Flower Bouquets

 Flower Bouquets from my garden over the years

I've been growing flowers since I was a little girl. 

I had hundreds of rose patents which I sold to Jackson and Perkins when I moved from the Central Valley. In the past six years I had acreage without as much access to water and I experimented with cactus, Epis, cut flowers and roses that can take heat. Most of my flowers became bouquets for friends or for holidays. I've done the flowers for three weddings for fun. I'm sharing some images from the past. I hope you enjoy

I love sweet peas. In Southern California start them around Halloween

Pink cereus epiphyllum this flower is nine inches across and smells like jasmine

Lily's are easy to grow in Southern California and last in bouquets

Love in the Mist blue Nigella or Devil in the Bush of the buttercup family. The fern like leaves do not last long in cutting arrangements but I love the blue color and lacy feeling. Easy to grow annual it also comes in other colors.

Don't be afraid to add seed pods, grasses and a variety of shapes to make your bouquets fun.

Even vegetables such as zucchini flowers which are abundant in the heat can combine with

more delicate flowers. Or stir fry them up for dinner.

Branches 

Wild roses near the ranch

Desert flowers without any irrigation