Caring for your Holidays 04

Fern draws moisture through both its stems and its fronds, so keep the vase topped up and mist the foliage lightly every day or two to stop the cut edges drying. Give the stems a fresh angled cut before they go in, and strip any lower leaves that would sit below the waterline and cloud it. Keep it out of direct sun and away from cooling vents or heat, since the fine fronds lose water quickly in dry, moving air. Clean water changed every two to three days keeps the greenery firm and richly colored throughout its life.

A note on your specific blooms

  • Fern — Keep fronds out of direct sun and mist them occasionally, as ferns lose moisture through their leaves faster than most cut greenery.

How long your flowers last

Built entirely from fern, this arrangement holds its form well, with a realistic display life of 7–14 days in the home. Because there is a single botanical at work here, the timeline is steady rather than staggered, with no early-fading blooms to thin out. The first signs of decline appear at the frond tips and the most delicate, finely cut foliage, while the thicker, more mature stems stay firm and green the longest. Trim the stems at an angle and refresh the water every couple of days, and your Amicis fern will reward you with the upper end of that range.

The story behind these flowers

A closer look at the blooms gathered into this arrangement.

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.