Horsetail Geometry

Horsetail (Equisetum), Peonies
view from front, slightly above

Horsetail (Equisetum), Peonies
sideview

Horsetail (equisetum) is a wonderful plant materiel to play with in Ikebana arrangements. With the help of an iron wire inserted into the cavity of the grass, it can be bended and twisted into any form.

For other arrangements using horsetail check this post from 2014 and this one from 2013 both in Turkish.

Sunflowers Delight

Sunflowers and hosta leaves,
multiple containers,
Sogetsu Freestyle Arrangement

This free style arrangement uses multiple containers. You can see better these three plastic suiban containers on the photo below.

For more sunflowers, check this earlier post where you can see a beautiful Sogertsu School Variation No:7 Floating Style arrangement.

Yet another sunflower post here. A Sogetsu School Variation No:2 Slanting Style Nageire arrangement.

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.