Cut Flower Early Summer Round-up - Peonies + Disneyland Roses - July 2025
A few days ago, I posted some photos showing the big peony arrangement that I successfully stored in the fridge for about a month and talked about how peony blooming season is so short. In addition to cutting and storing some peonies for later this Summer, I also cut and put out on the counter a couple of vases full of peonies when they were blooming. I've been working on the Disneyland Roses a bit more this early Summer, too. Paying attention to them water-wise. And, spraying them with both an insecticide and fungicide as often as I remember to do out there. That's produced Floribunda rose stems that are *knock wood* holding more leaves and having less pests than last year. One of my 2025 goals was to continue to have countertop arrangements with cut flowers . Here's a round-up of a number of cut flowers we've had on our counter the past six weeks or so. We have white double 'Duchesse de Nemours' peonies in the back . And some...