This is just a pretty post with pretty flowers that I grew in the warm weather and sunshine of my garden last year. Take that February, you wretched, wretched month.

Near the end of last summer, when the flowers were blooming faster than a teenage girl at a Bon Jovi concert (how’s that for an incredibly modern reference?) I decided to start taking photos of all the arrangements.

This summer, when I’m smarter and more organized, as future me ALWAYS is, I’ll try to start this project a bit earlier in the season so it isn’t ALL dahlia arrangements.

I welcome you to February with these 18 arrangements that’ll help us stick it to the month of waxy chocolates and scratchy lace underwear.

There isn’t a single red rose in the bunch.

Mixed flowers in silver jug

Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade
Celosia – Wheat celosia (formerly flamingo feather)
Sunflowers ~ gifted unknown variety
Dahlias ~ Alfred C, Hamilton Lillian, Sweet Nathalie, Cornel Bronze, Black Satin, Rock Star

Dahlias & Cosmos in white vase

Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade
Dahlias ~ Alfred C, Rockstar, Cornel Bronze, Hamilton Lillian, A La Mode

Mixed Flowers in tomato jar

Celosia ~ Crested Cockscomb, Wheat celosia (flamingo feather)
Amaranth ~ Hot Biscuits
Dahlia ~ Wanda’s Aurora, Cornel Bronze, AC Paint, Alpen Cherub
Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade

Dahlias & Amaranth in copper vase

Amaranth ~ Hot Biscuits
Dahlias – Alfred C, Cafe Au Lait, Cornel Bronze, Wanda’s Aurora

Mixed Bunch in dahlia vase

Snapdragon ~ Doubleshot Orange
Dahlia ~ Rockstar, Cornel Bronze, Yvonne, A La Mode, Unknown (pink)
Sweet Peas – White perennial

Floating Dahlias in silver serving bowl

A La Mode (x2), Hamilton Lillian, Jess-Lynn

Mixed Arrangement in Oh Flora Cove Vase

Dahlias ~ A La Mode, Yvonne, Cornel Bronze, Dollarama Black, Black Satin, Rockstar
Sunflower – Unknown gifted variety (Liked them so much I saved the seed for this year)
Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade
Celosia – Wheat celosia (formerly flamingo feather)

Mixed Bunch in tall white vase

Dahlias ~ Alfred C, Rockstar, A La Mode, Cornel Bronze, AC Paint, Wanda’s Aurora
Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade
Amaranth ~ Hot Biscuits
Celosia – Wheat Celosia

Cosmos & Dahlia in small vase

Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade
Dahlia ~ Alpen Cherub

Mixed Arrangement ribbed vase

Dahlias ~ Alfred C, A La Mode, Alpen Cherub, Cornel Bronze
Sunflowers ~ Unknown variety
Amaranth ~ Hot Biscuits, Opopeo
Tomatoes ~ Candyland, Unknown yellow variety
Queen Anne’s Lace
Carrot greens

Mixed Arrangement in oval white vase

Dahlia ~ AC Paint
Cosmos – Apricot Lemonade
Celosia – Wheat celosia (pink, red, yellow)

Dahlia Arrangement in glass vase

Dahlias ~ Rock Star, Black Satin, A La Mode, AC Paint, Alpen Cherub

Hydrangeas, snapdragons, apples, sweet peas

Peonies & Sage in black vase

Peony ~ Purple (unkown variety), Pale pink (Shirley Temple)
Greenery ~ Sage flowers, apple branches, sweet pea greenery

Dahlias in glass jar

All the dahlias in this vase are the same variety from the same plant – AC Paint They’re quite the magical dahlia.

Dahlias & Cosmos in glass vase

Dahlias ~ AC Paint, Wanda’s Aurora, A La Mode, Rock Star
Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade

Mixed Bouquet in glass vase

Dahlias ~ AC Paint, Alfred C, Alpen Cherub, Rockstar, Dollarama Black
Cosmos ~ Apricot Lemonade
Sunflower ~ Unknown variety
Celosia ~ Wheat celosia
Amaranth ~ Hot Biscuits

Mixed Arrangement in Ironstone jug

Dahlias ~ Colleen Mooney, Yvonne, Rock Star
Snapdragon ~ Doubleshot Orange
Celosia – Crested Cockscomb, Wheat celosia

I’ll be planting many of the same, plus this year I’ll remember (because again, future self is SO much better at stuff than present or past self) to plant more greenery.

All I had were flowers but to make nice flower arrangements you need as much greenery as you have blooms.

You can learn more about the varieties of dahlias and the other flowers in these posts.

Source: theartofdoingstuff.com