Last Thursday we had the privilege to go on a work excursion to see some amazing florists demo their stunning and cleaver skills. Anne from New Zealand was Megan's floristry teacher. Here are some pictures of her amazing designs plus the reunion of Anne and Megan. Enjoy!
Monday 9 July 2012
Thursday 14 June 2012
The rainbow rose, nasty or nice?
The rainbow rose, nasty or nice? With requests on rainbow roses I thought I may enlighten people that there is no such rose naturally grown with each petal being a different colour.
The rainbow rose is a rose which has had its petals artificially coloured.
The method exploits the rose's natural processes by which water is drawn up the stem. By splitting the stem and dipping each part in a different colored water, the colors are drawn into the petals resulting in a multicoloured rose.
Besides roses, other cut flowers like the chrysanthemum, carnation, hydrangea and some species of orchids can also be coloured using the same method.
A lot of research was done to find the best cultivar for this unique coloring process, with the result that the Vendela Rose is the only cultivar that absorbs all the different colorants perfectly. The Vendela Rose is a Hybrid Tea, cream rose that grows in the Netherlands, Colombia and Ecuador. When the rose is in full bloom it has a flower diameter of 6 cm and a stem length of 40 to 100 cm. The rose isn’t scented.
Other cultivars that can be used for this coloring process are Rosa La Belle and Rosa Avalanche+. However these cultivars rainbow are not as bright as Vendela.
This technique is not practiced or found in Australia easily. It is something we at Mordialloc Florist say is "against our flower religion." They are not seen as classy and also the vase life is not long. However, if you are willing to experiment be our guest, and we can order you in some gorgeous flowers for you to play with.
Friday 4 May 2012
Last weekend stunning and different wedding
As promised, pictures from last weekends stunning wedding. Can't wait to get some pic's from the day!!
Saturday 28 April 2012
This weekends wedding delight
Today we have done a beautiful and unusual wedding I loved it but not everyones cup a tea.... Hopefully my amazing assistant will post a couple of pictures for you to see. Congratulations amy and andreas and we look forward to some beautiful pictures. Thanks for the pleasure :)
Thursday 26 April 2012
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