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Winter has its own unique charm

The joy of snuggling indoors and the festive colours that make the dark days a lot more pleasant.

Flowers on string

From a globe to a cloud: hanging flowers make a real feature in your shop.
You need to think carefully about their lifespan, but otherwise you can really let your creativity run wild. Indulge your imagination with pinecones, baubles and anything else that you fancy. Create a hanging display in your shop or window to give your customers some ideas for X-mas.

Practical thoughts

How do you keep the flowers in the X-mas hanging displays fresh?
Some flowers – such as Gypsophila, Limonium and Nutans – can be used dry. Fresh flowers will stay beautiful for at least the length of a X-mas meal in a transparent bauble. You can also incorporate oasis or mini test tubes with water in your hanging display.

Be inspired by the sparkling colour palette and above all the flower shapes: there are some very unusual ones. A delight to work with, like the Amaryllis.
Amaryllis symbolises pride, friendship and enchanting beauty.

Make it snow

Amaryllis looks modest when it’s in bud, but things get extravagant as soon as it flowers. What a stunning display. Amaryllis looks fabulous as a single flower in a large vase, but there are so many other possibilities. Try combining Amaryllis with other beautiful seasonal materials, such as bicoloured Amaryllis with bright red Ilex as ‘natural confetti’.

Something old and something new.

Combine something old and something new. This is a surprising New Year bouquets.

Elize Eveleens:

"I’ve wrapped ‘tomorrow’s flowers’ in ‘yesterday’s news’. My tip: you can make the wrapped vases in advance. The customer can also supply their own old newspaper for an even more personal gift."