Cotton
Cultivated species native to the Americas; also domesticated independently in the Old World
Antiquity – thousands of years
Virtually scentless
Softness, warmth & comfort
The cotton of floristry comes from species first cultivated in the Americas, where it was grown for thousands of years - though the wider genus was domesticated independently in Africa and Asia too. It arrives in an arrangement as the boll rather than the bloom, a soft burst of fibre splitting from its woody husk. Its matte, tactile white reads as quiet texture against fresh stems, lending an Amicis composition structure and an unhurried, wintry calm.
