Cut flower garden

[Carol Dee]

 

[Phaedra]

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Exactly! A cut flower garden will also slow you down and convince you to enjoy some special moments in the garden.

 

[Phaedra]

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Spring collection, starting from Brassicas that bolt, lady's mantles that are ready to shine, other plants with lovely shapes and color patterns on the leaves - and a mini daily bouquet is there to brighten any corner in the house.

I like this kind of mini bouquet very much. Every single stem is a hero and a filler - just like the way we are in the daily life.

 

[digitS']

Every single stem is a hero and a filler - just like the way we are in the daily life.

Lovely.

And, a lovely sentiment.

 

[Phaedra]

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Siberian Iris, Wild Garlic(Pods), Lupine, Chive(Flower), Aquilegia, and Evening-Scented Stock

 

[baymule]

Beautiful! Artistry in purple.

 

[digitS']

Our columbines are also nearly blooming.

There was one at the NW corner of the greenhouse. It would have been better referred to as a Granny's Bonnet. That is an impossible location for most anything because it has almost no sunlight. It died one Winter.

Meanwhile, a volunteer began to grow near a big, robust columbine on the east side of the house. The big guy has light yellow flowers. The volunteer is reddish with Granny Bonnet flowers. It is in a near impossible location growing beside a concrete paver. I should move the paver and move the plant – a thought I've had for about 3 years as it has been growing there .

Recently, I learned that Auilegia will readily cross. So that is why it is beside the big cream-colored guy but looks like the little one that was 40 feet away and around the corner!

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

the columbines here have been blooming for a week or two. we have several different colors but no longer the ones i liked the best (the purple and white ones), mostly dark purple and some a shade lighter towards marroon and then some reddish with yellow (which Mom doesn't like at all but they are off in another location after i moved them from the fenced gardens many years ago).

with all the seeds they drop they are tough plants to eradicate, but i still have to herd them away from the pathways and fences as they will take over. they really seem to like sprouting in the gravel and around places that are tough to weed. i usually find that it is easier to weed them out if i move the rocks and gravel and replaces them after i weed the plants. i don't think their seeds last as long as the morning glories but with how many seeds they drop they still spread pretty easily.

 

[Phaedra]

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Too busy to cut flowers, haha, but it's also good to enjoy them in the garden most of the time.

 

[Phaedra]

In fact, I didn't remember how many bouquets I arranged this year. The number didn't matter after you made a lot.

With the shorter and shorter daylight hours, some plants are ready to blossom. I got some sweet williams, sea lavender, Echinacea, sweet peas, lupines, and hydrangea to replenish the table flowers outside my cafe.

32 degree C...
Thankfully, my cafe is in a shade (from the main building)　most of the time, but a iced coffee is always welcome.

Aren't they just lovely? I always thought that sweet williams are biennials, and even this variety said so on the seed package. However, just like the foxgloves I grew last year, my sweet williams are blossoming!

The sea lavenders are also gorgeous - sowed in Feb and transplanted in May. I have four different colors, and the pure white ones are not picked yet.

The white ones

The pink-salmon tone summer asters are also attractive.

Looks like a heart-shape bouquet~

So lovely - all growing from seeds
I will keep growing these varieties for sure.

I believe that my cafe is the only one in this region, that offers so many gorgeous table flowers.