Zinnias With Foliage In A Blue Ball Jar - Countertop Flowers - August 2025
The bulk of my flower arrangements have been focused on the flowers + some additional foliage plants. Zinnias + ferns + artemeisa. Dahlias + artemesia + polka dot plants. For the most part, I was dealing with shorter-length stems on the 'stars' (Zinnias and Dahlias) and that meant that I was stripping just a few leaves from the stems and filling out the arrangement with those other foliage elements. But, thanks to my FYP, I've been getting served "here's how to get longer stem" videos and the secret isn't...well...it isn't a secret. It is just doing something that is hard: Cutting deep. Why is cutting deep hard? Because you're sacrificing some flower blooms. To get the longer stems, you often take out up-to-three flowers. Typically that means one full-formed and open that has shot up through the middle of the stem. Then, two smaller, further-behind ones on either side. I've always hesitated to sacrifice those ...