Click here to see my visit to Mangrove Creek Flower Farm: https://youtu.be/jbSxq37pyfw
After a long winter there is no other flower that lifts my spirit other than this flowering shrub! The whites and pink blooms really are a delight. In this design I just wanted to share what I do with them so that they can reign supremely. TBH they need nothing but themselves to bring a smile to my face or a touch of early spring to any room.
Things to gather:
- I used a very tall slender footed glass vase. As an aside it’s possibly the only time of year that this vase is brought from the back of the vase cupboard. Although a lovely shape, it’s a difficult container to work in.
- I have found a great solution to using it to hold flowers. It’s called gluing a heavy metal pin holder or flower frog to the internal base cavity. Use clear liquid ‘no-nails’ glue. It takes about 24 hours to fully cure, but once set, it’s rock solid.
- Several stems of Pieris or commonly known as lily of the valley tree.
Pieris or lily of the valley or Pieris japonica is a plant of many names. Also known as Japanese andromeda, flame of the forest or lily-of-the-valley bush, this striking evergreen shrub looks good all year round. With its attractive foliage and sprays of spring flowers, it’s a wonderful foliage flower to design with.
Some say you need a bit of imagination but to me, it does indeed look like lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and like the ground-covering perennial, come in white or pink and appears come the +spring. Although the lily of the valley might have a wonderful fragrance, this too has its own unique perfume.
And in the language of flowers, like the lily of the valley it represents return to happiness & that’s exactly how I feel come the spring when they return to my garden ready to bring inside so that I can be returned to memories of my nan.
Thank you to Vania and Darryl at Mangrove Creek farm for your time is sharing what’s involved in growing these magnificent blooms! You can find Mangrove Creek at https://www.facebook.com/p/Mangrove-creek-flower-farm-100063906313346
and https://www.instagram.com/mangrove_creek
Also thankyou to New Zealand Bloom. They ship the blooms from here in NZ to a market near you.
https://www.nzbloom.com
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