{"id":7525,"date":"2018-06-16T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2018-06-16T20:00:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T00:00:54","slug":"nageire-crabapple-ikebana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/nageire-crabapple-ikebana\/","title":{"rendered":"Nageire Crabapple Ikebana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7522 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-850x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-850x658.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-400x311.jpg 400w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1-194x150.jpg 194w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pseudo-sakura-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned a while back, the climate here in Montreal isn&#8217;t exactly ideal for sakura, but you can bet that as soon I saw a crabapple tree with these ruffly pink blooms on it on public land by the side of the road, I convinced my father to pull over so I could go cut some. Yes, I do keep a pair of pruning secaturs in the car for just this sort of situation. I have no shame at this point. Don&#8217;t worry though, I definitely don&#8217;t trespass or take flowers from private or manicured gardens!<\/p>\n<p>These blooms are so lovely and have the perfect textural balance of rough bark and soft petals. I knew that I wasn&#8217;t going to include any other type of flower or vegetation to make sure they stayed the focus of the whole arrangement. I wanted to do a nageire (thrown-in) style ikebana, just relying on a tall vase and the natural inclination of the branches, rather than the more structural moribana style with a kenzan\u00a0that I seem to gravitate towards most of the time. I was also thrilled to finally be able to use this vase; I received it as a surprise in the mail a while back. Whoever sent it (I&#8217;m going to take a guess that you read this blog), thank you so much. It&#8217;s so beautiful!<\/p>\n<p>A couple of blossoms fell off as I was arranging the branches and they felt so pretty and natural and emblematic of the short-lived beauty of spring that I decided to leave them where they were. And yes, I used my new screen again. Sorry not sorry! I think it may become my default setup for my ikebana posts. I also couldn&#8217;t resist taking a couple of close-ups. Should I include detail shots of my arrangements more often? 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