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Alstro & Laurel: Latin Mass Altar Flowers for the Time after Epiphany

Alstroemeria is my faithful flower friend for altar arrangements.  It's beautiful, inexpensive, comes in a wide variety of colors, is available year round, and lasts two to three weeks (at least!).  I even find its form to be i
nteresting enough to stand alone in a vase of greenery.  
This week the flower selection at the grocery store was dismal and my garden hasn't quite started blooming.  I decided to focus on a lot of lush greenery (pittosporum, laurel and camellia) with some burnt orange and yellow alstroemeria.  I think these colors look lovely with the green and gold vestments! 




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