Garland Headdress The bride’s headdress completes her whole outfit, and should therefore complement the bouquet. Many brides are concerned that the flowers will not last, and they therefore steer...

Is your local florist really local? With hundreds and maybe thousands of flower delivery companies on the web, you many be hesitant to choose just one. Local flower delivery seems like the obvious...

Wedding Costs Rocket Just like the cost of everything else, the cost of having a wedding is skyrocketing. This is no surprise to anyone who has been recently involved in a wedding, and it is...

Best loved flowers - Dahlia Characteristics: Dahlias come in a variety of sizes, shapes and foliage colors. The showy flowers bloom from midsummer to frost. Dahlia flowers range in size from large...

A Line Arrangement A sense of rhythm is essential to all types of arrangement. A curved line has a rhythm, and takes the eye through the design. Here, the repetition of the gerbera flowers leads...

Sport Roses Climbing versions of hybrid tea roses, floribundas, grandifloras, polyanthas and even miniature roses are “sports,” or chance mutations, of standard types. They are generally similar...

Are flowers a waste of money? Some women and most men see flowers as wasteful gifts: she prefers him to splurge on tangible goods that can be paraded around; and he prefers to impress with...

An Open Wreath The wreath represents the circle of life, and it was the Greeks and Romans who first used this symbol at funerals. Every rich Greek household employed a wreath maker to create the...

Top ten If I could choose only ten plants to grow for flower arranging, the ones I would choose, and would hate to live without, are: Aichemilla mollis Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) Arum italicum...

Silica Gel Desiccant Desiccants are powdery materi­als that absorb moisture. For many centuries, certain household products such as borax, cornmeal and sand were used effectively as desiccants....