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Small, But Mighty! Pansies in Cut Flower Arrangements
Because the garden is comparatively small, it seems like I always find myself looking for new ways to use various plants. Pansies are certainly no exception to this, as I quite love their cute little blooms. After growing pansies from seed for a few years, I started using the small stems in cut flower arrangements – let’s take a closer look at this one – To start, I wanted to form a base of Amazing Grace tulips. You’ll remember from last post, these tulips have quickly become one of my favorites. They are a perfect blend of lavender and pink. The tulips in the photo above had been stored in…
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Dreamy Creamy Flower Jar Arrangement – Spring Cut Flower Garden
First of all, I want to give a HUGE ‘Thank You’ to everyone who has been following along here on the blog. While I usually focus mainly on YouTube, it’s nice to take a break and do something different. I really appreciate every single person who visits these posts. Now, onto the arrangement! The first thing that I wanted to pick for this flower arrangement were some Minnow daffodils. At least, I’ve been told that these are ‘Minnow’. I technically don’t know the name of these, as they came in a huge unlabeled mixed bag from the home improvement store. They’re always the last daffodils to start blooming. Their tiny…
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Peach + Pink Ranunculus and Tulips – Flower Arrangement
The obsession continues! In progressing with my goal to post more frequently on the blog, I’m here to show off even more of some of my favorite flowers. This time, in the form of a flower arrangement filled with pink and peachy tones – my favorite color pallette! Check out this jar filled with Floret Champagne ranunculus. Technically, I believe they are the La Belle Champagne ranunculus – but I’m not certain. Either way, I have quickly become utterly obsessed with the color of these flowers. While the Floret website featured much more variation in color, mine were all generally the same. Though I know that I should pick them…
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Floret Rose Ranunculus and Belica Double Tulips
Though the tulips and ranunculus have long gone by the time that you’re reading this, I can’t help but enjoy myself as I continue to sift through the photos from this spring. Making fresh-from-the-garden flower arrangements is one of my favorite things to do, so why not take a closer look at yet another one. These are the Floret Rose ranunculus. When I placed an order back in fall, I knew that I wanted to plant a lot of pink flowers. However, I don’t think I was prepared for how pink they would actually be! These rose ranunculus are some of the brightest pink flowers that I have ever grown.…
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Where’s the Foliage? Well, I Didn’t Plant Any…
In true to myself fashion, I’m once again arranging flowers while wishing I had taken the time to establish more perennial plantings. Here we are, beginning to harvest the last of the tulips for cut flowers, and there isn’t greenery to be found anywhere in the flower patch. Oh well. The tulips in the arrangement are from the ‘Victoria’s Secret’ mix that I bought from Eden Brothers. Only 6 of 10 bulbs bloomed, and it wasn’t exactly a mix. As you can see, most of my flowers are this lighter purple color – with only one being the dark purple/red/black color. I decided to mix them with these mysterious white…
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La Belle Epoque Tulip and Olivia Tulip Flower Arrangement
A few posts ago, I was debating whether or not the Brownie tulips were actually the variety Brownie. Now that the Olivia tulips have started to bloom, I’m now certain of everyone’s purported identity. In this flower arrangement, we’ll be using La Belle Epoque (peach) and the Olivia (orange). As it would turn out, the combination of these two colors yields a color palette that is absolutely dreamy. Here are the two tones of color tulips together. I’m usually no fan of orange tulips, but these peachy tones really do a lovely job of bringing down the vibrancy just a little bit. As we continue, I decided to add some…
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Bright Yellow Tulip Jar Posies
Until this very moment, I hadn’t really thought about it – but very few flower arrangements that I’ve seen online are yellow. I wonder why it is that some things simply fall out of style. The more I learn and begin to play with arranging flowers, the more I realize that almost any color can be used to create something really lovely. The bright yellow in this post is certainly no exception. The base of this arrangement started with bright yellow single tulips and these really creamy pale colored tulips. Like so many of my single tulips, the blooms and stems were much shorter than what I needed. Luckily, they…
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Cafe Picotee Ranunculus and the Mysterious Brownie Tulips – Magical!
It’s that time again! Time to gather around the dirty, moldy storage area of my yard and make another flower arrangement. Now, I realize I’ve been totally saturating the blog with posts. However, that’s what it’s for! I better keep posting now while I’m ahead! As with so many of our cut flower arrangements this season, we’re going to start with the Brownie tulips. Allegedly, the variety is Brownie. I really, really don’t think that they are. This happens more often that I like to admit. It seems like some bulb suppliers don’t even care, as long as you’re buying product. Oh well. Next, we snip some super long stems…
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Today’s Flower Arrangements – Photos Only
As much as I try to stay on top of posting things here on the blog, I often feel as if I’m being pulled in a thousand different directions. Here’s a closer look at today’s flower arrangements from the cut flower garden. I hope you enjoy!
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Spring Calendula and Ranunculus Flower Arrangement
One of my favorite things about growing so many different types of cut flowers is trying different combinations in vases. Since we haven’t been able to donate any flowers this year, I’ve had a lot of choices in terms of arrangement flowers for myself and for my family. Let’s take a quick look at yet another arrangement from the garden. These ‘Zeolights’ calendula were overwintered this year in the hoophouse. As a result, I have been rewarded with huge blooms from the plants. It seems that overwintering calendula here in my Kentucky garden can be really tricky. This is the first time I have been successfully able to do so.…
