This year is the first time I've had the space to plant roses. In the past, I had a couple bushes - but even then, they struggled to find enough sunlight in my tiny backyard. Though I was able to buy a few bushes wholesale, some of the really popular varieties were unavailable. Luckily, I…
Continue reading ➞ Review: Menagerie Bare Root Roses
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…
Continue reading ➞ Soft Pink Roses and the First Stocks from the Garden: 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…
Continue reading ➞ Dreamy David Austin Roses: A Flower Arrangement
Arranging flowers is not something that I really consider myself to be good at. Sure, some vases end up looking better than others, but the things that I make are a far cry from the ones that "real" flower farmers make. Even still, there are certain times when it feels like the stars align and…
Continue reading ➞ My Favorite Arrangement of the Season, Thus Far…
Even though my posts here on the blog are few weeks begin, I can't help but want to share everything that's blooming. Things are so especially colorful right now. Above, you'll see some really beautiful larkspur that are blooming. These larkspur were all volunteers from the very large planting that I made last year. I…
Continue reading ➞ Cut Flower Garden Bloom Update
Planning a cut flower garden can be really difficult when you're growing in a very small space. While I wish that I could grow everything, I do have to plan ahead in terms of what colors will match each other and which types of plants will be blooming at the same time. This year I…
Continue reading ➞ Peony and Lady of Shalott Roses with Chantilly Snapdragons – Cut Flower Garden
Write this down as another first time gardening seed starting attempt thing! Even after growing my cut flower garden all these years, believe it or not, there are still things that I have never tried to grow before. One such flower that I've never tried to grow from seed are roses. You see rose seeds…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Roses from Seeds in Zone 6/7
I know I complain a lot on these blog posts. I feel like I sometimes go on and on about what goes wrong, but this time I really want to focus on what goes right - ROSES. Even though I only have three roses bushes in my yard, I get so excited when they start…
Continue reading ➞ Wednesday Flower Arrangement #2 – Beautiful Roses and Sweet William Dianthus
I don't talk about perennials here on the blog very often. The main reason for that, is that I don't have many perennials. However, I do have a couple bushes that I rely on for some very nice color throughout the season. Today, I wanted to briefly talk about roses. I have three rose bushes.…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Lady of Shalott’ David Austin Roses – Growing Cut Flowers
