Grocery store flowers.
The best (and only!) way to have flower C O L O R in the house, in January, is to shop the grocery stores. Store bought flowers have a come a long way : remember maybe ten years ago when you were hard pressed to find decent flowers in any grocery store? These days almost any store will have a fairly good assortment of flowers at reasonable prices.
Tulips are always a first choice for me. Take a look at my Pinterest board
Tulips: My Favorite Flower
Clean, crisp white tulips with magenta Gerbera Daisies.
* Tip *
Did you know…. that Gerbera Daisy cut flowers soak up water through their entire stem? So, only fill your vase with about 1″ of water. This way, the stems will not get soggy and the flowers will last longer!
Hope you have a nice weekend, and stay warm!
Good tip about the gerberas Libby. Lovely January pick-me-up!
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Cindy: I always wondered why they got so limp…and just recently bothered to look this up! It really does help.
Hi Libby,
Beautiful flowers. You do find much better looking flowers in grocery stores. I remember when trying to find flowers years ago I was hard pressed to find bouquets that were fresh and colorful.
Brrr, it is really cold here too! For the past two nights it has been in the mid low to mid 20’s. Most of my flowers are gone. The same happened last year but my ferns and other plants came back. I’m concerned about the hydrangeas…we will just have to wait and see.
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Happy New Year Libby & thank you for that tip about gerberas! There are some lovely spring flowers coming into the stores right now, but I have refrained from buying so far – I like to think that I can stick to what is available in the garden – but those colours are so tempting in dark January!
Beautiful flowers! I also love having flowers in home. They make the place much more cozy and beautiful.