First bouquet of the year from the garden, and of course, it is daffodils and forsythia, with a few stems of epimedium thrown in.
Such a cold, rainy morning required a quick run through the rain in an attempt to bring some sunshine into the house.
The daffodils are at their peak, and all too soon will be going over. It was now or never to grab a few to brighten the house.
I don’t know what my problem is, but I have trouble picking my daffodils. I have hundreds outside, and a picked few are never missed, but it is still hard for me to cut them.
These spring beauties need no words from me to describe them, so just sit back and soak up their sunshine. These were picked for you and me.
Linking with Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for “In a Vase on Monday”.
Gorgeous photos – what a celebration of Spring!
Your comment made me think we should celebrate spring as much as we celebrate any holiday. For me, it truly is the happiest of times.
The white and yellow ruffles on your daffs look lovely with the forsythia, and the pink epimedium is so pretty – I am glad you did feel able to pick them!
Thank you Cathy. They do bring such joy to any room. I brought them to work so they could cheer up more than me on this bitter cold morning.
That’s a good idea, Cindy 😊
I have trouble bringing myself to cut my daffodils too, but then I don’t have nearly as many as you do! 🙂 Such a lovely springtime arrangement!!
If you figure out why you can’t cut yours, let me know. It’s a mystery to me why I feel this way. They make such a pretty display outside, but the ones I pick are never missed. I try to plant more bulbs every fall to solve this dilemma, but it is still takes an effort to cut them.
Beautiful flower arrangement and beautiful photos! I also have problems picking daffodils, but then it’s true for all flowers in my case. No cutting garden for me I am afraid. Do you happen to know the name of that full ruffled daffodil with yellow-base petals? it’s gorgeous.
I don’t know the name of most of my flowers. I know their common names, but I don’t keep track of their Latin names. I know some people do that here, but I think it might be more of a European thing. We’re more lax/lazy about things like that here. I buy what I like, and don’t really care what it’s called. Chances are if I was trying to find a specific flower, I wouldn’t be able to find it, other than ordering it online. Unfortunately, although Americans garden, they don’t garden with the intensity that Europeans do.
Well, I lost all my labels from the new bulbs I planted this year, my daffodils look very similar to yours, so I was hoping to recover the name 🙈 Not a Latin one, really, but just something like Ruffled Beauty 😜 With my lax approach, I am definitely not an intense gardener in a manner of a “proper” European!
A beautiful bouquet. Most of my newly opened daffodils got flattened in the storm on Sunday morning, so I went out and cut many of them, rinsed the mud off and put them in a vase. That’s a common occurrence here, and one of the few times I have no problem cutting a bouquet! You have a lovely collection.
Beautiful and very cheery, especially on a rainy day! You might not believe it but I get a twinge from cutting many of my flowers too. However, as I love the opportunity to enjoy them up close in the house, I usually jump to it before I can talk myself out of it. I’ve never really been sorry afterwards.
One of the reasons I think I hesitate to cut is because they don’t seem to last as long inside as out. And when you wait all winter for this glorious display, I want to share it with the whole neighborhood.
Even when I do bring them inside, I get so busy, I don’t notice them. I must learn to slow down and smell the roses. Photographing them does help me appreciate their beauty, so I’m glad I’m doing that.
Ooh, gorgeous bouquet, Cindy! I used to not want to pick my flowers, too, but then I realized that I could enjoy them more readily if they were in the house. It’s like doubling my pleasure, both inside and out!
Thank you Eliza!
That is very true. I think my tendency to not pick comes from the days when I didn’t have many daffs, but that is not the case now. I could pick lots of them and they would not be missed. I must overcome this and learn to enjoy them inside and out. Life is too short.
I brought my bouquet to work so I could enjoy it along with my coworkers. Sharing their sunshine is what it’s all about really.
Beautiful essence of spring Cindy. Daffodils last so well indoors it’s worth sparing the outside of a few.
Thank you kindly. It was worth picking them. I took them to work and they gave to delight to many others. I need to take my weekly bouquets to work more often so we can all share in the smile they bring.