Happy Tuesday, friends. I don’t know about you, but I am ready for spring! Meteorological Spring begins March 1, which is this coming Saturday and I am going with it. This winter seems to have been extremely cold, gray, and wet in our Appalachian Foothills! I thought flowers would cheer me up since I am battling a bad case of pneumonia. I hope the happy and colorful displays cheer you as much as they have me!
“For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.”
Isaiah 61:11 (ESV)
A floral watering can of purple stock, mini pink dianthus, yellow aster solidago, and burgundy dianthus joined foraged native oak leaf hydrangeas from the woodlands. This combination provided the English garden style I was hoping to accomplish. It was placed on the Sunshine Cottage porch next to the cottage garden!
An all-time favorite of garden flowers loosely arranged in a vintage galvanized watering can…tulips, coral bell azaleas, heirloom daffodils, Carolina jessamine, phlox, and hydrangeas. This colorful mix of flowers might be found growing in any Southern garden or yard.
I love using flowers from our garden or landscape. Snowball viburnum blooms are large and showy, often mistaken for hydrangeas. They bloom around the same time as the Kwanzan Cherry tree!
Who doesn’t love tulips in the springtime, especially in a majolica vase?
With a background of RM’s gloriously green rye grass, an arrangement of Bells of Ireland, spider mums, and white and green hydrangeas welcome St. Patrick’s Day!
Our Pride of Mobile azalea and snowball viburnum (in the background) are in full bloom during April. I love cutting both for arrangements. I added alliums from the cottage garden and yellow roses from my Renaissance Man for a sweet springtime bouquet!
After a trip to three grocery stores, I was able to find tulips, alstromeria, and a sweet smelling filler of large bullwort, also called lace flower and false Queen Anne’s lace. To those blooms, I added daffodils cut from my cottage garden and budding blooms from our Japanese Magnolia tree and arranged the flowers in an often-used vase!
I am thankful to have a flower farm about 25 miles away and I often make a trip for fresh cut flowers from the field…Dianthus, Foxgloves, Dara, and Statice. Are you familiar with “Dara Caucus”? It is a well-behaved cousin of Queen Anne’s Lace. It is actually an ornamental carrot with long, wiry stems. The lacy blooms in varied hues from pastel pink to deep cranberry are excellent and sought after cut flowers. Adding to the arrangement, RM cut privet from the woodlands which has a pretty bloom and a sweet fragrance, but is terribly invasive! The flowers complemented the watering can and April Cornell tablecloth!
Tulips, hydrangeas, Oriental lilies, eucalyptus, and a few daffodils from my garden were arranged in a very old and sentimental pitcher handed down from my paternal grandmother!
Another look at the vintage watering can filled with garden flowers sitting atop a favorite April Cornell tablecloth. I believe they were made for each other!
A blue and white pitcher accents the snowballs and cherry blossoms!
Green hydrangeas, Eskimo roses, thistle, stock, and seeded eucalyptus were part of five beautiful arrangements for our February 23rd, 2023, 50th wedding anniversary celebration. I repurposed them for a Monday Morning Blooms!
‘Charming’ an English-country style floral tablecloth by April Cornell lives up to its name as it highlights an arrangement of peonies…stunning Sarah Bernhardt, gorgeous Karl Rosenfield, and ever so fragrant Festiva Maxima!
Grocery store flowers of lavender mums, cherry alstroemeria, and fuchsia carnations were added to showy snowball blooms with a few sprigs from our Lady Banks roses and Bridal Wreath spirea!
I often use the picnic table for a photo of the flower arrangement after I have photographed the tablescape!
Lovely shades of ranunculus from the flower farm!
I love a carefree arrangement of wildflowers that are plentiful in spring…white daisy fleabane, pinkish-lavender fleabane, and butterweed. Our woodlands and pastures are filled with their beauty!
“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.”
~Lily Pulitzer
Thank you for your visit and gracious comments. I am so hopeful this array of flowers reminded you that spring will happen! It might be early or extremely late but it will arrive!
Linking with: Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Life and Linda
Lovely flower arrangements! Praying you get well soon.
I’m so sorry to hear that you are unwell; rest and prayers for your speedy return to full strength! In the meantime, I will enjoy these gorgeous flowers 🙂
I’m with you — tired of my world of white and falling in love with the color to come. Thanks for giving a marvelous preview of all the beauty getting ready to bloom!
Pam, I’m sorry to read you have pneumonia, but a bad case is most scary. Praying you will be wholly healed. My daughter was hospitalized with it last November. Flower therapy is an awesome way of looking forward to our Spring. I am particularly partial to the loose arrangements in the galvanized can!
Seeing your beautiful flower arrangements was just what I needed to start my day. Sending healing thoughts and wishes that you feel better soon.
You have brightened our days with your loving gift of flowers and sunshine for so many years.
May the love you have given us deep from your soul return to you in abundance. May God’s touch bring renewed health. Please get well very soon, sweet Pam. Your beautiful flower arrangements make me so happy.
Oh Pam, I’m so sorry you’re battling pneumonia. If I was close by, I would bring you some lemon ginger tea and some chicken orzo soup. Take care, rest and stay hydrated! Thank you for the flower therapy this morning. I remember your beautiful florals and I agree with Rita, your carefree arrangements in the zinc watering cans are my favorites! It’s beginning to feel like spring this week with our warming temps, it’s going to be close to 70 here today! 🌷 💐 💗
Sorry to hear you have pneumonia. Hope you start feeling better. Beautiful flower arrangements are least can cheer up .
Thank you for sharing so much pretty
Feel better soon
Oh, Pam, I sure hope you start to feel better, my sweet friend. Battling pneumonia is not fun! I hope seeing all your gorgeous bouquets helped cheer you up, as it certainly cheered me up! I wish I could bring you some of this chicken soup I made this week.
I enjoyed seeing all your florals! I need flower Therapy. We have been in Pennsylvania for a week with over a foot of snow and frigid temperatures! Today a warm up begins and all the snow is turning to a dirty slush. I need Spring! Thank you for all the Beautiful Flowers!
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Pam, hoping you will soon be feeling better. Pneumonia is serious, so please don’t overdo it! The colorful flowers are uplifting! We’re ready for spring! Clara❤️
Hi Pam,
I love seeing the sweet and pretty flowers. Hope that spring and Summer are around the corner for all of us. I had a respiratory virus just recently too. Nasty stuff going around. I hope you are taking it easy with pneumonia. That is a hard one. Prayers you are feeling better. Hugs. Kris
So beautiful Pam. Like several of your other readers, I especially love the arrangements in your galvanized watering can. Take care of yourself dear one. This sure brightened my day.