Sunday, June 23, 2013

Baby's Breath Bouquet

We recently spent some time and coin at a local nursery. It had so many unusual plant that we were almost giddy. Strangely enough we came home with a baby's breath plant. It was on special and I was struck by the fact that I knew the flowers well but had never really thought about what the actual plant looks like. It is long and lanky and the bunches of flowers are a little bit trailing. Now I do like trailing plants. I am always planting vines everywhere I live like a little legacy for the next person who comes along to occupy the space. But baby's breath has  always been just that filler plant that you get too much of in bouquets. Not my favorite. However it occurred to me that the tiny little bursts of white by themselves are rather lovely. I bunched them all together and they look like a little fluffy cloud.