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…
Continue reading ➞ Red Madame Butterfly Snapdragon Flower Arrangements
Even though I've been growing cut flowers for several years now, I'm constantly able to find new-to-me flowers. These firmament forget me nots, or cynoglossum amabile, were certainly no exception. Admittedly, this wasn't my first attempt to grow these flowers. It was, however, the first time I was able to grow them and see them…
Continue reading ➞ First Time Success with Firmament Forget Me Not Flowers in the Cut Flower Garden
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…
Continue reading ➞ A Week’s Worth of Cut Flowers
Recent excessive rains have made the garden a total mess. The mud, I can't even describe how muddy it is! I have roughly 100 dahlias patiently waiting to be planted. Alas, that doesn't mean that many flowers haven't already started to bloom. Let's take a closer look at the flowers, shall we? The firmament forget…
Continue reading ➞ Cut Flower Bloom Update – Mid May Garden
One of my main focuses in plant the garden last fall was to try to bring some diversity to the garden. In this, I ordered several lovely varieties of ranunculus from Floret. Today, we'll take a closer look at one of my favorites called 'Marshmallow'. While I'm not so sure that it resembles a marshmallow,…
Continue reading ➞ Floret Ranunculus Marshmallow and Other Sweet Surprises…
