ARRANGEMENTS FOR PIONEER DAY -- "UTAH, WE LOVE THEE"

Utah celebrates it's statehood on July 24th. I always make an arrangement celebrating this "pretty great state."

This arrangement is an example of not having much red blooming on this day. In fact, all I had was a couple of red gladiola. I purchased a small handful of baby carnations to complete the arrangement.

The other flowers used were white and yellow glads and true blue bush delphinium.

RED ZINNIAS, WHITE DAISIES and BLUE DELPHINIUM for the 24th of JULY

Here in Utah I've always thought how lucky it is that we have a 2nd holiday to celebrate in July.  After the 4th, we have the 24th, which is the celebration of the pioneers arriving in the Salt Lake Valley. There are parades, activities, contests, marathons, fairs and fireworks. This arrangement of STATE FAIR ZINNIAS, my grandma's WHITE DAISY, and bright blue BUSH DELPHINIUM make a patriotic display. One thing I really love about the STATE FAIR ZINNIA is that there are different colors and bloom shapes of reds--each pretty in their own way. This arrangement has several reds--no 2 exactly alike!