I Love Flowers

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(I originally posted this three years ago, since I am getting ready to cut some branches for blooming today I thought I would give it a re-post)

I LOVE flowers, spring flowers happen to be my favorite.

Right now there isn’t anything blooming in my yard, it is still too cold, although there are a few flowers that are beginning to stir. In my flower beds there are yellow green spears pushing up among the mud and snow, and we also have this:

This is my big forsythia bush. It is the first plant in the yard that blooms. It amazes me that even through the freezing months of winter this little bush is getting ready to be the first to welcome springtime. With a little know how and very little work this bush is very easy to “force” blooms in the house, I will show you how.

You can see here the buds that are getting ready to bloom. All they are waiting for is a little more warmth and they will bloom a beautiful cheery yellow.

With some clippers I cut a handful of branches, remembering that I only wanted to clip a few and I wasn’t pruning, the more you take into the house, the less will be on the bush for the first springtime show.


I filled a vase with warmish water and just put the branches in. Very easy.

Since I didn’t like how spread out the branch were I just tied them with a ribbon, I could have cut more, but I wanted to save a lot for the bush.

I put it in a nice out of the way place (that can handle a large arrangement) and in 3 to 5 days it will start to bloom.

This is a fun easy way to bring spring into your house a few weeks early.

I know this method will work with pussy willows too, and a few others. (google it! LOL)

Now you tell me….what is your favorite flower?

(One week later)

8 thoughts on “I Love Flowers”

  2. Columbine! Every time I see columbine I know the Lord just wanted to put a little happiness on earth for us. Kinda like the primary song…

  4. I’ll have to try that when my forsythia is a little bigger! I never knew! I love dahlias and bigoneas (sp?)…stuff I don’t dare grow here because I don’t want to have to bring them in over the winter…Pretty much I love any flower that will grow in my yard despite my inexperience!

  5. That’s super cool 🙂

    I love daisies and daffodils!

    I bought my daughter purple daisies from the Smiths Marketplace by my house for $4 and they lasted completely beautiful for two full weeks 🙂 I may just have to start budgeting in fresh flowers with my groceries.

  7. TY so much for the how-to on forcing forsythias!
    I love so many flowers it's hard to choose one, so I won't! I love fruit tree blossoms(which count as flowers IMO), columbine, gardenias, camellias (spring & summer flowering)& wildflowers—like the ones at Snowbird! LOVE those! Aimee

  8. I just posted a photo of mine that I forced awhile back and the ones outside which are now blooming with a ‘thanks Momzoo’…now I can add a link to your post:)
    Blessings, Aimee