Although our original intent was to simply grow vegetables in our gardens, we found ourselves planting more and more flowers in and around the vegetables patches each year.
Through the years, we planted flowering trees, bushes and plants... including annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, tubers and vines.
Many have flourished out in the open...
in the covered garden...
and in the greenhouse...
LOTS OF COLORFUL BLOOMS SPRING THROUGH FALL
It has been a pleasure to arrange and share lots of bouquets every year.
Below is a look at some of the bouquets we have shared. The contents of the bouquets include flowers successfully grown in Sitka and are simply identified by colors and names underneath each photo.
MARCH, APRIL & MAY BOUQUETS
Spring weather here in Sitka is unpredictable. Lots of plants get started, but it is bulbs that yield most of the flowers for bouquets in our gardens in MARCH, APRIL AND MAY.
DAFFODILS
PUSSYWILLOWS
DAPHNE BLOOMS
TULIPS
TULIPS
PUSSYWILLOWS IN THE BACKGROUND
EASTER DAFFODILS
We have lots of these plants. They all bloom at the same time.
JUNE BOUQUETS
PURPLE CAMPANULA GLOMERATA
(aka CHINA MARY locally)
LILACS
BLUE FORGET-ME-NOTS
WHITE BLEEDING HEARTS
PEPPERMINT
RED PAINTED DAISIES
WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
LAVENDER ALLIUM GIGANTEUM
PINK PAINTED DAISIES
WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
SPEARMINT
PURPLE CHINA MARY
RED PAINTED DAISIES
PINK & PURPLE CANTERBURY BELLS
PALE YELLOW MOCK ORANGE FLOWERS
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
PEPPERMINT & SPEARMINT
PINK & RED PAINTED DAISIES
PURPLE & LAVENDER CANTERBURY BELLS
PEPPERMINT
RED PAINTED DAISIES
'GOLDEN QUEEN' GLOBE FLOWERS
PINK & WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
JULY BOUQUETS
After our first few years of gardening, we were thrilled to see a large number and variety of colors and blooms appear throughout June.
But, come July, we see an explosion of countless flowers!
Many of the flowers we see in June
continue to grow more plentifully in July.
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
PINK & PURPLE CANTERBURY BELLS
SPEARMINT
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
PURPLE & WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
PINK PEONIES
RED PAINTED DAISIES
DEEP RED SWEET WILLIAM
RED PAINTED DAISY
DELPHINIUM
SPEARMINT
SPEARMINT
PINK PEONIES
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
PINK WHITE & PURPLE CANTERBURY BELLS
GETTING READY FOR A WEDDING WITH A WHEELBARROW
WHITE FEVERFEW
DELPHINIUM
PURPLE CANTERBURY BELLS
WEDDING TIME!
PINK PEONIES
PINK, WHITE & PURPLE CANTERBURY BELLS
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
APPLE MINT & SPEARMINT
YELLOW GLOBE FLOWERS
BLUE DELPHINIUM TOPS
LAVENDER MEADOW RUE
HOSTA LEAVES
BRINGING FLOWERS INTO THE COOL, SHADY GARAGE
TO ACCLIMATE OVERNIGHT
BEFORE MAKING BOUQUETS THE NEXT DAY
THE NEXT DAY AT A THE FARMERS MARKET
A CLOSER LOOK...
DILL GREENS
WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
SPEARMINT
VERY FRAGRANT WHITE ROSES 'Pope John Paul'
LAVENDER MEADOW RUE
PINK TRIMMED SHIRLEY POPPIES
PURPLE & PALE BLUE DELPHINIUMS
LAVENDER &WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
EUPHORBIA griffithii 'Fireglow'
ANOTHER WEDDING
OUTDOORS THIS TIME AT HALIBUT POINT REC...
WEDDING
SPEARMINT
MIXED DELPHINIUMS
WHITE CANTERBURY BELLS
WEDDING
WHITE FEVERFEW
PINK SHRUB ROSE 'Bonica'
WEDDING
WEDDING
TINY WHITE FEVERFEW
MIXED ROSES
EUPHORBIA griffithii 'Fireglow'
PURPLE GALLIUM
PINK PEONIES
BLUE & PURPLE DELPHINIUM
WHITE BLEEDING HEART
SPEARMINT
PINK & YELLOW DAHLIAS
BLUE CINERARIA
BLUE DELPHINIUMS
TINY LAVENDER MEADOW RUE
SPEARMINT
ALL FRAGRANT
YELLOW Rosa 'Julia Child'
GOLD Rosa 'Honey Perfume'
PINK Rosa 'Sheer Bliss'
PINK WITH YELLOW CENTER Rosa 'Peace'
SOOO FRAGRANT!
WHITE PEONIES
TINY WHITE BUDS OF CLIMBING HYDRANGEA
BLUE DELPHINIUMS
YELLOW ARMENIAN BASKET FLOWER
YELLOW LIGULARIA SPIKES
SPEARMINT
A WEDDING ON A BOAT...
YELLOW ARMENIAN BASKET FLOWERS
GIANT RED DAHLIAS
YELLOW SPIKES OF LIGULARIA
YELLOW ORIENTAL LILIES
RED BEE BALM
AUGUST BOUQUETS
An Island Wedding
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| ORANGE TIGER LILIES YELLOW LIGULARIA SPIKES RED BEE BALM YELLOW ARMENIAN BASKET FLOWERS EUPHORBIA GREENS |
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| PURPLE MONKSHOOD YELLOW ARMENIAN BASKET FLOWER VEGMO SUNNY BALL FEVERFEW PINK CINERARIA BRIGHT PINK & YELLOW DAHLIAS SPEARMINT GREEN & YELLOW STRIPED GINGER MINT WHITE RIMMED HOSTA LEAVES |
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| YELLOW SUNFLOWERS PINK ASTILBE EUPHORBIA FLOWERS AND GREENS WHITE RIMMED HOSTA LEAVES |
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| PINK AND WHITE STRIPED DAHLIAS LITTLE WHITE VEGMO SNOWBALL FEVERFEW PEPPERMINT HOSTA LEAVES |
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| PINK WITH YELLOW CENTERED DAHLIAS TINY PINK PERSICARIA MICROCEPHALA POLKADOT PLANT LEAVES |
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| ORANGE WITH YELLOW GLADIOLAS WHITE VEGMO SNOWBALL FEVERFEW EUPHORBIA GREENS WHITE TRIMMED HOSTA LEAVES |
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| PINK DAHLIAS PINK AND PURPLE CINERARIA TINY PURPLE MEADOW RUE |
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| PINK ROSES Rosa 'Sheer Bliss' PINK, PURPLE AND WHITE SWEET PEA |
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| MIXED ROSES YELLOW TRIMMED HOSTA LEAVES |
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| YELLOW DINNERPLATE DAHLIAS PINK DAHLIAS PINK ASTILBE YELLOW ARMENIAN BASKETFLOWERS SPEARMINT |
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| GREEN ARTICHOKES BURGUNDY ASTRANTIA BLUE GLOBE THISTLE DILL GREENS |
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| YELLOW AND PINK ORIENTAL LILIES PINK ASTILBE SURROUNDED BY MORNING GLORY 'Blue Ensign' |
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| PURPLE GLADIOLAS VEGMO SNOWBALL FEVERFEW WHITE TRIMMED HOSTA LEAVES |
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| PINK TIPPED WHITE DAHLIAS BRGUNDY DAHLIAS PINK SNAPDRAGONS PINK ASTILBE APPLE MINT |
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| PURPLE DAHLIAS PINK ASTILBE FLOWERING SPEARMINT HOSTA LEAVES |
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| MIXED DAHLIAS VEGMO SNOWBALL FEVERFEW MEADOW RUE GREENS |
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| I made this bridal bouquet for a friend. "Hey honey, will you hold this for a minute?" lol ROSES 'Rosa Bonica' WHITE AND LAVENDER CINERARIA MEADOW RUE BUDS FERNS |
SEPTEMBER BOUQUETS
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| SWEET PEAS |
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| PINK & WHITE ORIENTAL LILIES FLOWERING SPEARMINT TINY PINK PERSICARIA MICRCEPHALA |
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| PALE LAVENDER DAHLIAS TINY PURPLE BLOOMS OF MARINE HELIOTROPE PEPPERMINT |
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| YELLOW ROSES Rosa 'Julia Child' WHITE ROSES Rosa 'Pope John Paul' |
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| YELLOW DINNERPLATE DAHLIAS GLOBE THISTLE 'Blue Glow' APPLE MINT |
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| BURGUNDY CLEMATIS TEDDY BEAR SUNFLOWERS |
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| PINK AND YELLOW DAHLIAS TINY LAVENDER MEADOW RUE APPLE MINT |
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| PINK WITH PALE YELLOW GLADIOLUS MIXED DAHLIAS FLOWERING SPEARMINT |
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| PURPLE GLADIOLUS WHITE GLADIOLUS WHITE ORIENTAL LILIES TINY PURPLE MEADOW RUE FLOWERING SPEARMINT |
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| PURPLE WITH YELLOW VIOLAS WHITE ORIENTAL LILIES YELLOW SUNFLOWERS PURPLE CINERARIA APPLE MINT PEPPERMINT |
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| MIXED DAHLIAS WHITE SNOWBALL EXTRA FEVERFEW |
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| GIANT PALE PINK DAHLIA WHITE SNOWBALL EXTRA FEVERFEW LAVENDER FLOWERING PEPPERMINT |
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| YELLOW DAHLIAS WHITE ORIENTAL LILIES EUPHORBIA GREENS WHITE TRIMMED HOSTA LEAVES |
OCTOBER BOUQUETS
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| WEDDING BRIDAL BOUQUET TWO EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG PEOPLE MY NIECE EVA AND PAKI FROM LAHAINA MARRIED ATOP HARBOR MOUNTAIN |
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| DAHLIAS AND ROSES LATE RASPBERRIES... YUM! |
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| MIXED FRAGRANT ROSES |
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| MIXED DAHLIAS SMALL PURPLE ASTERS 'Raydon's Favorite' (intrusive) TINY WHITE FLOWERED SPIKES OF BOTTLE BRUSH/BUGBANE APPLE MINT |
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| A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE OF THE BOUQUETS ABOVE |
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| THE LAST OF THE SUNFLOWERS |
NOVEMBER BOUQUET
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| MOST YEARS WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DRIED FLOWERS THEY ARE READY FOR BOUQUETS IN LATE FALL SILVER DOLLAR Lunaria 'annua' is shade loving STRAWFLOWERS - MIXED VARIETIES MIXED POPPY SEED PODS DRIED MOSS BASE MOST YEARS THE DRIED FLOWER BOUQUETS INCLUDE PUSSY WILLOWS PICKED AND DRIED IN SPRING |
Did you ever pick a bouquet for someone when you were a kid?
How adorable is this!
In remembrance of these two unforgettable loves of my life💔
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