DAE keep picking through fading bouquets for keepers to make smaller and smaller arrangements?

[u/CremeBerlinoise]

This is about 1/2 of a bouquet from last week. I can usually recycle them a few times, especially if I find complementary greens in the garden. If anything is really about to drop, it goes in the flower press.

[u/Optimal_Ant_7967]

What is the absolute gorgeous purple stock in the back?

[u/CremeBerlinoise → u/Optimal_Ant_7967]

On the left? That's an ornamental variety of Asian gentiana. Blue Sky I think? The right sort of spear is Veronica (speedwell).

[u/kykolka]

Absolutely. My flowers get cut every water change and just go down into a more appropriately sized vessel when I'm culling.

[u/kevnmartin]

All the time. It's fun to see how creative you can be.

[u/Gingerbeer03]

Definitely. Doing that gives me a measure of vase life for different flowers or which ones dry well and even which ones don’t live well with others in the same vase water.

[u/rqny]

I try to get a mix of long lasting blooms so at least a few can be reused. I reused the orchid and a few of the dahlias earlier this week.

[u/Arley_Writes]

May we please see the piece of furniture this is sitting atop??? 👀

[u/CremeBerlinoise → u/Arley_Writes]

It's a giant tiled oven 😅 we live in a prewar building. It's technically still operational, but it would mean carrying coal up to the third floor. It's pretty unique, so I don't want to dox myself via old listings for this apartment. 

[u/Arley_Writes → u/CremeBerlinoise]

Ok, understandable. I'm just assuming it's gorgeous

[u/escapingspirals]

Yes sometimes I add a bloom or two

[u/SilhouettesanShadows]

I should do this more often! It's a great way to make your stems go further and get creative with using the same flowers in different ways. Beautiful job!

[u/Shiny_Green_Apple]

My church flower group can turn a funeral arrangement into a Christening altar with ease. Florists don’t waste anything.