The bleeding hearts are taking over my back garden. I love their pretty white blooms, and I’ve considered planting their hot pink counterparts, too. But they’re problematic because they’re starting to crowd their neighboring hydrangeas, a white one and a pink one. So, I grabbed the clippers and a mason jar and headed out to trim them back.
After I arranged them, I realized that I didn’t know if they’d hold up in a vase. I asked my mother-in-law and soon found out that she loves to use these flowers in bridal bouquets, and that they should last well as cut flowers. That made me happy, because I’d hate to cut these flowers to have them die in only a few days. And I’m notorious for leaving dead flowers hanging around in my house. I’ve got some dead daffodils in my bathroom right now.
I’m not sure why, but mason jars have become my favorite vase for flowers. They just looks so much better than those crystal vases I got as wedding presents when I’m using flowers I cut from my own garden.
Have you ever had to deal with a pretty plant that got a little bit out of control?
