Comments on: Today’s Floral Design . . http://bit-of-ivory.com/2003/03/06/todays-floral-design/ "on which I work with a brush so fine as to produce little effect after much labour" -- Jane Austen Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: laura http://bit-of-ivory.com/2003/03/06/todays-floral-design/#comment-232 Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:01:20 +0000 http://bit-of-ivory.com/?p=253#comment-232 Sounds pretty! Look forward to the pictures.

]]> By: Eliz/Lou http://bit-of-ivory.com/2003/03/06/todays-floral-design/#comment-231 Fri, 07 Mar 2003 15:18:05 +0000 http://bit-of-ivory.com/?p=253#comment-231 Notes: If you walk into a florist shop asking for Peruvian lilies they’ll look at you like your nuts. Call them Alstrameria. (SP) Lisianthus is beautiful but expensive and does not hold up well in arrangements. Don’t be disappointed if it rots. Literally. Persian buttercups confused me. I could be wrong her but the picture looked like Rankulas (sp) to me. Gerberas are my favorite after roses. They do not work well in floral foam. Their stems get clogged and they can’t get water. Helpful tip so that you can use them where ever? Wet a chenille aka pipe cleaner aka the long fuzzy craft things and run it up the poor flowers stem. A bit invasive, I admit, but it allows the water to be absorbed up to the head. This works well for all hollow stem flowers.

My unasked for two bits.

hugs Lou

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