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Citrus and Flowers ~ A Beautiful Combination

Make a flower arrangement interesting by including natural elements such as fruit.  

Citrus and Flowers ~ A Beautiful Combination

Hello Dear Readers!

Happy Monday Morning Blooms Day!

Join me and my Beautiful Blooms friends,

Lidy, Mary and Pam as we are honoring not just

flowers, but citrus too!!

The links to my Bloom friends posts  are under their beautiful images

located at the bottom of this post.

 

 

 

I knew I wanted to include oranges and lemons

to my arrangement, so I “went shopping” to Aisle 1,

Section 2 of the storage abyss. There I found a set

of Southern Living flower pots that I have had for many years.

The colors were perfect.

 

 

When I return from purchasing  flowers for my home,

I immediately re-cut the stems, place floral life in the water,

and separate the flowers into various vessels.

I recently was gifted this great flower caddy that separates

them nicely and a great caddy when cutting flowers from the garden.

Thank you “B”!

 

 

A trip to Trader Joe’s yielded the following beautiful flowers:

🍋 Tangerine Country Roses

🍊 Lemon Yellow and Pink Tulips

🍋 Pink Mini Carnations

🍊 Chamomile and Seeded Eucalyptus for filler.

 

 

I chose sunny lemons and mandarin oranges

to add to the arrangement. Wooden skewers

were used to place the fruit into the flowers/wet floral foam.

 

 

I placed a melamine soup bowl into the flower pot

to hold the wet floral foam. The bowl fit perfectly

in the flower pot.

 

 

I have found a new “flower love” … Country Roses!

The multiple layers of the petals are stunning.

 

 

When I completed my flower arrangement, I contemplated

a few areas in which I would place it.

The fireplace was glowing on that cold day, and I thought,

let’s place this happy and sunshiny arrangement on the

ottoman in front of the fire.

 

 

The tole tray has flowers on it with similar

shades in the arrangement.

 

 

 

I placed my silver fork vase on the tole tray

with a single tulip.

 

 

Placed the citrus on a mini cake plate by Portmeirion.

 

 

I gathered some history of the lemon and orange 🍋 🍊

from a study that I found in the Softpedia News, October, 2, 2007.

 

 

It  was assumed  for a long time that South/Southeastern Asia

was the place of origin for lemons and oranges.”

However,  a new research made at the Center for Plant and Food Science

at the University of Western Sydney shows that the citrus fruits

originated in fact in Australia, New Caledonia (off eastern Australia) and New Guinea.

~~Softpedia News, October 2, 2007~~

 

 

It’s always good to know of origins.

I’m just happy that citrus made it to this country!

Now, I shall take you on a tour of the room..

..

 

 

We are really loving our “mainly” one-level living.

Things are forever evolving in this house too!

 

 

And now it is time to visit my very talented

Blooms friends. Their posts of “citrus and Flowers” inspiration

are below their fabulous images!

 

Mary 🍋 Home Is Where The Boat Is

 

Lidy 🍋 FrenchGardenHouse

 

Pam 🍋 Everyday Living

 

And ME! 🍋 Housepitality Designs

 

I wish you a most beautiful day and thank you so very much for your visit!

 🍋🌸🍊

 

You can follow more of my home

on INSTAGRAM Here: housepitalitydesigns

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Comments

  1. Shirley, Your Southern Living flower pot makes the perfect vessel for your beautiful mix of blooms and citrus! I had to chuckle at shopping at ‘Aisle 1, Section 2 of the storage abyss’ . 🙂 Aren’t those tulips the perfect match for your container and what gorgeous roses! I’m not familiar with ‘country roses’…love those ruffled petal layers. Your new home is beautiful, I know you’re happy to be settled even if you are still tweaking and it’s still evolving. As always, it’s a treat to join you for some flower therapy and share blooms with you. Happy Monday ♥

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  2. Shirley, a tour of your beautiful room is a wonderful way to start a morning! The Southern Living flower pot is the perfect container for the stunning floral arrangement. The happy colors of the blooms look so pretty sitting on the tole tray. I agree with Mary, I love the the ruffled petal layers of the country roses. Your gorgeous home has become a hit on Instagram and thank you for sharing so we can enjoy. It is always a happy Monday to share blooms with you. Wishing you a wonderful week🍊💛🍋

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  4. I love those roes! They are just gorgeous.🥰 You have a great eye for color combinations. The arrangement is beautiful. Your house is a stunner too!

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  5. Shirley, that Southern Living flowers pot is so perfect for those beautiful flowers. Love the colors and the citrus makes it pop. Your home is gorgeous. I have so enjoyed peeking into your living room. Happy Monday.

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  7. Shirley, Your arrangement is gorgeous. The colors are delightful. And your container was a great choice placed on your floral tole tray. Everything goes together beautifully. The unique fork vase with a single tulip and Portmerion mini cake plate made a perfect vignette on your ottoman in front of the fire.
    And oh my, the room tour was a huge treat. I’m going back for a long look.

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  10. Good morning Shirley! This is a very festive arrangement with gorgeous color. Love tole trays, tulips and how you have a vision for always using your beautiful things in new ways. Praying you are staying healthy and feeling good. I am fighting a very rare sarcoma right now.
    Take care, Brenda

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  11. Sooooooo pretty Shirley! I love your Southern Living flower pot and how you arranged the bright pretty flower mix. It is such a burst of happy sunshine sitting on your vintage tole tray in front of the fire. Just beautiful! ❤️💐❤️

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  12. Absolutely love! Your gorgeous bouquet on the tole tray and how you placed it in the room are breathtaking! And so is your beautiful home! I love how your furniture is arranged in front of the fireplace….I’ve been trying to figure out how I will arrange the furniture in my remodeled room and I love how you have placed yours. Thank you for sharing!

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  15. Shirley, I love that you and I had some of the same flowers, yet each one of our arrangements is totally different. I too fell in love with the country roses with those ruffled petals, aren’t they stunning?! Your flowers are so gorgeous, and the tour of your beautiful home is always such a treat. You are so talented, dear friend. It’s always a joy to visit you and enjoy your hospitality. xoxo Lidy

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  20. Shirley, this is so refreshing as I sit here on a gloomy Saturday. It’s been cold, wet, and very grey in Austin for days. Your selection of flowers is perfect. I love the yellow and orange tulips from Trader Joe’s. I have a potted plant of them on our mantel. I chuckled at the description of Aisle 1, Section 2. I wish my storage was that organized! The Southern Living pot is a beautiful design. I recently found a set of two of Southern Living ceramic pots. They are polka dots as I recall. Not sure, but couldn’t pass them up for the price.
    Thanks for brightening my Saturday.

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  23. I love the color combination in your flower arrangement. The fork bud vase is lovely. thanks for sharing this amazing article.

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  24. Citrus and flowers were an excellent match! This is a fantastic idea, and it really inspires me. Thank you for your contribution. I’ll have to think of some ways to combine flowers and fruits like you did.

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  25. Well said. Housepitality designs should be considered an important task to decorate anything which you want to. Thirds-one flowers is one of my favorite. Thanks for sharing such cool information in a beautiful way.

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