Caring for your Blush Elegance

Delphinium is a thirsty, top-heavy flower with hollow stems that empty the vase faster than you would expect, so keep it generously watered and check the level daily. Recut roughly two centimetres from each stem on a slant before the first arrangement and again every couple of days, which keeps the channels open and the upper florets hydrated. Strip any leaves that would sit below the waterline, since the soft foliage fouls the water quickly and accelerates wilting. Keep the stems upright and supported, as they bruise and kink easily, and stand the arrangement away from heat, draughts and ripening fruit to slow the natural drop of the topmost blooms.

A note on your specific blooms

  • Delphinium — Keep the tall stems in deep, fresh water and out of draughts, as Delphinium drinks heavily and wilts quickly if the vase runs low.

How long your flowers last

Built entirely from delphinium, Blush Elegance holds for a realistic 5–7 days in a cool room away from direct sun. Because the arrangement is single-variety, it tends to age evenly rather than one bloom outpacing another, though the uppermost florets on each spire are the first to soften and drop while the lower and mid-stem blooms hold longest. The tall, hollow stems drink quickly, so the water line falls faster than most bouquets and is the main thing that shortens the display. The single most useful habit is to top up and refresh the water every day, and at Amicis we recommend recutting the stem ends at an angle each time you do.

The story behind these flowers

A closer look at the blooms gathered into this arrangement.

Delphinium

Origin

Native across the Northern Hemisphere, through Europe and Asia

Cultivated since

In European gardens for centuries

Fragrance

Virtually scentless

Symbolises

Openness, lightness & positivity

Named from the Greek for dolphin, after the shape of the flower itself, Delphinium carries blooms in graduated spires of cobalt, violet and white. That vertical line is what makes it indispensable in an arrangement - it draws the eye upward and gives an Amicis design its sense of height and architecture.