
This “planted flower garden” arrangement is perfect for the season—it’s fresh, bright, and easily adapts to your space. I chose to use plastic Oasis pans (you can purchase them at your local wholesaler or florist), because they are disposable and made to hold exactly one block of Oasis. If you have a long dining room table, sideboard, or console you may want to use three pans instead of just two. One is also fine if your space is small.
My cool blue and green color combo gives off the serenity of a pool or lake on a hot summer day. I added pale yellow to pop against the electric blue.
When choosing materials for this planted garden, I looked with the following ideas in mind:
- Something to be tall and sturdy—agapanthus, gentiana (try red or yellow dogwood or snapdragons as well)
- Flowers to “dance up”—ranunculus, anemones
- Flowers to “grow”—hyacinths, tulips, muscari (daffodils work as well)
- Something to fill in—hydrangea, salal, trachelium, kermits (Azalea or camellias would work nice also, although azalea doesn’t hold up well in Oasis for too long.)
Before you begin, soak your Oasis and clean off the greenery from your flowers, leaving some pretty leaves on the tulips and hyacinths. [See Tips for Cutting Tulips.]
FLOWER LIST: Agapanthus, ‘Jade’ roses, ‘Kermit’ mums, gentiana, ranunculus, anemones, tulips,
hyacinths, hydrangea, ‘Jade’ trachelium, muscari, salal, galax
How to Make the Flower Garden Arrangement
Please add to, substitute with, and most importantly, cut from your own garden for this arrangement. Hosta leaves, Solomon’s seal, daisies, snapdragons, etc., from your yard give that special touch and allow you to enjoy the fruit of your hard work indoors as well as out.
By Mimi Brown | Photography by Jason Wallis