Garden Design With Bells Of Ireland
Always a standout among garden plants bells of ireland sports green bell shape calyxes on long stringy stems.
Garden design with bells of ireland. The flowers turn a light tan color when fully dried. Bells of ireland have been grown for ages for good reason. They are spectacular in the garden in cut flower arrangements and for wedding bouquets.
One of my favorite flowers is bells of ireland. Bells of ireland flowers are also used in dried arrangements. Bells of ireland are a lime green flower that blooms in the summer and can live in colder climates.
The lime green flowers make an attractive foil for wine or magenta colored flowers like red velvet celosia celosia argentea red velvet globe amaranth gomphrena globosa or purple prince zinnia zinnia purple prince. Mostly as a cut flower bells of ireland also makes a stunning accent plant in a mixed border or in a container garden. The showy calyxes aren t the outer whorl of this annual s true flowers which are tiny white and often fragrant.
To dry the flowers harvest the stalks when all of the flowers have fully opened. Grow bells of ireland by seed and plant them two inches deep. Tie them in small bunches and hang them upside down in a cool dark well ventilated space.
Their color is so unique and mixes so well with any color of flowers.