{"id":5136,"date":"2015-04-19T18:16:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T16:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.growntocook.com\/?p=5136"},"modified":"2015-06-06T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:00:05","slug":"seasonal-flowers-spring-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growntocook.com\/?p=5136","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal bouquet – spring bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spring<\/p>\n

Left to right: narcissus<\/em> \u201cIce Follies\u201d, Muscari armeniacum<\/em>, hyacinth \u201cWhite festival\u201d, Scilla bifolia<\/em>, Narcissus \u201cCragford\u201d, crocus<\/em> \u201cJeanne d\u2019Arc\u201d, blue hyacinth (might be \u201cBlue Star\u201d)<\/p>\n

April means the first cut flowers from the garden. A bit of beauty in the middle of the dining table and a cloud of sweet scent \u2013 it makes me happy. Last Saturday I gathered all the different kinds of spring bulbs from our garden and put them in individual vases on the mantelpiece to show them off.<\/p>\n

\"sized_Seasonal
\nIn November last year I planted some bulbs in one of the beds in the kitchen garden specifically for picking (daffodils, tulips and alliums) and the daffodils are flowering now.<\/p>\n

\"spring<\/p>\n

As always, I favour scented varieties and the \u201cCragford\u201d in this arrangement has a wonderful scent.<\/p>\n

\"narcissus<\/p>\n

The scent of the hyacinths is even headier. My mom was once given a pot of flowering hyacinths for her small office and they had such a presence that she got a headache and had to move them to a bigger, better ventilated room.<\/p>\n

\"hyacinth
\nLuckily the scent does not bother me \u2013 on the contrary. I often sniff the flowers in passing to enjoy them all I can. I hope you have some lovely scented flowers in your life, too!<\/p>\n

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Left to right: narcissus \u201cIce Follies\u201d, Muscari armeniacum, hyacinth \u201cWhite festival\u201d, Scilla bifolia, Narcissus \u201cCragford\u201d, crocus \u201cJeanne d\u2019Arc\u201d, blue hyacinth (might be \u201cBlue Star\u201d) April means the first cut flowers from the garden. A bit of beauty in the middle…<\/p>\n

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