Too often branches and foliage are seen only as “landscaping instead of something that can be used in an arrangement.” While flowers usually are the stars of the show, what you put them in can ...

(Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) Petty’s native plant arrangement, still looking fresh ... Not all native flowers and foliage are great in bouquets, Prendergast said. The silvery green foliage ...

Not all perennials thrive in smaller spaces like a pot or container. We have a list of some that DO, while remaining both ...

But I also think about foliage, too. Hosta leaves are one of my favorites. Scented geraniums and herbs also work well in arrangements and add fragrance. I go out early in the morning with a bucket.

Walking purposefully into the yard with a pair of snips and cutting a little bit of the best-looking flowers, foliage and shrubs will yield more than enough to create an arrangement. Then ...

White sage (Salvia apiana) foliage (only in cooler months when the leaves ... of the diversity in the beautiful book of native floral arrangements that Prendergast helped create, “California ...

A mum creates high-end expensive-looking floral arrangements which last months using foliage from her garden ... hooks to keep it all on the wall. It only took me about 45 minutes to assemble.

Some herbs may seem too delicate to use in long-lasting bouquets, but Null insists any herbs are likely choices for cut arrangements. They key to long-lasting foliage is in the preparation.

The bracts persist long after the petals drop and are often cut for dried floral arrangements. Initiation of flower ... but most selections bloom only on old wood and foliage usually is killed to the ...

Susan Spradley, a volunteer for California Botanic Garden's Native Designs group, assembles a bouquet made from native foliage and flowers, including glossy hollyleaf cherry branches and ...