the clematis bouquet

This week, the Montana Clematis was calling my name and its colour looked so pretty matched with some purple sage, the last heads of lilac, a little snowball Viburnum and some fennel leaves from the potager.

I had never used clematis in a bouquet.  It's long straggling stems are difficult to handle, and the flowers often point downwards instead of raising their faces to the sky like any well bred sensible flower would do.

The trick with the clematis is to cut short sections, either above or below the flower, just long enough to fix into the florists foam.

Popped the flowers into a crystal vase found at a fair, I just love its wide shallow shape.

Et voilà!

Rambling clematis .. tamed!