This past Sunday was Mother’s Day. I discovered that one very good advantage to being a gardener is the continuous stock of ready to cut flowers for arrangements. It only took a few minutes to put together these two arrangements one for my wife and one for my mother. Each arrangement contains ‘Caradonna’ Salvia, Irises, Heuchera (Coral Bells), Catmint ‘Walker’s Low’, Phlox, and Artemisia.
I’ve never been a big fan of cut flowers but these arrangements seem to have turned out pretty well. It just seemed to make sense that if the flowers looked good together in the garden they would look good together in a vase! What flowers do you have blooming that you like to use for arrangements?
When my mother grew the flowers, I loved making bouquets. Now I grow the flowers and I want to walk among them, not cut off their heads.
Your 'bokays' look super. I have alliums in a vase in the kitchen window, cut off the onions that went to seed in my neighbor's garden.
Dave you are good! If you were my son or husband I would think anything you put together was special.
I am not a good cutting gardener. I hate to cut what I grow even though I know I should. If I cut, it is Becky Shasta, May Night Salvia, roses here and there.
Eileen
Don't really have a "bunch" to put together yet, but the lilacs are in bloom …and white bleeding heart, which makes a celebration of almost any bouquet. Congratulations on your arrangements. You have two lucky gals.
What a nice fellow you are. 🙂 I don't cut a whole lot of things, but I do have plenty of iris out there right now. However, Mr. Shady cannot tolerate their pungent aroma, so they don't come indoors. (I share them with others – just like you!)
I am amazed to see beautiful floral arrangement on your blog.
Great looking arrangements.
I don't have any that I can make into an arrangement but my Jasmine is in full bloom & does it ever smell good. The whole yard smells wonderful.
Beautiful arrangements! I usually cut a nice bouquet from my garden for my Grandma on Mother's Day too. She loves it. 🙂