The Japanese Knotweed (fallopia japonica) -- this plant is considered a weed and very invasive. There's a lot of them growing in our parking area so I decided to help myself with some!
Though not at really related to the bamboo, its stems are also hollow and has raised nodes. I stripped the branches of their leaves and focused on this interesting characteristic of the stems for this arrangement.
For my container, I took two crystal glass candleholders and put one on top of the other.
I played around with straight lines and circles. I lined up the stems horizontally against the vertical grooves of the crystal. The hollow circular cross-section of the stems added round elements into the arrangement.
The orange berries, apart from complementing the circular stem cross-sections, added some colour as well!
And finally, a clump of mini hydrangeas to strengthen the mass.
Here is the whole arrangement.
Another view from the side.
It was quite fun for me to be able to use weeds for an arrangement. Normally, they would've just been cut down and discarded!
I hope you like it. --Miyako
(All photos by the ikebana shop. All rights reserved.)