How to Pick Barnyard Daisies for DIY Floral Arrangements
A barnyard daisy is a yellow-centred daisy surrounded by delicate white petals that grow freely without human intervention on the prairies. Due to their abundance and beauty, barnyard daisies work well in DIY floral arrangements. Learn what a barnyard daisy is, other names for the barnyard daisy, and what to look for when picking them for your inexpensive bouquet. You’ll learn the time of day to cut the daisies, the best length of stems to use, how to add contrast to your beautiful floral arrangement using weeds and flowering vegetables, how to balance the elements, and how to tie your pretty florals to ensure they stay upright in the vase. If you need ideas for making a quick, easy farmhouse-style chic floral bouquet, this post is perfect for you.
What is a barnyard daisy?
A barnyard daisy is a yellow centered daisy surrounded by delicate white petals. It has fine green leaves atop strong stems and can grow up to 1 metre tall. It is a noxious weed which grows abundantly on the prairies that also is known by other names such as: camomile, scentless camomile wild daisy, scentless mayweed, false chamomile, Kandahar daisy or barnyard daisy according to saskatchewan.ca.
A barnyard daisy is a yellow centered daisy surrounded by delicate white petals.
How to pick barnyard daisies for a DIY floral arrangement
When I say ‘picking’ barnyard daisies, I actually mean cutting the flowers using scissors or a garden snipper tool. I cut the stems about 1 ft. (25 cm) to fit nicely in a vase. It’s best to pick them either in the morning or evening, avoiding the heat of the day and try to get them into the water as soon as possible to prevent wilting. Even if they do wilt a bit, they will revive when the water is added. When selecting the daisies, look for stems that have both buds and full flowers and make sure they haven’t gone to seed.
Cut barnyard daisy stems about 1 ft. (25 cm) to fit nicely in a vase.
Add height to your DIY farmhouse-style chic floral bouquet. I chose prairie sage as it is tall and has silver leaves which added a nice contrast plus, it has a pleasant sage aroma. There are many different types of native sage species on the Prairies from prairie sage to pasture sage, white sage, and sagebrush.
Add height to your barnyard daisy floral bouquet. I used prairie sage as it is tall and has silver leaves which added a nice contrast to my floral arrangement.
Cut the stems longer than the barnyard daisy stems to create height contrast in your floral arrangement. I cut the prairie sage stems about 1 1/2 ft. or 45 cm.
Cut prairie sage stems longer than the barnyard daisy stems to create height contrast in your floral arrangement. I cut the sage stems about 1 1/2 ft. or 45 cm.
Add color contrast elements. I raided our garden and found pink and white flowers from radishes that had gone to seed that I could use in my inexpensive bouquet. Any flowering vegetable can work to add a color contrast or, use branches from a colorful bush.
Add other color elements to your DIY floral bouquet to create contrast. I used radish flowers.
Casually arrange your farmhouse bouquet to see if you need to add more elements to balance height or color.
Loosely put the elements together to see if you need to add more. In my Barnyard daisy bouquet above, I added more daisies to balance out the left side.
Tie the florals together to help them stay upright in the vase. I used twine but you could use whatever type of string you have on hand.
Tie the barnyard daisy bouquet with twine to keep it together with the other elements in the vase
Put your floral arrangement in water as soon as possible to prevent wilting. If the flowers start to wilt as mine did, don’t worry, they will revive after they get in the water.
Change the water daily to prevent bacterial growth in your farmhouse-style chic floral bouquet and enjoy!
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