December 8, 2011--rabbit apples

I'm posting yesterday's arrangement a day late, becasuse of a problem with Internet connection.  Rosanne Shalf created this windowsill arrangement yesterday in about 5 minutes. It includes several stems of coralberry, also known as rabbit apples (Symphoricarpus orbiculatus).  This wild, wonderful, shrubby plant is in fruit every December at Flower Camp, but some years it's fuller-of fruit than others. This year each stem is loaded with magenta berries. Here, Rosie has combined it with some epimedium foliage (reddish leaves near the lip of the container) and a snippet of Baggsen's Gold honeysuckle (the chartreuse green leaves). Very pretty!

Taking the photo above took longer that doing the arrangement, because of challenging light, cars in the background outside the window, etc.!  The berries don't really show up as well as they should, so here's closeup to show you their color.