what's up tiger lily?

More from the from the backyard. Tiger lilies, salvia, rudbeckia, yarrow, seedum, hybrid day lilies, tansy and gladiola foliage.

cutting garden

Zinnias, phlox, crepe myrtle, seedum ( which makes a great armature,) echinacea, mint and a few balloon flowers arranged in a vase. I, just love how it looks like it grew there. I did however put it in my kitchen.

phlox and company

Phlox, monarda, seedeum, hosta and oregano blooms. Backyard beauty.

florissimo year one

 The florissimo blog is 1 year old today! Thanks to everyone who visits here! Over the past year bridal work and this blog has taken over my life. It is very consuming yet rewarding, and let us not forget that flowers just make you happy. This is an arrangement (and I use the term loosely) of flowers from the garden which I lovingly refer to as yardsidia. Cut or buy yourself some flowers for absolutely no reason at all. Thanks to Lisa Suits http://mycologista.blogspot.com/ who is the best cheerleader and critic a man could ask for and to my partner Jamey Essig whose 8 years of blood, sweat and tears grew everything in this photo. The flowers; monarda, rudbeckia, shasta daisies, yarrow, seedum and lilies. Love and beauty to you all!

Grande Dame

An arrangement of Free Spirit roses, seedum, hypericum berries and 4 o'clocks in a decorative urn.