Big, beautiful and blowsy, hydrangeas are at their absolute best in the garden at the moment. Their bold cauliflower like heads, although reminiscent of old fashioned cottage gardens, are equally at home in modern surroundings and designs.
Fully coloured hydrangeas are greenish and have hints of other colours within; these types are known as ‘classic’. They are characterised by their long vase life and are ideal for drying.
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Although most flowers will thrive on hot, sunny days there are times when really dry spells can leave your plants looking a little tired.
Our guide will help you keep your plants at their healthiest during the summer…
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The Calla lily (Zantedeschia) is a beautiful showy flower of white or yellow.
Take a look at the video below from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, in which Interflora florist David Denyer demonstrates a stunning design using these flowers….
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We talked to Joy Gill, of the Flower Centre in Northfield, to get an insight into the trend of beautiful vintage wedding flowers.
Joy used some fantastic roses to create these designs. She said: “I was very excited to have the opportunity to create these wedding designs using David Austin roses.
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In this video, expert Interflora florist Sarah Horne shows us how to create some amazing wedding flowers during her demonstration at the 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Take a look below as she puts together this beautiful table decoration…
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It was scissors at dawn for the cream of young European florists at Tatton Park Flower Show, fighting it out to become the Young European Florist of the Year.
Floristry doesn’t get more cutting edge than this.
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It’s nice to know there are some adventurous brides out there who are choosing to move away from more traditional weddings, favouring something more unusual and individually styled. This, of course, also applies to the wedding flowers.
Kate Ward, of Louise Florist in Scarborough, took up the challenge to create something striking and unique to show brides-to-be just what can be done with their wedding flowers.
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In the latest in our series of Talking Flowers videos, Interflora florist Sarah Horne from Leamington Spa, talks about hand-tied designs….
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If you could pick just four words that summed up this year’s RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, then they would be Shakespeare, roses, and vintage style.
Hampton Court is justly famous for its roses and in the Midsummer Rose Festival you could wallow in banks of beautiful scented roses against a background of figures in impressive Tudor costumes, all on loan from the Royal Shakespeare Company….
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As promised, here is the second of our videos as part of Sunflower Fortnight.
In this post, Interflora Florist – David Ragg uses sunflowers to create a beautiful vase arrangement…
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