We're Dreaming of a White & Peaceful Christmas

Sometimes you want "holly jolly" Christmas flowers. Sometimes you want something more in the line of "heavenly peace." The gorgeous white ranunculus we've been getting seem to be asking for a calm, serene, gracious treatment. Here's we've paired them with the magical green puff balls called "Green Trick." They're seriously cool and no one ever guesses they're part of the much maligned carnation family.

Weird, wonderful Italian Ranunculus

We've nicknamed these "lettuce ranunculus." The first ones we got were red with ruffly green centers. Then we started to get them in orange. Now we're getting some that look like they're on steroids. Folks have been coming in to ask about the strange flowers in the window. All we know is that somewhere in Italy a bunch of horticulturists are having way too much fun developing "magnifico, stupendo ranucoli."