Flowers From My Garden

This morning I decided to cut some flowers from my garden.  I do not pretend to be good at flower arrangements, all I do is cut a bunch of flowers at different lengths and stick them in the vase and expect the beauty of the flowers to do the rest.  When I plant flowers in my garden, I tend to pick varieties that can be cut.  I love to have fresh flowers in the house.  In my garden over the last couple of years my flower varieties have grown and I have  been able to have cut flowers in the house most of the Summer and well into the Fall.  I am waiting for my zinnias to mature because they are my favorites.

 
These are a couple of the vases that I use.  They happen to be ones that I received flower arrangements in as gifts from florists.

Some of the flowers that I grow are a small variety of black eye Susana's.  The plants themselves are about 24" high and multiple quickly.  I will need to separate mine next year as they are taking over the area they are planted in and are starting to shade my roses. 

These flowers grow in bunches.  I remove most of the leaves before I put them in the vases as this keeps the water from smelling bad after a day or two.  I add fresh water every couple of days and black eye susans will continue to look nice for about a week. 

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Comments

[Kaysi @ Keeping It SImple]

Wow those flowers are beautiful!!

[Melody]

I think cut flowers are gorgeous but I never seem to have the time to cut them and bring them in. I'm usually outside in the garden:)

[Ginger]

Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday! So pretty!

[the Provident Woman]

Those are beautiful! I love getting flowers from my yard for centerpieces on my kitchen table.

[Christina's Creative Side]

Such pretty flowers!!

[Kansas Amy]

Very pretty. I love to take the outdoors in!

[Chris]

Such a simple act that brings the outdoors in. I need to do this more often.

[lbc flower delivery]

Pretty flowers! I love those beautiful flowers so colorful. I also try to collect flowers and put it in a cute vase. I enjoyed reading your article. It makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing.

-yumi-

[Jamie Keifer]

Hmm, I think your way of arranging flowers is the simplest one. It works because the beauty of the flowers is really emphasized… You probably have a bunch of these flowers by now. You should watch them grow for they multiply quickly. I hope they don't shade your roses.

Btw, where in your house did you place those vases?