DG Site Updates: Interest in a Cut Flower/Floral Design forum?, 0 by Toxicodendron

Toxicodendron wrote:
Patty,

Yes, I do have large gardens. Or did, until this freeze situation!
I, like so many others here, am addicted to plants, plants, more plants, can't stop getting plants....can't take care of all the plants....give away some and then immediately acquire more....but it is truly wonderful to have an abundance for cut flowers. If I only have a few blooms it is really difficult to go lop them off.

Daylily,

The wonders that can be found along roadsides, woods, etc are great additions to bouquets (if it is legal to pick them, don't try that in Colorado, for instance). I only take a few, and never take any unless they are abundant. Usually they come from my own very extensive roadsides.
As to picking daylilies for bouquets: I find myself waiting until the last few flowers are forming on the stalk, then hate to cut it for that reason! So I am increasing my daylily gardens to have more to harvest.
Otherwise, I pick a few single blooms and make a silly looking arrangement like this one (which I made just to document some bloom colors, I think):