Tomorrow we honor the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady. As I mentioned in the post on Advent flowers, the general rule is that there should be no altar flowers during Advent except for Gaudete (third Sunday). But, as far as I've been able to determine, there is no prohibition on altar flowers for Immaculate Conception.
While there is much to be said for a restrained arrangement of greenery in keeping with the penitential nature of Advent, if an arranger wishes to do a floral display, many ideas can be found in Gemma's post on altar flowers for Marian feast days.
You will find there several photos of Gemma's past floral arrangements for Our Lady. I posted the above image of the hydrangea arrangement because I think it is especially good, although it would be difficult to find hydrangeas this time of year. There are a few blue flowers that do bloom in the winter such as blue primrose.
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