Monday, September 12, 2011

BOUNTY!

When asked what the best season is for flowers, I wouldn't normally offer up Autumn, as I always forget how cool and different the selection becomes. Yes, spring has tulips and all the other luscious bulbs, as well as peonies and blooming fruit branches. Summer has, well, everything. The best roses, dahlias, zinnias, lilies--it all comes on like gangbusters from June through August. 

But in September, we get the harvest. Pods, berries, seeds, rosehip, cattails, mahogany sunflowers, vine maple, pin oak, persimmon and pomegranate on the branch--all the rich, woodsy textures and hues of impending Fall.

At this morning's market I found pepper plants and pumpkin tree! We will use these as whimsical seasonal accents in our rustic barnwood bloom boxes, and in centerpieces for Halloween and Fall tables.

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