Bursts of Brightness
| Published: 12th March 2008 20:47 |
Flowers brighten up any room and what better way to bring the Spring inside.
Today with so many of us using neutral colours it is easy with bright bursts of colour to add a focal point to any room. Use designs that are compact, controlled and simple. Coarse, natural materials like stone, silver-grey pods and slate accentuate the unadorned nature of arrangements. Create sizzling highlights with red, orange purple and cerise: but don't mix the colours up - revel in single shades of nature's colour palette.
The key flowers for the Colourful Grey look are: Gerbera and hyacinths
Gerbera: smiling suns
The extensive gerbera family, first found growing in South Africa, now contains over 1250 varieties. Breeders have taken the original material and from it, created an amazing array of colours and shapes - long skinny petals, fat oval ones, even crazy spiralling petals resembling curls of pasta! Gerberas are so architectural, they can look fabulous with just a single stem presented in the right vase, as seen in this trend. If you keep the vases and the few inches of water absolutely clean, you'll enjoy these flowers for up to ten days. They're available year-round.
Hyacinth: scented wands
The cut hyacinth is a luxurious and versatile flower. It's best used in blocky designs such as in this trend, forming a wall or layer of flowers. Don't cut the stem - wash the bulbous white end and place straight in water. Place in a few inches of water and make sure it's changed regularly to keep it clean. They are available from November until April, and are grown in Holland and the UK.
Source: Flowers & Plants Association www.flowers.org.uk.
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