Drive branches

It is so simple and yet one of the most beautiful things in the world. Flowering spring branches filled with tiny delicate pink and white flowers. If anything, it can create a lovely atmosphere, and not least a wonderful scent throughout the house, this spring. Either in jugs or vases or perhaps as a "wreath" in a large dish with a little water at the bottom.

You can use all kinds of branches from fruit trees. If they have not sprung out or are in bud, you can push them forward yourself. Japanese cherry can already be grown from February here at these latitudes. Mirabella, which you see here on the page, is also one of the early ones. In fact, they can be operated as early as December if you're lucky.

 Apple and magnolia are later, and can actually only be planted in March/April. But they are also beautiful to have standing with their large buds, as you can see here. It gives the home a more rustic look, which fits well with the style right now. 

Try your hand and cut different kinds of branches. If there is frost outside, the branches must be temporarily taken into a cool room before they are moved completely into the heat. So they don't get a shock. Leave them in a room with approximately 10 degrees for a day or two. Then you also get a longer flowering. After this, they are moved into warmer surroundings, and will thus begin their flowering. If you change the water every day and keep the branches cool at night, they will also last a bit longer.

 When we were out collecting we found branches in various stages. Both the small-blooming romantic ones and the rough rustic ones. As well as some with exclusively green leaves.

 Put the branches in water in different vases and pots. We have chosen to use only the branches here, but you can of course easily mix them with flowers. They are beautiful with all the spring flowers, and a single bunch of tulips from the florist looks much more when mixed with branches.