Display with grasses and clover in pinks and greens
![dried bottle flowers](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dried-bottle-flowers-postcard-640x480.jpg)
As it’s the beginning of February I thought it was about time to start thinking about Spring! This isn’t a Valentines Day display but there’s a lot of love in it.
![bottle flowers ingredients](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bottle-flowers-ingredients-640x444.jpg)
The floral arrangement took me a couple of days to put together, only because on day one I didn’t really know where I was going with it.
Natural grass stems in a milk bottle arrangement
My husband Mike gave me some school milk bottles by Rex London for Christmas and they are really useful!
Dried oat and wheat stems
![dry oats wheat milk bottle](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dry-oats-wheat-milk-bottle-427x640.jpg)
I wanted to use Spring greens with maybe a hint of pink, so started with dried oats and wheat, putting three stems of each in each bottle, not being too precious about height for an informal look. I think the max height was about 30cm.
Oats and wheat make a great backbone to a dry floristry arrangement because they are inexpensive and add a relaxed country element. They provide a great foil for the more eye-catching flowers. In this case the natural minty greens went really well with the Spring theme.
More grasses add texture
![dry miscanthus lagurus milk bottle](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dry-miscanthus-lagurus-milk-bottle-427x640.jpg)
Next I added more grasses – I added a few stems of dyed green lagurus (bunny tails) to each bottle which ramped up the Spring green. By the way the use of wheat, oats and lagurus is a combination I enjoy and last used in my Christmas bouquet. I also added one fluffy stem of miscanthus per bottle, and noticed this had a pinkish tinge so added a few dyed pale pink phalaris (canary grass) which toned with it.
![dried grass arrangement](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dried-grass-arrangement-640x427.jpg)
To spread the colour palette a little more I added some natural sand coloured quaking grass and lagurus. This was as far as I got before I had to go in search of supplies, as the flowers were in the workshop and I was at home!
![quaking grass lagurus bottle floral display](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/quaking-grass-lagurus-bottle-floral-display-480x640.jpg)
![dried floristry grasses](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dried-floristry-grasses-480x640.jpg)
![dried grass arrangement detail](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dried-grass-arrangement-detail-640x427.jpg)
![dried grasses from above](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dried-grasses-from-above-640x427.jpg)
Adding flowers for colour
The next day I came back with some caspia (a type of sea lavender) and pale pink clover which seemed to tome beautifully with the miscanthus.
![milk bottle grasses clover caspia](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/milk-bottle-grasses-clover-caspia-474x640.jpg)
![pink dried flowers grasses milk bottles](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pink-dried-flowers-grasses-milk-bottles-427x640.jpg)
![dried natural pink clover grasses](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dried-natural-pink-clover-grasses-640x427.jpg)
![pink dry flower arrangement](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pink-dry-flower-arrangement-427x640.jpg)
![dry grass arrangement from above](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/postcard-too-640x427.jpg)
Splitting the display into little posies
I absolutely love this arrangement and as you can see, I took lots of pics! But I didn’t have space to keep it, so split it down into six small bouquets tied simply with jute twine.
![clover dried posy bottle](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/clover-dried-posy-bottle-409x640.jpg)
![single dried grass clover posy](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/single-dried-grass-clover-posy-427x640.jpg)
![spring dry posies clover](https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/spring-dry-posies-clover-640x427.jpg)
Buy dried flowers and grasses online
All the above flowers and grasses are available to buy online via daisyshop.co.uk – find the clover and caspia under natural dried flowers and everything else under dried grasses.