Spring Bulb Arrangements
Step by step instruction for massed colorful cottage garden arrangement
- Cut and condition the flowers from your garden. Place in buckets of deep tepid water, each variety in a separate bucket.
- Prepare containers by crumpling a small piece of chicken wire to fit the opening and push down into the container until secure.
- Begin by placing the greenery to create a framework of stems from side to side and back to front.
- Place the tulips following the shape established by the greenery (euphorbia), grouping by colors (orange, red, purple, pink, yellow, green parrot tulips), placing the larger flowers lower in the design. This creates enough structure to hold the more upright stems to build up the center of the design.
- Continue placing the tulips to fill out the mass of the design. Add some random color for accent through the design.
- Add extra greenery if needed to soften the edges of the arrangement.
