oh cripes... flowers for Feb

[bethduckie]

My friend is getting married next Feb and has asked me to grow some flowers on my allotment for her wedding. I'm perfectly willing to do so, but know nothing about flowers... except to know that Feb is hardly peak blooming season. Erm..?

Can anyone advise on what I could plant that would be ready to cut February? The only thing that springs to mind is daffodils.

[rustylady]

And you may be pushing it for them. What does she want, miracles?

[lottie dolly]

it's also pushing your luck for weeds,unless you grow some flowers for drying,and keep them out the dust,sooner you than me,ask here if she will help you reaserch as to what you can grow,lol

[donnakebab]

Can't be done sweetheart. All she'll have is evergreen leaves and maybe some berries for colour.

Unless you have a hot house, one step up from green house.(Botanical gardens and the like).

[donnakebab]

To be fair evergreen stuff can look pretty good in the hands of an expert florist. Depends also on how much money she wants to spend and where she wants her flowers to come from.

[Alison]

Although I got married in May I had quite a lot of greenery in my bouquet and if you used contrasting leaf colours it would look great, you could also use berries to some extent although a lot of gone by then. You could also force some bulbs inside but might need a lot to be sure of having some at the right time - a friend of mine had beautiful spring bulbs in hers but it was a month later. There are also some varieties of bulb which do flower very early, remember over New Year seeing a surprising amount of tiny daffs and snowdrops flowering in the winter garden at Dunham Massey. I might be alone in this but I think with the right planning you can do something lovely.

[veggiechicken]

Snowdrops and winter jasmine?

[WendyC]

Dwarf daffodil "February Gold" generally lives up to its name. Covered under tunnels might bring it on if needed.

[bethduckie]

I think I'll have to tell her a florist might be best... lol

Flowers really aren't my thing anyway, a few sacificial marigolds and a sunflower or two is all I stretch to generally! So even if there were flowers available who's to say I'd be able to grow them?

[Two_Sheds]

Dwarf daffodil "February Gold" generally lives up to its name.

It didn't here ~ we didn't get any shows until March

[Two_Sheds]

I think I'll have to tell her a florist might be best...

If she wants flowers, yes.

My friend got married in December and I made her place settings for her: ivy, holly and bits of fir, a few pine cones: looked nice

[shushkin!]

For scent and height add some branches
of yummy scented

Winter sweet "Chimonanthus preacox" yellow waxy flowers

and

winter honeysuckle "Lonicera Fragrantisima" creamy white honeysuckle type flowers

sorry about dodgy spelling

[VirginVegGrower]

Anemones forced or greenery with white, which is always a classy combination. Sarcococcus for scent (Christmas Box). Tulips in a simple ribbon tied bunch - but they will need florist wire up the stems. Narcissus (paper whites) in a simple tie. I'll leave you to mull that lot.

[Two_Sheds]

I forced tulips this year, but timing them to flower on time is probably a professional job: they come out fast when conditions are right, and go over quickly