I love zinnias! They add such bright happy colors to gardens and borders! Such gorgeous shades of bright pink, red, yellow, orange and lime green. They mix so well with other annual and perennial flowers for bouquets.
Zinnias can be used to make beautiful bouquets that will last 7-10 days. We used flowers from our gardens to make bouquets for a reception that we had at the house. We started by filling quart jars with water.
Then we used clear floral tape to create a grid across the top of each jar to hold the flowers in place. This works great!
We added a 1-2 drops of blue food coloring to each jar to create a beautiful aqua color.
The blue water provides a beautiful base for the flowers.
We started with the zinnias, mixing the colors in each jar. We also used lemon and cinnamon basil to add fragrant foliage to the bouquets. The lemon basil smells just like fresh lemons and has a light green foliage. The cinnamon basil has dark red leaves and small pinkish blooms.
We also added purple loose strife and black-eyed Susan’s to the bouquets. Remove all the foliage that will be below the water line.
Such colorful bouquets that are easy to create and will last about a week.
Use variety of flowers, herbs and leaves from your gardens. Small sunflowers also work well in these bouquets.
Enjoy creating bouquets from your summer gardens!
HAPPY SUMMER!
