It is snowing! Rats! But it is soon time to be planting your seeds or picking your perennials for the best materials for pressing.
Soon my hellebore will break the ground and I will be right there to pluck. I hate to do that, but I do not have a lot of them (however, I do have another source ! 
)) I love them and here is an example of how I used one. Also shown in this design is candytuft, crocus, daffodils and Carolina Smoke Tree seeds. The hellebore (also known as Lenten Rose) is a very nice plant because it is a perennial and it blooms for a long time. It is not showy-you have to look for it. The blossom is shy-it closes the petals and faces the ground. Mine is purply green. They also come in a more rose shade.
Soon after, my clematis will bloom in all its glory. What a great flower to press. The vine climbs around my mailbox.
Those centers can also be pressed-they make nice funky things.
This design also has rose buds, scabiosa (pin cushion flower), strawberry leaves, crown vetch and a zinnia. I like to put an accent of orange or yellow in my designs.
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