Anyone else have any interesting ideas using plant materials that you have out in the garden right now? No need to mention everlastings, they are in sort of a different category. I suppose I think of them more as "timeless" rather than "winter seasonal."

Today, this is the best I could do with what I had to work with in our non-temperate outdoorsy environment.

It was so cold this year we had to wait for the frost to melt before we could put our bouquets out on our outdoor stands. We were worried about the amaryllis, as there was also a cold north wind blowing but they made it through the day just fine.

Most of my woody shrubs were under snow for almost a month and then under water from creek flooding for a few days. It's been quite the memorable winter for an area where we expect mostly rain & a little cold, with a few snow flakes that don't stick to the ground most years.

Black pussy willow, hellebore and amaryllis Amigo and Fairy tale.

Hey by the way, my arrangement above still looks almost the same a month later! Only the Nandina leaves are starting to brown up. The dried materials of course aren't going to change but impressively the vinca and Santolina continue to look fine too. I pulled a branch of Santolina out of the vase this evening to examine it more closely and I discovered that it had put out a couple of roots and was happily starting to grow in the vase! I guess that's the best kind of cut flower. :)