A Dancing Easter Vase on Monday

Happy Easter!

I pulled together a few odds and ends over the weekend for Easter vases. Some fillers came from the garden; others from the sunroom. This first vase appears to be dancing and celebrating spring.

The stars of this grouping are Hellebores (Helleborus × hybridus)—currently blooming with abandon in the garden. I have about six varieties, and I always find it hard to clip them for some reason—I don't want to disturb their natural beauty. But they're lovely in vases and face up in bowls.

Daffodils (Narcissus hybrids) are abundant, too, These white ones with yellow centers seem to be the first tall Daffodils to bloom in spring.



I included this dried Fiddlehead Fern frond (Matteuccia struthiopteris) for structure and a nod to the end of winter.



Also saying "bye" to winter: dried seedheads of 'Invincibelle Lace' Hydrangea (H. radiata). Because this shrub's seedheads persist through winter, it has four-season appeal.

I also grabbed two items from the sunroom, including yellow Kalanchoe (K. blossfeldiana), with its bright, cheery blooms.



And vines of English Ivy (Hedera helix), which give the arrangement its "dance."



Another vase was a quick combination of more Daffodils and a few clippings of evergreen Yew (Taxus canadensis).

So...spring is happening, and the garden is waking! What's blooming and growing in your garden and in your vases? Head on over to Cathy's blog Rambling in the Garden for the wonderful meme, "In a Vase on Monday."