum specie with tiny leaves – i think it’s called “xanadu”. i’ve bought a couple of pots of those but they’ve both died…overwatered perhaps?

  4. Millet…selloum and xanadu like shaded area – not full sun..and yes not too much water…

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