Glass Containers and a Giant Monstera

 
Water is always being considered as an important element of Ikebana arrangements but in this particular case of glass vases, water is the shin. So we pay great attention to the branches or leaves seen through the glass container. 

The monstera leave is used to create a sculptural presence while the aliums and roses accentuates and enhances the whole composition.

In order to see similar arrangements in glass containers, you can click the "glass container" label at the bottom of this post.

Check this other posts: glass container challenge series from 2019,  June 2018, this post from May 2018 or see this post from May 2015.

For another see-through arrangement, you can check this earlier post from December 2014.

Hortensia in a Garden of Hostas

Pink Hortensia among various hosta leaves with a bunch of alliums

I couldn't resist myself to use some extra hosta leaves and alliums to make a quick arrangement in a see through vase since I love to see the water on back of hosta leaves. Check this earlier post for another version of this idea.

Seeing through the vase...

Garden roses in see-through containers
view from above

Garden roses in see-through containers
view frontal

 

Glass Container Challenge 3

Hosta and Allium 

Hosta leave interplays with water  

 

Glass Container Challenge 2

Seeing through the water

Glass Container Challenge 1

 

Summer with Sunflowers

Allium, Sunflowers, Typha latifolia (bulbrush),
Multiple glass containers

See also this post from May 2018 for more consideration about glass containers.

Sculptural Plants

Anthurium and phormium (new zealand flax)
multiple containers, no kenzan

How many glass vases are there? Two or more?

Water is always being considered as an important element of Ikebana arrangements but in this particular case of glass vases, water is the shin. So we 
pay great attention to the branches or leaves seen through the glass container. Here I use small glass vases within the big ones to keep the phormium leaves neatly in place and let the water have center stage.

The New Zealand Flax (phormium) leaves are used to create a sculptural presence while the red and green anthuriums accentuates and enhances the whole composition.

For a similar arrangement in a glass container, see this post from May 2015.

For another see-through arrangement, you can check this earlier post from December 2014.

Peonies and Geometry

Peonies and Spirea

Sideview,
peonies and spirea 

I love this arrangement. Pink garden peonies are so beautiful within the geometrically arranged leaves in a rectangular glass container. The spirea flowers add depth as you can see in the sideview.


For another see-through arrangement in the same glass container, you can check this earlier post.