{"id":9914,"date":"2019-01-27T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T18:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=9914"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:47:40","slug":"yellow-iris-ikebana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/yellow-iris-ikebana\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Iris Ikebana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Winter continues to be horrible here in Montreal, so when I saw these gorgeous white and yellow iris flowers for sale I thought they’d be a great way to bring a little sunshine into my dreary corner of the world.<\/p>\n

I’ve always loved irises, they’re one of my favourite flowers. I love how showy and interesting and almost sculptural they are, and I love the absolutely incredible spectrum of colours they come in. They were, after all, very aptly named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow.<\/p>\n

Since they have such a wonderful, almost architectural quality, I wanted to create a very modern and fluid-looking arrangement and I feel like I succeeded well here. I really love the flow of this piece, and how balanced it feels. The big waxy leaves (I admit I have no idea what they are, I just liked the way they looked) form a great anchor and textural contrast, as well as hiding the kenzan. I saved the protective outer leaves of the flowers as I was trimming them down, and I think they add the perfect sharp finishing touch. This is one of those arrangements that came without a huge amount of forethought and succeeded in spite (or because?) of it? It just flowed very naturally from beginning to end, and I love the finished product.<\/p>\n

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