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Pre-Sprouting Ranunculus and Anemone Corms for the Spring Flower Garden
Ranunculus corms have arrived! To say that I’m excited may possibly be one of the biggest understatements of the century. This year, I was able to purchase some really beautiful varieties of both ranunculus and anemones. I was so thankful to have been able to place an order from Italian Ranunculus with the help of some flower farming friends. I also ended up buying a bunch of “traditional” colors from retailers online. Here in my garden, it is imperative that I start both ranunculus and anemone corms in the fall and let them overwinter. If I plant them in the spring, my summer temperatures simply get much too hot too…
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Seed Starting Tips: Soaking and Stratification for Better Flower Seed Germination
It’s nearly October, and that means one very important thing – it’s time to begin preparing for the spring garden. While I know it seems somewhat odd to start preparations this soon, it’s actual crucial in terms of creating the best garden possible. After all, now is the time to start planting fall flowering bulbs, planting biennial flowers, and sowing hardy annual flowers. Many hardy annual and biennial flowers are unique in their ability to grow well during the coolest portions of the growing season. This is especially surprising here in zone 6b/7. I feel that my garden receives fairly cold temperatures in the winter, so I’m always surprised to…
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In Bloom: White Ranunculus Flowers
I know that it is not exactly a secret, but I absolutely love growing ranunculus. In fact, they may be my favorite flower. I love how luxurious the blooms look. They make me feel like I’m fancy, even though I am the exact opposite of that. White ranunculus were the only corms that I grew this year. When planning the garden, I was on a tight budget in terms of both money and space. I chose white because I knew that they would “match” whatever else I managed to grow. The plan worked really well, as I’ve been able to make many lovely flower arrangements this spring. I planted these…
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Agrostemma and Ranunclus Spring Cut Flower Arrangement
When it comes to making flower arrangements with the cut flowers in my garden, I’m very much a novice. I have absolutely no floral training, and I’ve never really made bouquets aside from family and for friends. So, when new-to-me flowers are in bloom – it’s the perfect opportunity to try to learn more about putting them into cut flower arrangements. For this arrangement, I wanted to start out with some base flowers of alyssum and mint. The main reason I chose the alyssum is because of its beautiful, sweet smell. The mint also adds a really nice hint of green. The next flower that I wanted to use was…
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Tulips, Ranunculus, and Icelandic Poppies – Oh, my!
This growing season I’ve been really pleased with my progress in growing new things. Though ranunculus and tulips are garden favorites, other things like the Icelandic poppies are in full bloom. This year I grew a mix of colors, but these white and champagne colored blooms have quickly won my heart. Today, I wanted to quickly show you guys a recent flower arrangement that I made.
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Spring Bouquet with Ranunculus and Icelandic Poppies
At a certain point in my gardening career, I started to realize that much of your success is simply related to what types of flowers you have available and whether or not you have access to an expensive camera. After years and years of blogging, I’ve learned to grow a lot of flowers and I’ve finally upgraded my camera. The more experience I get, the less I’m impressed with the the false realities created on the internet. Here’s a bouquet that I made recently on a whim. Despite my complete novice flower arranging skill level, it still turned out beautiful. I hope you like it. The peachy salmon colored poppies…
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Flower Seedlings in the Hoophouse – Ready for Winter – Cut Flower Farm
Luckily, I was finally able to finish planting the hardy annual cut flower seedlings into the hoophouse. Though most of these flowers are annuals, I did include some biennial flowers under cover, as well. Here’s hoping for a beautiful spring and summer.
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Garden Update – May Week One – Cut Flowers and Vegetable Garden Patch
I’m finally making progress! The frantic feeling that goes with trying to plant everything out into the garden has started to subside. Things are starting to feel organized again, and more importantly, all of the bottles from the winter sowing are gone. I try to pretend like the mess doesn’t bother me, but after months and months – it drives me a little crazy. Anyway, let’s take a quick look at some of the beautiful things that are growing in the garden this week! Squeal! The verbascum is blooming! I started the verbascum from seed last year in June, and they’re now starting to flower. I can’t remember the nae…
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An Update!
Hi Lovelies, I’ve been soooo busy. Like, seriously. I’ve had my hands covered in dirt for the past week. So, first off, sorry for skipping out on the comments section for the time being. I’ve planted thousands of plants this week, and made quite a few arrangements. Here are some quick photos from this week! Hope you enjoy, and I hope you’re having a wonderful day!
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“Just Peachy” Arrangement (Sneak Peek)
Hi Lovelies, As you may or may not know already, I’ve been trying to get a video out over on my YouTube channel every day for the month of April. This is turning out to be a monumental task for a few reasons. However, the most obvious is that this idea was yet another one of my “whim” ideas that I don’t plan for, but rather, just dive into. Since I’ve neglected the blog a little bit over the past couple weeks, I thought I would give you beautiful people a little bit of a sneak peek of a video that will be posted tomorrow morning! If you’re reading this…
