Underwater arrangments

Ornithagalum, is the star

I arrived at the shop to buy some flower with a plan. When I got inside, things changed. I saw Ornithagalum from the corner of my eye and completely changed my mind. I came out with a bunch of white flowers.I had no idea what I was going to end up designing however this is the result. I love a little bit of an organic look, almost structured, but not quite. The background foliage is called "Beargrass". The tallest flower is "Ornithagalum thyrsoides" is from South Africa, it's commonly called "Chinkerinchee", "Star-or-Bethlehem" or "Wonder-flower". The second flower is a common white "Tulip" and the large bloom around the base of the vase is a "Chrysanthemum", this variety is know as "Spider Mum".

Chrysanthemums or "Mums"...



Ring bearer cushions or a flower B-day cake!

This tropical table wreath is a combination of "Daisy-like-Chrysanthemums" and "Cushion Mums". Who said Mum's couldn't be lovely.

I'd like to introduce "Jackie" she the head of the quality control department at Flora. She's very professional, always wears her tux to work and makes sure every flower smells great.

Weekend for Roses

Roses....... The three main varieties that I used in the following post are "Amsterdam", "Rosita Vendda" and "Jade" as well as a variety of others. Roses are one of my favorites to work with, they are very malleable and make a statement on their own or look lovely in a crowd. To the right and below are examples of  hand tied bouquet leaning on the side of a square or round mouth mirrored vase. Great idea to have vase ready with water on head table. The bride can casually put her buds in water and it quickly looks like it was meant to be that way!