May Bouquet: Daffodils Again

I've done my third bouquet for the season. This is going to be even more fun now because my sister Patti is also going to join the fun. I talked to her on the phone last Friday, and she was just as excited as I am about doing bouquets throughout the season and posting pictures on Facebook and talking about what is blooming. We also thought that part of our creativity can include the container - vases, bowls, whatever we like, that can keep it fun and interesting.

In that spirit, I have departed this week from the simple glass bowl and have used my blue jug for this bouquet.

The daffodils are still gorgeous, and the blue jug makes the yellows and creamy whites and even the salmony centers just pop. I may have enough daffodils next weekend for one more arrangement, but they are definitely dwindling. Tonight Jeff commented that there are almost no daffodils left in the yard. A clear exaggeration of course - we have at least a hundred blooms out there yet! But he does like to give me grief.

I'm already scoping out the yard for next week's flowers. Lilacs, alliums, and peonies all are looking like good candidates. Lamium is blooming right now, plus violas and brunnera and lungwort and harebell are all still going strong too. After doing this week's arrangement in the big blue jug, I think next week I'll do something smaller and more delicate. A small vase would work well for lots of small spring flowers. And, the fun part of moving away from daffodils is that I can mix and match flowers and add greenery. Daffodils kind of have to stand alone because of their knack for poisoning other plants that share their water.

Of course, I've never really tried that. It might be a fun experiment to put a couple daffs in a vase with something else, and then have another vase with just the something else, and see what happens. Hmmm. I'm always looking for something new and fun and scientific to do with Ian. That would be a good one. I actually have a pineapple top in a flowerpot right now to see if it will grow as everybody says. This will be a good experiment to put next to it. I hope he doesn't complain to all his friends when he gets older about his mom who made him do all these weird garden things. Poor kid. I think he'll survive, and he might even learn something. :)