-
Flower Arrangement: Statice and Daisies
Advertisements
-
Soft Pink Roses and the First Stocks from the Garden: A Flower Arrangement
Since I know that I’ve been totally obsessed with the chantilly snapdragons the past few weeks, I thought that it would be a nice change of pace to look at a flower arrangement that is a little bit different. While compiling all of the vase “ingredients” for this one, I couldn’t help but imagine how soft and feminine the finished product could possibly look. First, I wanted to make use of these annual scabiosa flowers. These hardy annuals were grown in the hoophouse, and have the biggest fluffiest white flowers! I know that I was complaining before about the lack of variety in the mix pack that I planted, but…
-
Dreamy David Austin Roses: A Flower Arrangement
This year has been a really great season for roses here in my garden. Even though they were a little bit late to arrive, they’ve been blooming like crazy. Most of this, I can attribute to the weather, but I did seem to do a very good job of pruning this year. I have such a love/hate relationship with roses. I think they’re beautiful, but really dislike the thorns. If I were to ever grow roses on a large scale, I just know I would have to hire someone to prune them or I think I could literally drive myself to insanity. I’m getting off topic. These Lady of Shallot…
-
Light Apricot Chantilly Snapdragons and Feverfew: The Perfect Match
I’ve been playing with arranging these gorgeous light apricot chantilly snapdragons all this week. The bright, peachy stems are so lovely alone – but work exceptionally well with nearly every other flower that I’m able to combine them with in a vase. However, one of my absolute favorite combinations involves the single feverfew. Let’s take a closer look at today’s arrangement. For this one, we’ll start off with yet another picking of chantilly snapdragons. I can’t wait until I’m able to experiment more with succession planting in the future. It would be so awesome if I were able to have access to snapdragons throughout the growing season. I’m also going…
-
Rose Madame Butterfly Snapdragons: Cut Flower Arrangement
There are several pros and cons to growing seeds from a mix packet. By doing so, I can quickly find my favorite flowers, even when I’m growing in a small space. It’s also really friendly for my garden budget. However, it’s always a bummer when I don’t have ENOUGH of a certain color flower that I turn out to really love – this was the case with rose Madame Butterfly snapdragons. I just love this pink color! At first, I wasn’t sure if I actually liked the double form growth habit of these flowers. As time progressed and I started using them in flower arrangements, I quickly realized how useful…
-
Red Madame Butterfly Snapdragon Flower Arrangements
Snapdragons are hands down one of my favorite early season flowers. The colors, the shape – everything about them seems so perfect to me. Over the next few weeks, I’m hoping that we’ll be able to take a closer look at some of the snaps that are blooming in the garden, as well as the flower arrangements that I’ve been able to make with them. The first colors of snapdragons to bloom this year is this beautiful dark red color. Though I purchased a mix of seeds, there’s no doubt that this color was the most abundant. These red Madame Butterfly snapdragons are such an appealing shade of burgundy. As…
-
The Last Pansies and Sweet Peas – Cut Flower Garden Arrangement
In continuing our theme of closing out the hardy annual season, we are now faced with the last of the pansies and sweet peas. In making an arrangement, I can’t help but feel that this combination turned out so well. These adorable, ruffled pansies are from the Victorian Posy pansy mix from Renee’s Garden. Even though there’s a huge range of color in the mix, this cute purple ones were among the last to bloom at the beginner of summer. The stems were also nice, long, and usable in a jam jar. The end of spring also marked the arrival of bright pink sweet peas. Though only about five vines…
-
The Last of the Garden Blues: A Flower Arrangement
As the blooming hardy annual flowers finally begin to draw to a close, so too do the shades of true blue in the garden. This arrangement features some of my favorite flowers – including bells of Ireland. Let’s take a closer look – Here’s a quick look at the different flower types that we’ll be using today. You can see, I’ve collected the very last of the canterbury bells and some of the volunteer larkspur that came back this season. I always love when plants grow themselves. This is Blue Monday salvia. After searching around the internet, I’ve noticed that it has tons of common names that can make things…
-
Kitchen Sink Flower Arrangements
I absolutely love flowers, but wouldn’t consider flower arranging to be my strong point. In fact, that’s the main reason I post so many arrangements. In order to truly get better at something, I believe that you have to keep practicing. Today, we’ll be arranging what I like to call a “Kitchen Sink” vase. This means that I’ve gone around the garden and cut “everything but the kitchen sink”. Let’s get started – Here’s all of the hardy annual flower goodies that I was able to pick. This growing season, I’ve gained a new appreciation for calendula and their role in the cut flower patch. Having overwintered these flowers in…
-
A Week’s Worth of Cut Flowers
I know that I’ve been posting tons of different cut flower arrangements lately, but I just can’t help it. Let’s take a closer look at some of the cut flower vases that were arranged – These are the Zeolights calendula that I planted last fall. They don’t have the longest stems. In fact, using them can be a little bit tricky. Even still, they coloring and usefulness in a vase is undeniable. I combined the zeolights with la belle champagne ranunculus, blue monday salvia, and a little bit of mint. The hardy annual flowers have really burst into life over the last couple weeks. This vase was a really simple…
