Straw Flower Arrangement!

This week in our Free uBloom Video- I show you how to make this cute (and EASY) 5 Minute Bouquet with StrawFlowers… Watch NOW!

Today on At Home with Flowers- I’m creating a Strawflower Arrangement- from Strawflowers I grew in the Garden. My friend Delilah at Suntory Flowers- sent me some of these amazing plants to try (Granvia Series- Supersized Strawflowers- Learn More Here!) Delilah sent me Granvia Gold, Granvia Harvest Orange and Granvia White… they also come in Pink and Crimson… Check out the link above to see all the Colors.
Granvia is a Heat Loving Plant… and is draught tolerant as well… I love the way they look in the garden- but also I am Crazy about them in a Cut Flower Arrangement… today I’m creating a quick 5 Minute Bouquet- that you can make at home- with these lovely flowers that are arranging friendly but will also dry for longevity- and become a keepsake.

I Love Straw Flowers- and the Granvia from Suntory Flowers- are just wonderful for Arranging… Watch and Learn more in this week’s Free Video on uBloom.com‍ ‍

 
We used these flowers in Season 7 of J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom – Flower Crafts Episode #708… where I used the blooms I had harvested all summer to create a crafted piece of art – to hang on the wall… You can watch this Episode- at the Link Above!

Here’s the Artwork that I created using the Same Straw Flowers (Granvia) From Suntory Flowers… it’s just as pretty as the day I created it…WOW- Watch the Episode and see how I made it here!

The Magical Thing about Granvia- or Strawflowers is that they dry… and you can cut them at any stage- and they will dry magnificently… Pay special attention the last few minutes of this week’s FREE At Home with Flowers Video… to really appreciate the beauty of these flowers.. they are incredible…

Everlasting Strawflowers are so Fun - and they last and last… Check out this week’s Free At Home with Flowers Video Here!

Fast Forward to today… I have another whole box of them dried for another craft project… they truly are the flower that keeps on giving! I also love the way the sound… Yep… you heard me right… the flowers are ‘crispy’… meaning as they dry- or when the flowers brush against one another they make a wonderful textural sound… That may seem funny… but I really love that about these flowers as well.

The other great part about this arrangement- is it can be two ways… I add the flowers stem by stem in this video- but you could also arrange the stems in your hand- and then tie the stems together… and drop them it a vase…

Here’s a Little Overhead Shot of this Cute - Easy to make Bouquet… Try it yourself- and be sure to Grow Some Strawflowers in your Garden just for Arranging… You can thank me later! Watch NOW!

One more fun idea- you could take this bouquet- after you have enjoyed it for several days… take the whole bunch out of the vase- and tie the stems and hang the bouquet in a cool dark location- UPSIDE Down… for a couple weeks… then you will have super long lasting dried bouquet- that you can enjoy for months- or years to come…

As you know- we film about a year ahead of time for Public Television- and the Dried Strawflower Art Piece I created is hanging on the wall and looks just like it did over a year ago… it’s pretty impressive how these Suntory Granvia – Strawflowers hold up! I hope you enjoy this fun project… and plan to plant some Granvia of your own- for arranging – in the year to come!

Tune in for my NEWEST Behind the Bloom Podcast with RJ Pole… this is a Companion Episode to Life in Bloom Episode #107- Out on a Limb with Flowers & Fruit… Listen Here NOW!

Don’t forget to download (or Listen on uBloom.com or My Youtube Channel) to this week’s Behind the Bloom Podcast with myself and RJ Pole- this week- we’ll be talking about the Fun experiences of combining Flowers and Fruit with great Effect… We’ll discuss a Featured Flower that looks like a Dolphin- and even make a Fruit Kabob with my Friend Catherine Behrendt from WZZM ABC TV in Grand Rapids! Let’s go out on a Limb - Together- this week on Behind the Bloom Podcast!  Watch the Episode and Companion Podcast on my Youtube Channel - HERE! 

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