dahlia

Hard to imagine that this is the last day of October already. Where did the time go?
The air has cooled down significantly in the past few days. This means that dahlia season is almost over. With one frosty night, the dahlia fields will finish it's season. The way it is getting colder and colder, it will be soon.
What a lovely dahlias we had this year! I will miss the cheerful, colorful wonderful dahlias for sure.
We made few bouquets with dahlias this season. I really liked the bright pink ones and the delicate pale ones so I will leave them here as my memento.





kaz@ibg

hydrangea

It's the season of fall hydrangea!
When the cooler weather of autumn starts to arrive little by little, the fall hydrangea begins to show up in the flower market.
Aren't they beautiful?
I can't decide if I like the blue hydrangea or these dusty aqua green hydrangea better.
If you leave them in a shallow water to slow down the hydration, they often dry really nicely and you can enjoy them a bit longer!

kaz@ibg

alstroemeria

There are several flowers that are full of merit, yet not truly appreciated.
I feel alstroemeria might be one of those.
They are available in many colors, long lasting, available all season, and overall an elegant looking flower.
On top of that, probably one of the most economical material.

The problem might be overexposure... but why discriminate?

When you keep your mind open to things, you could be so pleasantly surprised!






Who knows, alstroemeria might become your favorite flower!

kaz@ibg

dahlia 3

Some happy colors for your soul!

Dahlias in beautiful bright jewel tones always makes me cheerful.








I love that they come in different shapes too.
The round ones are my current favorite. So very cute!
This will be a fun event to work on.


kaz@ibg

scabiosa

Scabiosa is one of my favorite flower to accent with.
Cute button shaped flowers, whimsy stems... and lovely colors too!
This dark colored ones are probably our favorite among several colors that are available. (ie. white, red pink) We choose this often not only to bring textural interest, but to sharpen the color palette a little. Brings the arrangements and bouquets elegant sophistication while keeping the natural feeling.

I love flowers that are wonderfully multitasking!


kaz@ibg

dahlia 2

Beautiful large dahlia!

The name is " cafe au lait".
Granted that this particular photo is of the rare and random pinkish one that was in this bunch, (it was so pretty, I couldn't resist) but this dahlia usually comes as gentle creamy color.

So, this name is bit puzzling to me.
If I were to rename her, it will be something more creamy like "heavenly cream" or "summer vanilla" ...
Just a random irrelevant thought during a lovely summer afternoon...


kaz@ibg

dahlia

For anyone who loves to have colors for their event, dahlias are your friend!
The natural season of dahlias are summer to early fall. When the first frost arrives in the fall, that's when the dahlia season is absolutely done. So that means we will have few months of this gorgeously colorful flower ! Yey!
Dahlias come in couple of different shapes, such as round cute ones, huge dinner plate sized ones, and spiky petal ones like above. Available in ranges of colors from light to dark, and they are all lovely.
My problem usually is picking which ones I like best.

Summer heat continues here in NY... I am definitely going to get some ice cream this afternoon!

Stay cool everyone!

kaz@ibg