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April 10, 2013 ·

Fabulous Forsythia

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There’s no need to go and purchase flowers at the supermarket. Make your garden your florist shop. Invest in beautiful flowering trees and bushes that will give you years of botanical enjoyment. I planted 2 forsythia bushes 2 years ago and they have taken over! I’m an instant gratification kind of girl, and these satisfy that need! Forsythia grows so fast and you need to keep it trimmed so it won’t grow crazy wild in your yard. What is wonderful about this plant is that you can cut the branches as the buds begin to swell and “force” them to bloom inside. I cut several stragglers off my bushes and placed them in a large glass vase  that stands about 3 feet high. It was an amazing find from Home Goods. I love my Home Goods!

(Psst…. I’m a Home Goods Stylescope blogger & I have a MEGA-GIVEAWAY coming for you soon!)

Oooo, yes, it’ll be awesome… keep reading!

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Forsythia

 

I filled the large vase with water and then scattered my wine cork collection inside it. I’ve been collecting wine corks for years

(Did you know that restaurants collect all the corks? Sometimes it is possible to ask for an evening’s cork collection to take home.)

Ok, yes…. I love my wine. Bring me a bottle of wine and you just scored mega brownie points with me.

I’m kind of sad to see the death of the actual cork now a days.  Have you noticed that?

It’s been replaced by a synthetic, plasticy- material. Is plasticy a word?

I understand it is technically better for wine preservation but come on…  hasn’t thousands of years of actual cork and wine sufficed? Must we introduce more petroleum into the mix?

corks

Wine and forsythia… I’m partial to the Pinot’s if anyone is interested…

back to forsythia…

This is what two years of growth can produce. Forsythia grows crazy fast and needs to be tamed. I’ll be cutting it back after I enjoy the blooms.

Forsythia bush

 Cut the branches when they start looking like this picture below, buds swelling and just about to bloom. Douse them in a vase of water, keep them in bright yet indirect light and wait for the magic to happen.

Forsythia buds

You can make several small arrangements or a massive, large arrangement. They will last for at least a week, which is wonderful!

Bright springy color in your home is bound to cheer anyone up!

Forsythia arrangement

I’m obviously a forsythia fan. Check out these posts on how to use forsythia in other ways.

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Kim

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Comments

  1. Shannon says

    April 10, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    So glad you shared this as I cut some of our forsythia about a week ago and they are blooming beautifully now in my vase on our mantel. It helps brighten things up in Michigan as our spring is really struggling to get going! Enjoy!!!

  2. Angela says

    April 10, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    Absolutely beautiful and I would love to grow but I’m sure they would do well here in Texas. Any thoughts? I’ll have to research! Major envy from me……lovely!!!~~Angela

    • karen@somewhatquirky says

      April 10, 2013 at 8:26 pm

      Angela, forsythia would grow fine in Texas. You just have to be careful to not let them get overgrown. They could bloom as early as late February there – depending on the winter weather.

  3. antiquechase says

    April 10, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    Oh, I’m loving this yellow. so cool that you showed what the tree,bush look like!!! I just did a post on cuttings from the garden too. Nothing as great as ‘free from the yard”
    Marcy

  4. karen@somewhatquirky says

    April 10, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    That vase is amazing! Love the idea of the floating corks.

  5. Gee says

    April 10, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Hmmm.. must check if it will grow in North Central Florida. Very pretty.
    Yes, most disconcerting about the demise of the wine cork. I agree… we do not need plastic/petroleum in our wines. I have been tossing the fake corks. :-/
    I am also a pinot fan!!! YUM..
    W are out, been avoiding shopping… just not int eh mood to go to the grocery store 🙂 So the meal tonight, fettuccine alfredo was quite lacking in a good pinot grigio to accompany it’s saucy goodness.
    Thanks for sharing the info re forsythia. Like what I see .
    Hugs, Gee

  6. Jane says

    April 10, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    I love your arrangement, Kim! Thanks for all your tips, I like the corks! And I love Pinot Grigio, so light and refreshing in the summer.

    I have a huge forsythia and since it’s in a corner of my yard, I just let it grow wild. It’s not budding yet but soon I’ll have stems everywhere in my house.

    XO,
    Jane

  7. Norma Jean says

    April 10, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    When my grandaughter was two, forsythia was her favorite word. In the spring she would verbally identify every plant she saw and in middle Tennessee she saw many of them!

  8. Chris N says

    April 11, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Oh my gosh – I have corks and forsythia – this looks simple enough that even I could do it! 🙂

  9. K.C. Saling says

    April 11, 2013 at 8:07 am

    Wow, we have a dozen of these in our backyard – and Lord knows I have enough corks! I just might have to take this project on to bring some color into the house. Spring has been SO late coming to New York!

  10. Kathleen says

    April 11, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    We don’t have buds yet here in Chicago. Although I did see my first daffodil poking its head up today! We have rainy weather in the 40’s for the next couple days. Spring is taking its sweet time showing up!

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