The January Edit: What’s Blooming Now

A Bright Bouquet in January

January — The lost month. It’s the quiet, sleepy, introspective time between. It’s our favorite time to plan for the new year, reflect on last year, and dream about the local flowers on the horizon! Here’s what we’re loving, stocking, and designing with this month at Flora Good Times.

Mimosa

Photos: Castor Fleuriste, Flora Good Times, Porters Foliage Ltd, Ernst Coppejans, 

Scientific name: Acacia dealbata

Family: Fabaceae

Genus: Acacia

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Fabales

Tiny bursts of sunshine are exactly what we all need in January. Mimosa is Endemic to Australia, and also known as Wattle. We source these sweet fuzzy beauties from Italy, France and California, and we covet their season every year. Sweetly-scented and wonderfully textured, Mimosa is also the official flower of International Women’s Day.

Anemone

Photos: UnaPhoto on Etsy.com, weddingflora.com, PetalPickersFlowerCo on Etsy.com, Ellebore on Instagram.com, 

We’ve been drooling over local anemone for a few months now, but can you blame us? They really hit their stride with the continued chilly temps, and we’re seeing tons of different varieties emerge on a weekly basis. Our local supplier in this time of year is just north of us in Red Hook, NY, and supplies beautiful mixed bunches in tones of white, red, pink and purple. On the international scene, we see lots of options, including soft watercolor tones and double flowering varieties.

Hellebore

Photos: bloom__76 on Instagram.com, White House Flowers, weddywood on Instagram.com

Scientific name: Helleborus orientalis

• Family: Ranunculaceae

• Genus: Helleborus

• Kingdom: Plantae

• Order: Ranunculales

Hellebores, also known as Lenten Rose, are some of the earliest garden bloomers. WE’re just starting to see these blooms emerge during the start of winter, with a few early varieties announcing themselves. The welcome tones of lime green alongside the rich, glossy foliage is a perfect pairing in classic winter white arrangements. More colors arrive in the coming months. We’re lucky to have so much more time with hellebore ahead of us!

Paphiopedilum Orchid

Photos: Spriggs Florist, wildnorthflowers on Instagram.com, Fox Fodder Flowers

Lady Slipper Orchids are some of winter’s most special offerings. Stunning on their own, we love Paphiopedilum (Paphs) for their unique & Graphic shape that instantly transports you to a fairy world. Used individually or en masse in arrangements, these flowers really need little more than a simple vase and space to shine.

While there are many, many varieties of paphs, in floristry, we most commonly see the variety Paphiopedilum Leeanum as a cut.

Scientific name: Paphiopedilum

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Paphiopedilum

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Asparagales

Icelandic Poppy

Photos: Doan Ly, Flora Good Times, Doan Ly, Flora Good Times

Scientific name: Papaver nudicaule

Family: Papaveraceae

Genus: Oreomecon

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Ranunculales

Icelandic Poppies are a crowd pleaser for a reason! With their papery petals, wonky stems and power to WOW, poppies are a very special plant. Icelandic poppies, and many poppies in general, need something called Cold stratification in order to bloom. Their seeds must face freezing temperatures to — at least — mimic winter and nudge them out of dormancy. while these cuties look like sunshine, they love it cold, and don’t bloom much past mid-spring.

Tulips

Photos: Carl Kleiner, Flora Good Times, Bas Meeuws, Flora Good Times

Scientific name: Tulipa

Family: Liliaceae

Genus: Tulipa

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Liliales

When we think of Tulips, we think of spring. Luckily for us, we don’t have to wait for months to get our hands on these gestural stems. Many of our suppliers force tulips inside protected growhouses to bring us stems locally in the first few weeks of the year. We will have our hands on tulips for many many weeks! Stretching from January through MOther’s day!

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WHile we have our hands on other blooms — like ranunculus and daffofils, just to name a few — we will feature more on those in the coming months. We’re so grateful for our suppliers near and far who work tirelessly to lengthen our season for so many types of flowers so that we can enjoy winter color for so many weeks!

Let us brighten your January while we wait paitently for our own blooms to emerge… soon enough!

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