Colour can create:
Movement
Colours can give a sensation of movement in a design. Reds, yellows and oranges can seem much nearer than blue and violet. This is important when placing an arrangement in a large building, where it might recede into the distance. Orange, red and yellow are known as advancing colours, while blue and purple are receding, and green is neutral and stable.
Warm and cold colours
Experiments have shown that people sitting in a blue room feel colder than they would in the same room, at the same temperature, when painted red or orange. It is thought that the brain associates blue with the cold sea and orange with the sun. In summer, an arrangement of blues and white, including delphiniums, larkspur, nigella, peonies and hydrangeas, is refreshing on a hot day. In winter, a huge log basket filled with red poinsettias looks cosy and inviting sitting in the hearth. Good florists Seacombe Heights already know the vital importance of getting colours right.
Luminosity
Some colours show up far more than others. White is the most dominant. Notice how white snow on a mountain top shows up from miles away, or white daisies in the garden seem to glow at dusk, when everything else has faded. Yellow is the most luminous chromatic colour, and violet the least. Again, this is important when placing flowers in a large church or hall, where the lighting may not be very good.
Transporting and Looking after your Flowers
Many Porirua florists now deliver bouquets already arranged in a strong bag of water which can be kept for a while as they are - this kind of arrangement should be left undisturbed until you get it home. If the bouquet you receive hasn't been supplied like this then keep in mind these simple instructions...
The hours until you leave for home can cause your flowers to wilt and drop their petals, and shorten their vase life considerably. So firstly, find a sink, put in the plug, and stand up your bouquet in water until you leave for home. If this isn't possible, a bucket or washing up bowl will do. Whatever your method, your flowers need a drink of water, and fast. Remember to wrap something wet around the bottom of your flowers if the journey home is going to be a long one - a towel is good for this. Then place the wrapped end in a plastic bag so you don't spoil your clothes.
Grab a bunch of flowers
Once upon a time, the only way to acquire fresh flowers was to pick them yourself — from a meadow or roadside, or from your garden. Purchasing flowers was a luxury, and florists were few and far between. Nowadays, we are lucky — flowers are readily available from the local florist, garden centre, greengrocer or supermarket.
Even if you don’t have time to grab a bunch of flowers on your way to the checkout, the popularity of mail order and the growth of the World Wide Web makes it possible to order and send flowers over the phone or the Internet. And you don’t have to submit to seasonal dictates, for many varieties of flowers are now available all year round. Flowers are always less expensive when they are in season. But, when the mood strikes, sometimes cost is no object.
Just like cooking, arranging flowers can take time and involve intricate procedures. For those who adore working with flowers, the task poses a challenge they enjoy. For the rest of us, who have little time but still want to enjoy flowers every day, keeping things simple, quick and easy is best.
Many people associate flowers with special occasions, such as Mother’s Day, a birthday or wedding. But flowers make any day a special occasion. Pick up a bunch from your local Saratoga florist on your way home from work, the gym or a play date with your kids. They’ll make your day.
Summer’s Grand Parade of Color
Much as I admire dahlias, summer is too rich in blooming bulbs to permit one favorite to monopolize the season. Half a hundred genera of bulbous plants flower in summer, although the most popular (in addition to dahlias) are lilies, gladioluses and tuberous begonias. Among lilies alone there are hundreds of varieties, with flowers held upright like cups, horizontally like trumpets or hanging like bells, on stems that range in height from less than a foot to 8 feet. The spectrum of colors that has been brought about through modern hybridizing methods is astonishing. Beginning Croydon florists tend to think of lilies as white, and indeed the familiar Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, and many others are. But in the genus Lilium, which includes all the true lilies, as opposed to day lilies, Hemerocallis, and the many other plants that have the word "lily" in their common names, hues range from yellow to orange to red to purple, with many varieties spotted and striped.
Plan your event
To make an event fabulous, you must organize and plan. Always know where you are going to be placing your flowers and how many arrangements you will need. Florists are great at helping you categorize and outline your feelings and personalities into flowers. This creates mood when you are entertaining your guests. Florists can also point out things that you may have overlooked. All of the little details, like planning and being in control, contribute to the making of a wonderful day!
Florists can be a tremendous asset in helping you in designing and creating magical flowers for your special occasion. Whether a birthday party, wedding, or anniversary many florists are willing to plan any event for you. They can also help you create the appropriate mood for business functions or a more somber statement such as a funeral. After reading these tips, you can be confident that you will save money and time when you choose a good reliable florist.
If you put these tips for hiring a florist into action, you will be rewarded with exceptional results, not to mention beautiful flowers Crew's Hole.
Treating Stems
Soft stems
Flowers with soft, succulent stems, for example, tulips, arum lilies and clivia should have their stems cut at an angle and be placed immediately in deep water, Some flowers from this particular group exude a slimy sap. Hyacinths and narcissi come into this category. Place those types of flowers in water on their own for an hour or so and then put them into fresh clean water.
Tulips also require additional care to bring out the best from them. Cut their soft stems at an angle and if they are thick, split them at the base for about 1 cm (1/2 inch). Remove the bottom leaves and then, before placing them in deep, tepid water for a long drink, bunch them together with their heads level and roll them in greaseproof paper just covering the flower heads. This will stop the heads falling forward and breaking off.
Hard, woody stems
Plants that fall into this category should have their stems cut on an angle and then split with a pair of secateurs, or hammered to break up the fibres. Florists Smethwick always have a tricky time with this kind of stem. If a stem is particularly woody, 2 cms (1 inch) of bark should be stripped from its base before hammering so that the white stem beneath the bark shows clearly. Remove unwanted foliage and stems. Place the material into a deep bucket of water initially.
If there is a time delay between cutting and placing the material into water in its final receptacle, dip the tips of the stems into hot water for a few minutes first and then stand in warm water.
Hybrid Tea Roses
Hybrid teas are the most widely grown roses today, even though as a type they are little more than a hundred years old. They owe their popularity to their amazing color range (notably including yellow shades, not so often found in other types), their long, strong stems, the size and elegance of their individual blossoms, the fragrance of many varieties, and their ability to bloom abundantly and almost continuously from spring until frost in moderate climate zones and over a longer period in warm climates. Most varieties are hardy without winter protection in certain areas but should be protected in areas where it gets very cold.
The most popular hybrid teas today have long, pointed buds and high-centered blooms, and can be found in any Creigiau flower shop. These characteristics, together with strong, straight stems, symmetrical leaves and crisp, long-lasting blossoms, make a good rose for exhibition. Many varieties that lack one or more of these traits are nevertheless good garden roses; i.e., vigorous, compact plants that provide plenty of flowers for cutting and require little upkeep. Every hybrid tea, whether for garden or show, should be grown in a bed reserved for roses alone.
Planting the Bulbs
For all spring-flowering bulbs, the sooner you plant in fall, the better. For one thing, the weather is more pleasant then; dedicated though I am to gardening, I would much rather work outdoors on a sunny September day than on a chilly November one. More important, the more time the bulbs have to put out their roots before the ground freezes, the stronger they will be. The only bulbs I would risk planting late in the fall are tulips, but even they benefit from being set in the ground as early in the fall as you can obtain them from your nurseryman or Moreton flower shop. They will be much better off in the soil where they belong than lying on a shelf in a box. In warm climates tulips, except for the species tulips in the West and Southwest, should be treated as one-season bulbs to be planted late in the fall and discarded after the spring blossoms have appeared. In Zones 8-10 bulbs of large-flowered garden varieties should be refrigerated at 40° to 45° until late November or December, simulating the rest period that prepares them for bloom, then planted 6 to 8 inches deep so the bulbs can be as cool as possible.
Bulbs Stand Together
A planting does not have to be big or expensive to be beautiful, just big enough for its setting. A clump of a dozen or two large-flowered tulips basking at the foot of a wall or backed by the rich, darker hues of evergreens is unforgettable. And I shall always remember a garden of spring bulbs surrounding a tiny cabin that sat near the base of a knoll covered with old birches and cedars. Beneath the trees floated great drifts of daffodils that had undoubtedly been smaller clumps when they started. Whatever bulbs you plant and wherever you plant them, do not set just a few here and a few there: the effect would prove spotty. For the same reason it is better not to mix two or more kinds of bulbs; for example, tulips and daffodils, in a single group. Set bulbs of a kind together in large enough numbers to dazzle the eye; and remember that the smaller the blossoms, the more you will need for a dramatic display. If you choose to send flowers Ranger to someone, you will probably want a more formal arrangement. However, where you want an informal look, plant to conform to the topography. Plantings look natural if they follow the land, flowing down the slopes of depressions.
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