![]() ![]() How Do You Make Flower Arrangements Look Fuller?Īs an artistically challenged gardener, I am always looking for easy ways to make flower arrangements look fuller and more visually appealing. Thank you, vegetable garden! The arrangements made the table look festive in a laid-back sort of way. They fit the casual summer barbeque mood, along with a few dahlias, bachelor buttons, and yellow poppies. In the end, I chose to use just the asparagus fronds in my arrangements. ![]() Dill would have been a good choice for a tall flower arrangement filler, but my little Mason jars were only the one-pint variety, so I left the dill for another day. I do leave a few plants to grow to maturity if they are located in places that don’t interfere with the growth of anything else. I treat most of the sprouts like weeds, pulling them up and discarding them. After rototilling in the spring, somehow the seeds still manage to sprout all over the vegetable garden. Dill is a prolific self-seeder, at least in my garden. ![]() If you have ever planted dill, you probably never had to buy seeds again. If I had needed to fill larger jars or vases with my arrangement, I might have used the radish blossoms, but I ended up just leaving them to continue adding color to their row. Some people might pull them out right away, but I like to let them go through the flowering cycle, then go to seed. This might horrify some people, but I like the way the blooms look in the vegetable garden after the root is no longer good to eat. Only one person in my family likes to eat radishes, so there are always leftover plants that stay in the ground long enough to develop tall stems with pink or white blossoms. Take Me To Amazon! Radishes to the Rescue Just click on the link, then browse around and do your shopping. ***Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, which means as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.*** Already know what you’d like to get from Amazon? Here’s a handy way to get to the website, linked to a basic flower vase that would look great with any style of decor. ![]() Maybe I could find other arrangement-fillers elsewhere in amongst the veggies. The asparagus, which had been cut back in the spring, had sprouted lovely-looking greenery. This was just what I needed for my casual Mason jar arrangements. Vegetable garden creativity to the rescue! I slowly approached the delicate fronds, realizing that the answer to my dilemma was right in front of me. Something feathery was swaying gracefully in the gentle breeze. My eyes strayed over to the carefully planned vegetable garden. I needed to use some vegetable garden creativity! A few wildflowers were still tenaciously blooming, although most had already gone to seed, and that was about it. There were a few sad-looking dahlias, nearly past their prime. I ran around the yard to see what we had, and we didn’t have much. We once had friends over for a barbeque, and at the last minute, I decided I wanted to have some fresh flower arrangements on the table. My Last-Minute Flower Arrangement Fillers Backstory
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