Botanical Brouhaha Expert Discussion Panel: Session 25
image via Amy Merrick
The Question:
What is your favorite greenery for bouquets/arrangements? Feel free to name more than one!
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The Answers:
I love Seeded Eucalyptus and Sea Star Fern. For cascading or loose looking designs, I love Passionflower Vine and Jasmine Vine.
-Holly Chapple (Holly Heider Chapple Flowers)
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Herbs (Sage, Rosemary, Lavender) and vines (Clematis, Passionflower)
-Clare Day (Clare Day Flowers)
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Scented Geranium Leaf, Large Leaf Dusty Miller, Jasmine Vine and Herbs (Oregano, Sage, Mint, etc.)
-Elisabeth Zemetis (Blush Floral Design)
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I love to combine different shades of green in bouquets so will work with hard ruscus and Eucalyptus cinerea in bouquets. The compact shapes of these foliages suit my style of wedding flowers. I also love the look of baby blue eucalyptus but don’t love to use too much of it due to the very oily sap which is released when conditioning. For tropical and exotic inspired bouquets I like to incorporate red cordyline leaves, folded and taped before working into the design.
-Nick Priestly (Mood Flowers)
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Thanks Nick, Elisabeth, Clare and Holly!
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Since we’re talking about greenery…
Francoise Weeks and Jaime Bosworth Photography
Blush Flowers and Jessica Jones Photography
Francoise Weeks and Daniel Stark Photography
Floral Verde (made at a Francoise Weeks workshop)
Stems and Taylor Lord Photography
Art with Nature and Jill Thomas Photography
Nest Floral Studio and Jonathan Ivy Photography
Do you have a favorite greenery that we didn’t mention? Please share!
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My faves are Nine Bark for it’s wonderful color and Elaeagnus for it’s beautiful weight and drape.
Right now I have a lot of different types of ferns in pots. They held up extremely well in a recent photo shoot.
Complete opposite effect, but still love using succulents from my collection. Also added a new silver plant to my garden; its called Mairena sedifolia, it has tiny silver leaves and is heat and drought tolerant.
Thank you for showing a couple of my bouquets! I would love to do an all foliage wedding for a bride some day.
Beautiful greens… Vibrant colors and great picture quality… keep it up.