Popular Easter Flowers

This Easter I wanted to pop on here and share some information about flowers that are popular this time of year. Some hot ones are lilies, tulips, iris, hyacinth and daffodils. I have a past blog post ALL about spring flowers specifically if you want to read more here. It is mostly about tulips and daffodils, and why they should not be placed in the same vase together. Today I wanted to talk a little more about lilies, hyacinth and iris!

Lilies and iris are generally found year-round these days, with all of the technology available and greenhouses. Hyacinth are a bulb-flower Defined by Merriam Webster: a resting stage of a plant (such as the lily, onion, hyacinth, or tulip) that is usually formed underground and consists of a short stem base bearing one or more buds enclosed in overlapping membranous or fleshy leaves. This makes them still a spring flower that comes up after the winter, having been planted in the fall before the snow comes.

Lilies come in many varieties, but the common ones you will find at a flower shop are asiatic, oriental, and the(newer bred) double rose lily. The asiatic tend to have little to no scent to them, where as the oriental and double rose variety have an overpowering smell that hits you when you walk into the room! They all have "stamens" in them that we always remove as soon as the bud of the flower opens, as when you do not remove these they can make yellowy-orange stains on clothing, furniture, and other surfaces. They look fine at first but will "go to seed" and start to turn into a light dust or powder than can spread easily into the air, and onto the petals of your flowers. Please note that lilies are toxic to cats! When gifting or bringing these home, please keep our furry friends in mind!

Iris traditionally come in "blue", but I think they look purple if I am being honest. Take a look for yourself at the photo to the side and you decide what color this is!There are a few flowers out there that are considered blue but appear more purple. Iris also come in white and yellow, and have "frilled" varieties, which you can definitely see around the edges of the petals. They can remind you of those frilly socks we all used to wear as little girls. The photo shown is not quite in full bloom, the inside of the iris opens up as well, appearing to have a double bloom to it.

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulb