Specialty Gardening: Wreaths from scratch - 2009, 1 by BLOSSOMBUDDY

BLOSSOMBUDDY wrote:
Well, like most of you I gather things from soup to nuts. Right now we are clearing vines. So whats a gardener to do with the cut vines?

Why wreaths of course!

So heres my technique, please show me yours!

I am starting with wisteria.

I cut the vines and let them lay so the leaves dry for a couple of weeks.

Here are some dry. You do not want to let the stems dry out and still want them flexible otherwise you will get anglers in your wreaths, whicj well if you want that that is great, but for the nice round basses, you want to be sure to wind them when they are still green!

The leaves on the wisteria will dry further and shatter off later.

So heres to going from scratch to finish! Winter, spring, summer or fall, the decoration is your call!