February 26, 2013 -- much better!

This is SO much better than yesterday's attempt to use this Ikebana container. The magic bullet was an asphidistra leaf I came across while emptying a bucket of florist greens leftover from Dec. 28. (No kidding, this bucket of greens had been sitting on the side porch since before New Year's Day, and the asphidistra still looked great.) I twisted the leaf a bit and ran its own stem through a slit in the leaf to create this twirl.