Alisha and Colin's Wedding at South Mountain Park, Phoenix, Arizona

I have been looking forward to Alisha's wedding ever since our consultation in January. She wanted something unusual and right up my alley - a succulent and manzanita branch bouquet. cascading bridal bouquet with natural manzanita, uluhe fern curls, Oncidium Sharry Baby, white gloriosa lilies, Graptoveria 'Bella', Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel', Kalanchoe tomentosa, Echeveria 'Mazarine', Echeveria 'Violet Queen', Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy', eucalyptus bells, seeded eucalyptus, wooley bush, and Haworthia fasciata for a ceremony on South Mountian in Phoenix

This bouquet was an absolute knock-out, and I know Alisha totally rocked it. I ordered in the most gorgeous succulents from California, white gloriosa from Japan, and Uhule fern shoots and Sharry Baby Oncidium orchids from Hawaii, all on a backdrop of locally harvested manzanita. I really can't decide which flower is my favorite here. I've been dying to get my hands on the white gloriosa, but the Sharry Baby has the most amazing sweet chocolate aroma. What a lucky bride!

The bridesmaid bouquet was sweet and compact. It had pretty much everything Alisha's bouquet had, minus the flowers and branches.

succulent bridesmaid bouquet with uluhe fern curls, Graptoveria 'Bella', Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel', Kalanchoe tomentosa, Echeveria 'Violet Queen', Echeveria 'Deren-Oliver', Echeveria peacockii hybrid, dusty miller, eucalyptus bells, seeded eucalyptus, wooley bush, and Haworthia fasciata

bridesmaid bouquet with uluhe fern curls, Graptoveria 'Bella', Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel', Kalanchoe tomentosa, Echeveria 'Violet Queen', Echeveria 'Deren-Oliver', Echeveria peacockii hybrid, dusty miller, eucalyptus bells, seeded eucalyptus, wooley bush, and Haworthia fasciata

Congratulations Alisha and Colin!

Hellebores and Echeveria 'Lucita'

Hand-tied bridal bouquet with lavender hellebores, Amnesia roses, blackberries, Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel', seeded eucalyptus, and scented geranium, finished with a fawn satin wrap Garden style centerpiece with lavender hellebores, Amnesia roses, blackberries, Echeveria 'Lucita', seeded eucalyptus, scented geranium, and curly willow in a brown clay pot

Close-up of garden style centerpiece with lavender hellebores, Amnesia roses, blackberries, mint green Echeveria 'Lucita', seeded eucalyptus, scented geranium, and curly willow

I had a few leftovers in the cooler, so I whipped up this little duo last night. The bouquet has lavender hellebores, Amnesia roses, blackberries, Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel', seeded eucalyptus, and scented geranium. In the centerpiece I switched out the small Pachyveria for Echeveria 'Lucita.' Needless to say, I am absolutely enamored with the echeveria 'Lucita' - they seem to have the color and translucency of jadite glassware. They are just the perfect, almost impossible to find, combination of pale blue/green. Be still my heart.