Pink Calla lilies spilling out of a strawberry pitcher …………… does summertime get any better than this?

Keep your eyes open for fun and interesting containers that can be used for vases at garage sales, antique stores, and thrift stores. Here’s a vintage Watkins cloves spice tin with a few sprigs of ladies’ mantle and sweet williams. Flower arranging can be that simple if you start with an interesting container!

These floral beauties are peony, blue allium, Mckana hybrid columbine, queen anne’s lace, quaking grass, bellflower, love in a mist, lady’s mantle, and hosta leaves.

Look what cut flowers are blooming in my gardens! Peony, veronica, lady’s mantle, sweet william, nora barlow columbine, false queen anne’s lace, and quaking grass.