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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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The Arrival of Spring Ranunculus Flowers
Though the scheduling of these posts generally runs about a month behind, I can’t help but eagerly share the news that the ranunculus have started blooming! In this post, we’ll take a quick look at some of the new-to-me varieties that I’m growing this year. I bought the ‘Cafe Picotee’ ranunculus from Longfield Gardens. I wan’t sure if I’d like them, but the colors have proven to be so interesting. Most of the flowers look as pictured above – a nice blend of yellow and a reddish-purple. However, a couple plants have produced interesting variations, such as those pictured above. This one doesn’t have any yellow or red at all.…
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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.…
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Orange You Glad I Picked These Flowers? Get it — Aren’t You Glad?!
I was going to start this post off with a knock-knock joke, but ultimately, I decided against it. Oranges in the garden are here and making a huge statement. In fact, this orange flower vase turned out to be one of the prettiest ones that I’ve made in a long time. Let’s take a closer look at the flowers that went into it, shall we? The star of this arrangement are the ‘Olivia’ double tulips and these bright orange ranunculus. These ranunculus actually came in a very cheap “value pack” that I found at my local home improvement store. Though the stems were a little short, they definitely made up…
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Floret Purple Picotee Ranunculus in Bloom
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been absolutely swimming in ranunculus blooms. Last fall, when I made an order from Floret; I wanted to be certain that I ordered several colors of ranunculus. Of all the corms, I was most hesitant about the purple picotee. I had purchased picotee ranunculus corms elsewhere before with very little success. In fact, I’ve never actually had the plants do well until this year. As it would turn out, these Floret ranunculus corms would not disappoint. They quickly became one of my absolute favorites.
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The Magic of Dark Ranunculus Blooms
When I planned the garden last year, I knew that I wanted to grow as many ranunculus as possible. This also meant that I wanted to include as many colors as possible. Shades of dark red and dark violet were certainly no exception. Let’s take a closer look at some of the darkest colors in the garden. I was really excited to grow bright red ranunculus in time for the Kentucky Derby. At this point, who knows if they’ll even have the Kentucky Derby this year. Regardless, these beautiful blooms showed up right on time. This batch of red ranunculus was purchased in a mixed collection from tulip world. Though…
