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Style at Home: Beautiful botanicals
Beautiful botanicals
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By Katie Laughridge
I have always been a big fan of botanicals in the home, starting as a young girl who wanted flowers on her wallpaper to an adult ... who still wants flowers on her wallpaper. However, my husband and two sons don’t seem so keen on the idea, so we must meet in the middle by mixing together my favorite florals with more masculine flower-free botanicals to keep our spaces in perfect harmony.
I love having blooms in my home, and greenery is a big part of that. Plus, in a bit of good news, you don’t have to be a skilled floral arranger to decorate with them. You can create a fun, simple display with just a few items. Just cluster a group of small glass vases on a pretty tray and insert your favorite stems. If arranging just isn’t your thing, try using topiaries. They make for another simple but dramatic display perfect for your table, kitchen island, bookcases or mantel. Since they come in different shapes and sizes, you can mix several together for an impactful look. Cluster three or five at the center of your kitchen island or dining table or bookend your mantel with a triad of different boxwoods. Floral fabrics are more popular than ever, and I can’t get enough! You can find gorgeous florals that span the spectrum from soft and romantic, to stylized and electric. These prints add year-round freshness to your spaces, from your bedroom to your living room and every room in between. I have also found myself drawn to botanical pairings as well. They come in so many different textures and colors that you can mix and match with your festive florals for lovely layered looks.
When in doubt on how to start celebrating botanicals in your home, look to your art. Whether you prefer realistic renderings or something a bit more painterly, there are endless artistic representations of botanical wonders. Botanical art comes in all sizes, and I just admit I’m most often drawn to oversized pieces that make a big statement and varied sizes grouped together in a gallery wall. You really can’t go wrong though, when it comes to featuring botanical art.
Having these wonderful items in my home makes me dream of clear skies and fresh stems year-round, whether the weather is cooperating or not! To view this weekend’s Open Home Guide and all other Real Estate for sale or rent go to: newspress.com – click on Special Editions, House & Home
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When in doubt on how to start celebrating botanicals in your home, look to your art. Botanical art comes in all sizes. Oversized pieces make a big statement. Botanical fabrics come in so many different textures and colors that you can mix and match with your festive florals for lovely layered looks. You can create a fun, simple display with just a few botanical items.
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I would like to take you down memory lane to about 15 years ago. I was coordinator for the Mississippi Medallion Award program for Mississippi State University. In our trials, we were looking at several Juncus species, but mainly Juncus inflexus, the native J. effusus and other varieties. They all did exceptionally well. We did something a little odd in that we chose “Juncus species” as the Mississippi Medallion Award winner for 2008, along with Diamond Frost euphorbia and All Around Purple gomphrena.
At that time, there was a new trend in Southern landscapes called the dry creek. This was the perfect remedy for areas where you needed to move water away from the house. All decked out with river rock and plants, the dry creek not only solved a problem, but became a real eye-catching aspect of the landscape. As you might guess, the rush, or Juncus species, became choice plants.
A couple years later, Proven Winners started entering Blue Mohawk, a variety of Juncus inflexus in trials. This variety won Top Performer 42 times; if your state had a trial, Blue Mohawk was the likely winner. But Proven Winners showed us how elegant the plant was as a thriller in mixed containers. A dozen years later, new recipes are still taking the world by storm.
This was the case June 7, when Blue Mohawk was standing so picturesque, surrounded by Heart to Fast Flash caladiums and Sweet Caroline Medusa Green sweet potato. Sure, you are still invited to let Blue Mohawk solve landscape issues wherever they are needed, but now Blue Mohawk has moved into the category of fine art.
Consider the fairly new recipe called Misty Seas, which was also seen at Young’s Plant Farm. It features Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo, Supertunia Mini Vista Violet Star and Supertunia Mini Vista White — all award winners, and as you might guess, surrounding the Blue Mohawk. This could be the perfect choice for your porch, patio or deck.
The Blue Mohawk rush is considered a warm season grass. It can be perennial from zones 5a through 9b, or treated as an annual, which is what many mixed container designers do. In the landscape you may wish to let it perennialize. They will reach 24 to 36 inches tall with a 12-inch spread. As a perennial it has the possibility of doing a slow spread by underground rhizomes. Once frost has induced a winter rest, you can leave the stalks to add winter interest. Once spring arrives and growth is eminent, cut the stalks back to ground level.
The rush is on for the long growing season ahead, and I promise you could not find a more picturesque thriller for your mixed containers than Proven Winners Graceful Grasses Blue Mohawk. Just know you will make your gardening friends jealous!
Norman Winter, horticulturist, garden speaker and author of “Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South” and “Captivating Combinations: Color and Style in the Garden.” Follow him on Facebook @NormanWinterTheGardenGuy.
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photo on page 20: This recipe called Breezy Shore features a color scheme called triadic harmony using Laguna Sky Blue lobelia, Superbells Dreamsicle calibrachoa, Flambe Yellow chrysocephalum, Boldly Deep Red geranium with Graceful Grasses Blue Mohawk rush as the thrill. photos on page 22 are discribed top left and bottom left to right: (1) This display seen at Young’s Plant Farm Annual Garden Tour was quite stunning as it featured Graceful Grasses Blue Mohawk rush, Heart to Heart Fast Flash caladiums and Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Ornamental Sweet Potatoes. (2) This recipe called Misty Seas features Supertunia Mini Vista selections Indigo, Violet Star and White all surrounding Graceful Grasses Blue Mohawk rush used as an elegant thriller. (3) Though a simple design, this urn with Supertunia Vista Silverberry
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