March Recipe
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March Recipe
A 'Ready to Arrange' Bucket of Flowers
March
A Bucket of ‘Ready to Arrange’ Flowers
Skill - Easy
Grow to Arrange Time - One Year +
Vase Life - 7-10 days +
Ingredients
Narcissus - Any March Flowering
Hellebores - H. Hybridus Single, Double & Double Pink Spotted
Begonia ‘Rex’
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
Forsythia
Pussy Willow
Blackthorn Blossom
Growing Methods & Conditioning
Cut branches from established shrubs (best planted several years earlier between November and March) of Pussy Willow, Blackthorn blossoms (popular native hedgerow plants) and Forsythia. These shrubs are very hardy, easy to grow in most conditions and positions. Cut branches as the blossom or willow is tight in bud but just emerging. These will open in the warmth of the home.