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Soleil Bouquet commits entirely to one colour. Every stem in it is pink, from the powdered blush of the gerbera daisies to the deep fuchsia of the two anthuriums at the top and lower right. The interest comes from how many different pinks a single arrangement can hold without any of them repeating.
A large pink peony opens at the centre left, the softest and most generous shape in the piece. Peony comes from China, where it has stood for prosperity and honour for well over a thousand years, and it brings the arrangement's only real fragrance, sweet and faintly rosy. Beside it a pink ice protea sits scaled and structural, and pale hydrangea fills in behind.
Texture is what keeps a monochrome piece from flattening. Fringed spider chrysanthemums open like small explosions, a dyed cotton boll sits soft and matte at the centre, dried pink bunny tails fan out to the left, and craspedia heads stand on wire-fine stems well above everything else. A pale phalaenopsis orchid spray arches at the top right and a pink gladiolus reaches out sideways.
Wrapped in blue tissue and pink gingham, with a single blue butterfly tucked in at the left as the one non-pink thing in the composition, it is unashamedly sweet. It suits birthdays, new baby girls, Mother's Day and gifts for her where pink is the whole point.
The peony is the shortest-lived flower here and the one to watch, and it will open considerably over the first two days, which changes the shape of the whole arrangement. Roses and hydrangea drink heavily. The protea, the dyed cotton and the bunny tails are all effectively permanent and worth keeping. Keep the arrangement out of direct sun, which fades pink faster than any other colour in the range, and recut the fresh stems every two to three days.
Soleil Bouquet is composed for people who love pink:
Soleil Bouquet is composed with these confirmed floral components:
Anthurium, Gerbera, Phalaenopsis orchid, Peony, Chrysanthemum, Protea, Hydrangea, Carnation, Cotton, Gladiolus, Craspedia.
Final stem counts and supporting seasonal accents may vary slightly with market availability.
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Keep this arrangement somewhere cool and out of direct sun, since the peony and hydrangea are the quickest to wilt in warmth. The hydrangea drinks largely through its petals as well as its stem, so a light daily misting of its head keeps it firm, while the roses and ranunculus are thirsty and want the vase topped up generously. Give the woody protea and anthurium stems a firm slanted cut so they can take up water freely, and handle the calla lily and peony gently, as their stems bruise and crease easily. Strip any leaves sitting below the waterline and refresh the water every couple of days to protect the more delicate blooms while the orchid and craspedia carry the display onward.
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