Budget Blooms: The March Mix: a house log

I am back to share my low-cost-o monthly bouquet (a especially sweet Christmas present from the hubs). This time to usher in March I grabbed a mixed bunch:

One of the lively things about a varied assortment means the scenery changes when you spin the vase (or the old-bathroom-drinking-glass-turned-vase). Here is the same arrangement from another angle.

One big pink beauty plus some lively lime colored blooms along with some smaller pink cuties = enjoy.

But you know we enjoy to get at least two arrangements out of one $4.99 grocery store bouquet (making each arrangement less than $2.50). Here is the other half:

Look at those lively purple flowers. The flowers have flowers! Little white blooms erupting like barnacles.

What do you folks think of my March mix? Do you know what kind of flowers they are? The thing about getting two flower arrangements for under five beans is that they do not truly come with any information at all. And my flower knowledge is seriously limited.

The biggest surprise so far in our low-cost grocery store bouquet “experiment” is how long they last. Each month’s bouquet consistently looks lovely for at least three weeks (changing the water every few days and recutting the stems once a week seems to assist). Both my January and February flowers went strong for over 21 days each. Here is to my March mix taking me all the way into April!

And speaking of April, has spring sprung for you folks? Anything you are doing to usher in the warmer weather? From spring cleaning to annual planting, we’d enjoy to hear what you are up to!