Caring for your Flamevine Elegance

Recut each stem at an angle before placing it in clean, room-temperature water, and refresh that water every couple of days to keep the blooms drinking freely. The Lily and Calla Lily are heavy feeders, so keep the level topped up and lift any pollen from opening Lily anthers to protect the surrounding petals and your linen. Treat the Asparagus Fern and Fern foliage gently, as their fine fronds bruise easily and should sit above the waterline rather than submerged. Keep the whole arrangement clear of fruit, heat, and direct sun, and the soft greenery will frame the lilies cleanly through their full life.

A note on your specific blooms

  • Asparagus Fern — Mist the delicate fronds and keep them out of direct sun, as the fine foliage dries and yellows faster than the flowers it accompanies.
  • Calla Lily — Re-cut the thick, fleshy stems on an angle and keep water shallow, as callas are prone to softening if stood too deep.
  • Fern — Keep fronds out of direct sun and mist them occasionally, as ferns lose moisture through their leaves faster than most cut greenery.
  • Lily — Gently pinch out the orange pollen-bearing anthers as blooms open to protect petals and linen from staining.

How long your flowers last

Expect this arrangement to hold beautifully for roughly 7–12 days in a cool spot away from direct sun. The Asparagus Fern is the first element to soften, fading around the 7–10 day mark as its fine foliage is the most delicate part of the composition. The Calla Lily and Fern carry the design through its middle life, while the Lily tends to hold longest, opening in sequence over 8–12 days so there is always a fresh bloom on display. Each stem at Amicis is conditioned before it reaches you, and the single habit that extends this mix most is a fresh diagonal cut and clean water every two days.

The story behind these flowers

A closer look at the blooms gathered into this arrangement.

Asparagus Fern

Origin

Southern Africa

A florist staple since

The Victorian era

Fragrance

Fresh and green

Symbolises

Softness, depth & airy texture

Not a true fern at all, but a southern African relative of the edible asparagus, its feathery sprays became a fixture of the European florist trade from the nineteenth century onward. The fine, cloud-like fronds soften an arrangement and add depth between blooms, which is why Amicis reaches for it as a quiet structural foil rather than a focal point.

Calla Lily

Origin

Southern Africa

Cultivated since

Reached Europe in the 1600s

Fragrance

Virtually scentless

Symbolises

Grace, purity & devotion

Native to southern Africa, the calla's signature is not a petal at all but a single furled spathe wrapped around a slender golden spadix. That clean, sculptural curve is why it reads as architecture rather than bloom – one stem lends an Amicis arrangement quiet, modern poise.

Fern

Origin

Worldwide, in shaded woodlands and wetlands

Recorded

In the fossil record for hundreds of millions of years

Fragrance

Faint and green

Symbolises

Texture, depth & natural movement

One of the oldest plant lineages on Earth, ferns flourished long before the first flowering plant unfurled. In an arrangement their feathered, architectural fronds soften hard edges and lend a quiet woodland depth, the green foil that lets Amicis blooms read clean and considered.

Lily

Origin

Temperate Northern Hemisphere, richest in East Asia

Cultivated since

Over 3,000 years across Asia and the Mediterranean

Fragrance

Sweet and heady

Symbolises

Purity, devotion & renewal

Few flowers carry their architecture as openly as the lily, its petals curving back from a clear, sculptural throat. Painted on the walls of the Aegean Bronze Age more than three millennia ago, it has long stood for purity and devotion. In an Amicis arrangement a single stem sets the height and rhythm, its buds opening in sequence over days.