More than just a bulk flower site, FiftyFlowers.com has put together a very comprehensive look at planning your wedding flowers. Packed full of useful links and helpful hints, this how-to of flower planning and selection will make getting the floral part of your wedding in order a breeze.
Find out about color palette and selection, setting a budget that allows for elegance, arranging a floral timeline, and pro bloom tips to keep your flowers looking fresh until your special day. "My first wedding with Fifty Flowers – a Tip Tutorial" by Angela Lynn is a great starter’s manual for everything you’ll need to deal with bulk, direct flowers, and do-it-yourself styles.
An excerpt:
Blooms and stems, like you, are lively, gorgeous and sensitive to their environment. To create outstanding floral art (even simply) you must know your medium and it’s handling preferences, care needs and requirements. With simple techniques and special attention they will be eager to grace your event with unparalleled success.
When Blooms and Stems Arrive:
1.) Introduce yourself to the roses first. Open immediately and carefully unfold them from cardboard and paper sleeves. Be kind and gentle at this phase because your blooms are in a delicate state from their journey. They will firm up upon hydration.
2.) In large sterile sink (or bathtub!) lay flowers diagonally in cool water allowing the water to cover leaves and stems. Roses drink from stems, petals and leaves! Keep flowers heads from total submersion.
3.) Begin knife cutting 1/2 to 1" of lower stems at an angle under water and removing leaves that will be below the waterline in your prepared preservative solution container. Cutting under water ensures that the residue stems produce upon cutting will rinse away and keep the free flow of hydration continual without clogs. Cutting under running water can introduce air bubbles that hamper the flow of water to the flower head.
4.) Transfer to your prepared container bloom upright and a water bead will form at the bottom of your stem prohibiting air from entering the fresh stem cut from cutting tub to conditioning container.
5.) Store bloom conditioning buckets in your prepared floral room and allow then to rest until morning the following day before handling – or, at lest 2-4 hours before handling.
For more great tips and tricks for fresh cut flowers, click here, and read what else Angela Lynn has to say.
