Heliconia

The heliconia family consists of over 100 species. Many species of Heliconia are found in rainforests or tropical wet forests. Featured below is Heliconia Wagneriana, commonly also referred to as 'lobster-claws'. These stunning heliconias have been grouped with tropical leaves and a strelitzia (bird-of-paradise). Always a WOW reaction when delivered to customer.

 

Pink Gerbera

"Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl" was the focus of this arrangement (pink gerbera, yellow carnations, pink/white snapdragons and novelty chrysanthemums

Gerbera, sorbonne lilies, galpini leucadendron and hypericum berries

Tropical Breeze

In the middle of this long and cold winter, I find myself longing for a tropical climate.  The closest that I could come to the tropics this week, was to go into the greenhouse and pick some birds of paradise which are currently blooming.  Although the temperature is still cold outside, these tropical flowers bring an extra ray of sunshine into my kitchen.

These flowers are so dramatic on their own, that only a few monstera leaves were added.

Ikebana (Japanese art of flower arranging) arrangement.  Bird of paradise, sorbonne lilies and  monstera leaf.

Pretty Pastels

This past weekend, I created some arrangements for an event held at Mark McEwan's Fabbrica restaurant in Don Mills.  The client wanted the arrangements to be in pastel colours as the celebration was in honour of a young child.

These were the centre pieces for the dinner table. (Hydrangea, mini gerbera, freesia, off white spray roses, sorbonne lilies, yellow carnations, small green chrysanthemum, green hypericum berries and variegated pittosporum.

These taller arrangements complemented the centre pieces on the display tables.
(Carnations, snapdragon, gerbera, sorbonne lilies, spray roses, small green chrysanthemum, galpinii leucadendron, freesia and a variety of greens.)

Pink Infusion

There is nothing like some bright flowers to warm up a winter day. A perfect birthday arrangement.

Gerbera, roses, green chrysanthemums, galpinii leucadendron, green hypericum berry with monstera and milky way aspidestra leaves.