Last week's bouquets incorporated Spartina pectinata grass stems and blooms, some Panicum virgatum blooms, Melica Red Spire grass blooms, and Amaranthus velvet curtains. Of the 4 bouquets I made, I sold 3. The fourth I brought back home and kept it in a vase and one week later the sedum is still looking very fresh with no sign of wilt. The grass blooms and stems have pretty much dried but still look good.

This week the sedum blooms are just a bit pinker than last week but still just a hint of pink. I used one glad (bright pink edge, soft yellow in the throat and purplish anthers) surrounded with the sedum and again used grasses - some big Miscanthus stems (no blooms), Red Spire, and Carex Oehme grass (variegated green/yellow, no blooms), and surrounded at the bottom with dark green Hosta leaves. I think they've turned out so nice that I wanted to share the combination with the readers here.

I've also been using a white blooming sedum that I have plenty of as filler in many bouquets. It has a greenish tint to it and sets of many colours wonderfully. It's earlier blooming than many of the other tall sedums and this will probably be the last week using them as they'll be starting to brown soon.

Hail and heavy rain last week has damaged or destroyed most of the garden so I'll be going to market with only dried arrangements and wreaths for the next while. Too bad, I was just beginning to relax and enjoy myself with the fresh bouquets - at least next year will be easier in the confidence department.

What is your white variety? I'd love to try that.

I used to have a Matrona for many years but it died out on me - must remember to find another and start a new batch of plants. I have some other purple stemmed/pink blooming varieties and did use a few stems from them in bouquets this year as well.