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| Water your arrangement. It will last anywhere from a few days to a week or more, depending on the type of flowers you use. Once the blooms fade, you can remove them and add more fresh blossoms. | Even on a cold and dreary winter day, it’s a pleasure to go into the garden to harvest some materials for an arrangement. And yes, even in the darkest weeks of winter, there are materials to glean. There are plenty of interesting branches, including those of flowering shrubs and trees that have flower buds at their ends. Others, like red-twigged dogwood, offer stunning color. Don’t forget to consider broad-leaved evergreens, such as boxwood and rhododendron, or needle-leaved evergreens, like juniper or pine. Or get creative with dried flower heads and ornamental grasses. If you’re lucky enough to have flowers in your garden even during the winter months, by all means use those. The rest of us will need to make a stop at a floral shop or the floral section of the supermarket for something colorful to tuck in with the branches for some much needed color and perhaps even fragrance. As a bonus, the moss and branches in this arrangement will last indefinitely. However, the flowers will last just a few days to a week or so. But that’s okay: When they’re spent, just simply replace them with more of the same (or a different type of bloom) for an arrangement that will last for months.
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| Gather branches from your garden, a few cutflowers and basic floral supplies to create this elegant, easy and affordable arrangement. | Here’s how to create the winter arrangement shown. Materials- Waterproof container
- Wet-type floral foam
- Sheet floral moss
- Cut branches from the garden (I used branches from a saucer magnolia.)
- Flowers of choice (I used Alstroemeria.)
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