viburnum

Cranberrybush Viburnum

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Last month at our summer cottage I went all Constance Spry, challenging myself to make a large indoor flower and foliage arrangement in the spirit of the great mid-twentieth century florist and lifestyle doyenne.  Spry was noted for creating alluring set pieces that included wildflowers, tree and shrub branches, and various forms of roadsidia.  This … Read more

Fabulous Fragrance

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I love the moment in spring when all the flowering trees and shrubs seem to burst into simultaneous bloom.  Depending on the weather, that mass flowering can last a few days or more than a week.  It always ends in showers of petals that rival the snow flurries we had up until about three weeks … Read more