Video: Long-Lasting Spring Floral Arrangement

Watch a video tutorial on how to make a long-lasting, inexpensive, and
cheerful springtime arrangement. I use fresh-cut daffodils (often available
for $5 a bundle or less) and a handful of potted bulbs. Container aside,
you’re looking at about $12 in supplies for this piece!
Transcript
Hey, I'm Kelly Perry. And I'm here to show just a quick little fun with
flowers segment. I was out picking up some groceries and saw these hyacinth
bulbs for a dollar. And I was like, well, let's do something fun with those
this afternoon. So I'm here. 
And had some rocks left over from another project that I was working on and
I thought we'll just do a little hybrid potted plant/fresh cut flower
arrangment. So I'm going to put a couple rocks in the bottom of this to
help with drainage since there aren't any drainage holes in this container.
And then I'm going to add a little bit of potting soil. And then I'm going
to go ahead and put in-- I had these left over from another project as
well, so I'm going to pop these in-- little tulips. 
And we'll put in the hyacinth in here as well. I love hyacinth in the
spring. It is the smell of spring to me. 
They're also really fun to make hairpieces out of. I was at a class
recently in New York, and Shane Connelly was the teacher. And he does
flowers for the Royal Family. 
And it was really fun to hear his perspective and take on things. And he
loves using potted flowers. And so we have that in common. 
And then he taught us how to wire hyacinth flowers to use in bouquets and
things like that. And that got me thinking about hair crowns and just all
the versatility and things that we could do with those. So anyway, just a
little tidbit there about the hyacinth. So once these bloom, I might pop
them out and practice doing some more wiring with them. 
OK, got these potted in here how I like them. I pulled some moss out of the
backyard. I'm going to put that in here just around. I'm going to not do
the whole way around quite yet, because I want to add some of these fresh
things with water tubes. But we can just kind of get this base started so
we have a better idea of what it will all look like when it comes
together. 
Perfect. OK, these are water tubes. I'm going to just pop them open and I'm
actually going to just snip the ends off these. I'm using these little
daffodils and their stems are hollow. So I don't want to upset them. 
I'm just going to pop these inside. 
In this arrangement, I'm just going to like a mass of spring flowers. No
particular consideration to lines or anything like that. I just want it to
look like it is just happening. 
So all the different stages of the flowers are in. Perfectly fine, because
that's how they are outside. Some are high. Some are low. 
So do this with whatever you have in your garden. Maybe you have some of
those really pretty magnolia branches blooming. Or a few little cherry
blossoms. Whatever you have, go for it. 
I have this dogwood that I think I'd like to put in. And this will open up
over time. It's not open at the moment, but it will be. Actually, let me
give that just a quick little fresh snip so it can have an easier time
hydrating. 
[HUMMING] 
I want to add just two more flower tubes. 
And I'm going to be adding the moss in so that will cover up-- oh, these
are poking up through the soil right now. That'll take care of that. And
these little tubes of water you'll want to keep an eye on if you're trying
to keep your arrangement fresh for a particular day. Just keep an eye on
those little tubes. They don't hold a lot of water. 
And I'm putting about two daffodils in each. So they'll drink that up
pretty quick. Keep a little eye on that. OK, we'll fill in and cover up
those tubes with the moss. And then we'll be all ready to go. 
The hyacinth already had quite a bit of moisture in the soil so I'm not
worried about giving those a fresh drink just yet. But I'll keep an eye on
that in the coming days. 
But once those start shooting up through the soil, and these tulip bulbs
that are in here start blooming, it'll really fill this arrangement out.
And it will be very, very sweet. Lots of longevity to this. 
If you do weekly arrangements for maybe a business or some type of office
setting, this would be a great way to offer something with a lot of
longevity to it. 
All right, there you have it. Just give this a little dust around the edges
and we'll call that done. 
Thanks for watching. If you'd like to see more like this, you can visit
Teamflower.org/free. I'm Kelly. Thanks for watching.