I LOVE flowers. Really love them. I love to place vases around my house with a stem or two and sometimes fill an entire vase with them
They are expensive though. Even a simple bouquet costs $10-$12! And they don’t last very long. Instead of paying for fresh cut flowers at the farmers market, florist or grocery store- I grow my own!
One of my favorite flowers is the peony. They are gorgeous and HUGE. Instead of spending a lot of money on pre-cut flowers (which honestly last how long- 3-5 days?) I buy live plants and plant them around my house.
A pack of 4 peony bulbs is $24.00 at Home Depot (check out their garden club to get discounts!) It may take a while to have a garden that supplies color all spring and summer but it is so worth it! At almost any point during the warm seasons, I can go into the garden and snip beautiful buds to bring them inside!
A few of my favorites are Forsythia (you know those gorgeous yellow bushes in early spring? They are so easy to grow! PLUS you can even grow your own from them! Peony, Lillies, Tulips, and Daffodils.
What are your favorite flowers to grow & cut? (P.S. My thumb is far from green & I grew the flower above!)
My favorite is my bleeding heart. It blooms early spring and seems to appear overnight. I planted it 3 years ago, it was in a gallon pot and this year it was 2 feet high and over 3 feet wide! My boys got me another one for Mother’s Day this year. Alot of my yard is shaded and I struggle to grow some of the more common flowers, but the bleeding heart does wonderful in shade. I also planted a pack of wildflowers a couple of years ago and this year have some beautiful foxgloves.
Roses! And I love my purple Verbena even though it’s not a very good flower for cutting and displaying in vases. I have an heirloom rose that my Grandmother planted decades ago and it is by far my favorite flower in the garden.