early summer garden bouquets

I've been off adventuring with some great florists this spring and am finally getting back to business here in Jeff City. We've had some good rains lately and the garden is responding very well (over responding in some areas.) Here are 2 hand tied bouquets from the backyard. Top is a hand tied clutch bouquet of; dianthus (sweet william), coreopsis, cornflower, monarda (horsemint), vinca vine, lemon balm, spirea and a hosta leaf. Next is a small arm bouquet of; delphinium, monarda, dianthus, cornflower, scabiosa and campanula (bellflower.)

florissimo butterflies

A few summer garden butterfly images from '12 to combat the deep freeze blues; sulphur on phlox, great spangled fritillary on alium, monarch on zinnia and a beautiful buckeye.

Welcome to florissimo 2013

Happy new year! After 20something years in the floral biz, working for some great shops and under some of the best (and I do mean the best) designers in the floral industry, the time has come to serve you under the florissimo banner! If you're a bride in the Jefferson City/Columbia Missouri area and want personalized beauty for your day reach me through the "contact me" button here. We're looking forward to giving you not only beautiful flowers, but designs that are uniquely - you. The design industry is saying green is the color this year, and you couldn't ask for a more versatile color, from calm and cool to bold and beautiful. Green cymbidiums orchids.

central missouri bride 3

Some shots from another great session for Central Missouri Bride magazine. The location is Westminster Church in Fulton Mo. Thanks to Travis Duncan's light skills the grey overcast day yielded some great shots! The model - Rachel Mills, hair and makeup by Catherine Crum, concept and styling by Stephanie Strobel. I'll post a link to Travis' blog when he gets some images up. The flowers: polar star roses and queen anne's lace, the handle of the bouquet and the neck of the vase are both finished with pearls.

october 4th

Some backyard flowers: Mexican sunflower, hybrid sunflower, marigolds, zinnias, salvia and a couple unknowns.