Wednesday 19 February 2014

Antique Garden Roses...


Antique Garden Roses look terrific in Bridal Bouquets. Their beautiful blooms, unfolding with ruffled petals, are often mistaken for peonies. This is great news for Bride's who love that peony-look but are getting married in a month when the fav flower is not in season!

As you can see - the garden rose is available in a variety of colours.
At From the Potting Shed, we have found over the past year that White O'Hara has proven to be the most popular - however; don't let its name fool you! It is not really white - more ivory with a beautiful blush centre - and perfect for weddings with a champagne pink/blush colour theme.

These roses are very fragrant - the way roses used to be - before they were overly hybridized!
They are most beautiful when fully open. But !!!  It can be challenging to get the rose to this stage just right - for the moment of a wedding - so here is a trick or two:

                  ....bring the bloom up close to your lips - and blow - hard! - into the centre of the flower.
Like magic ! - the flower opens up! Then gently pat the rose in the centre to encourage it to open to the stage you like  - think of the phrase "full blown rose"

                   ....a clean cut to the stem - about 2 to 3 inches from the bottom - can help also - to hydrate the rose - place in tepid water  - not cold and not hot.


This year's trend prediction ?

....a colour combo we see on the horizon is soft warm yellow, ivory and grey
 so we are expecting roses in ivory, banana yellow, straw, and soft gold to be popular!

cheerio

Elaine

P.S.  Heads up ! We need 3 weeks minimum, to order these beauties in from our greenhouse growers !