Blooming bright

Home Accents Today Staff //News & Commentary//May 1, 2008

Design Directions Permanent Botanicals

Home Accents Today Staff //News & Commentary//May 1, 2008

With the season of color in full bloom, permanent botanical offerings follow suit in an eye-popping array of vibrant hues. Roses, poppies, tulips and dahlias spring to life in shades of fuchsia, purple, scarlet and tangerine. Vying for centerpiece vacancies proves tough as the brightest flourish best this season. — Lindsey Strader

	Dahlias drenched in warm peachy tones flourish in a green container from New Creative ($10).
An elegant mirrored container filled with an assortment of color-infused roses is finished with preserved Salal leaves from Artistry in Silk ($250).
	A colorful mix of flowers in a bronze cube ceramic pot creates New Growth Designs’ Summer Sonata ($158).
Peonies and poppies burst open in brilliant hues of red and orange in the centerpiece arrangement from A Touch of Silk.
	Wild eggplant, lilies and Phalaenopsis spill over a textured urn from NDI ($398).