Succulent Arrangement
The garden center had a 50% off promotion on succulents. So there might be a few succulent arrangements coming up in the near future.
Here’s the first one out!






The garden center had a 50% off promotion on succulents. So there might be a few succulent arrangements coming up in the near future.
Here’s the first one out!







Det är enkelt att torka hortensia och att använda blommorna som prydnad i hemmet. Blommorna gör sig fina i allt från kransar till torkade buketter. Eftersom de står sig länge är de himla tacksamma att använda som dekoration i hemmets mörkare hörn där vanliga växter sällan trivs.
Här visar jag hur du enkelt torkar Hortensia. Jag utgår från en Hortensia Limelight men det går lika bra med andra sorter så som Little Lime eller Annabelle.




Plocka bort alla blad, de brukar se trista ut när de torkar.

Gör ett nytt snitt i mellan två noder, dvs mellan där bladen brukade sitta. När du har gjort snittet är det bra att sätta grenen i vatten med en gång. Jag brukar ha en vad förbered med ett par cm vatten i botten. På så vis kan jag snabbt få ned grenarna.



Då var det klart! Allt som återstår är att vänta ett per veckor på att hortnesiablommorna ska torka. Du behöver inte göra någonting mer än att låta dem stå ifred i ett mörkt hör. Räkna med att vattnet i vasen tar slut efter några dagar och fyll inte på nytt.


Asters are a great perennial for if you need late summer and fall color. The ’Early blue’ variety starts blooming in July and goes on all the way to October!

They get around 10-12 inches (30-35cm) tall and prefer full sun. In my garden they get around 7-8 hours of sun and they do really well.

It’s almost hard to believe that this is the same bed! Early spring this bed is full of tulips. In June the peonies put on quite a show and late summer to fall belongs to the Asters.





I got my hands on some Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and decided to make a wreath.
You can make a this wreath with pretty much any plant that does well when dried. Lavender would be my favorite.
You will need:

Separate the Heather into bundles and wrap them using the floral wire. You will need around 20-30 bundles, depending on the size of you wreath form.

Tie the first bundle to the wreath form. Make sure it’s tight!

Continue to tie the bundles to the form on top of each other. Do every second one facing slightly inwards vs slightly outwards.

Have a look at your wreath and make sure it looks symmetrical. Prune branches that might be sticking out or add an extra bundle to any area that might need it.

Disclaimer: At this point I realised that I wanted the bundles to start at the bottom and go upwards on both sized (not around in a circle). I redid all the bundles on the right side and had them facing upwards instead. It took some extra time and was was a bit of a pain but still worth it. It would have bugged me if I hadn’t fixed it .
It’s time for the decorations! It’s completely up to you how and how much extra stuff you want to add. You could just go with a nice piece of lace and be done with it.
I chose rowan-berries and hydrangea blooms since I had them in my garden.


Tuck the decoration into the wreath. Use wire if needed. I just poked the hydrangea and berry stems in between the Heather and messed around with them until I liked the way they looked.


Hang your wreath in a spot where you can see it every day and enjoy!


Simple yet so pretty – the Mum. It’s a sign that fall is coming when these show up in the stores. I picked mine up for just a few bucks while getting groceries.

It has just a few flowers but is packed with buds that are about to open. That is exactly how you want to get them to get the longest blooming time out of them. If you buy it with lots of blooms already open it will bloom over sooner.



Min konvaljbuske blommar och doften som sprider sig över hela trädgården är fantastiskt. Konvaljbusken är alltså en doftande buske som dessutom passar bra för skugga. Den är grön, lummig, frisk och lockar till sig fjärilar. Ja, fördelarna är många med denna prydnadsbuske som av någon anledning finns i ganska få av våra trädgårdar.


Ett tips är att plantera dem på en plats där man ofta går förbi. På så vis får man ofta njuta av den härliga doften. Mina buskar står nära altandörren ut till trädgården så jag möts av dem varje gång jag går ut.
Blomningen kommer nu i augusti och håller på länge, i hela 4 -6 veckor. Buskarna blir 1-2 m höga och något smalare. De trivs i halvskugga eller skugga och bör planteras i Rhododendronjord. Dessutom trivs de även i blötare jord så har du en plats i trädgården som är blöt och skuggig och där andra buskar inte trivs så är Konvaljbusken en god kandidat. Läs mer om Konvaljbusken här.
Som en liten bonus på moset så är blommorna omtyckta av fjärilar =)



I made a flower arrangement using flowers from my own garden. Such a treat!


Late summer is my favorite time of year for container arrangements. All that beautiful color both in blooms and foliage!

This year, I’ve planted up quite a few containers to bring the late summer feeling to the entrance of the house.


A simple design trick to make an arrangement look great is to pick just a few colors and to repeat them. In this case the Hebe’s yellow and green foliage is repeated in the potato vine. And the pink edges come again in the blooms of the Mum.

Both the Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ is a perennial and will come back next year. However, it’s always risky to winter over plants in containers so I might plant them in the ground in a month or two, just to be sure they make it though the winter.


Dichondra ’Silver Falls’ is one of my favorite plants for late summer and fall containers. It brings contrast to the arrangement that makes the other plants pop.







’Twilight’ Hosta is an improved variety that claims to have better slug resistance.
I get quite a lot of slugs in the garden and it seems to hold up well. My hosta is into season two and so far it’s had just a few tiny holes.
This plant does best in partial shade to shade.







The garden center got new, stunning succulents in and I just couldn’t help myself.


