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Fabulous floral headpieces created by Anna Korkobcova & Ivanka Matsuba

May 11, 2014 By Rona 2 Comments

I’ve been taking some time off this week, so there isn’t a Flowerona Links post today. Instead, I thought you may like to see this series of fabulous floral headpieces created by designer/visual artist Anna Korkobcova and floral designer Ivanka Matsuba of Hana and Pine.

Breath-taking is how I would describe them all, but my favourite has to the first one. It’s such a stunning colour combination and featuring two of my favourite flowers…peonies and ranunculus. Photographer Zack Pianko captured the images, whilst Kate Nash was responsible for the hair and make-up.… Read more

Delicate clouds of dreamy blush-white petals…Gardenia Peonies

May 5, 2014 By Rona 2 Comments

Visiting New Covent Garden Flower Market to write my monthly reports, it’s impossible for me to leave empty-handed. There’s such an abundance of breath-taking blooms there. And the other day I was fortunate enough to bring home some stunning Gardenia peonies from Dennis Edwards Flowers. If you’d like to see them on Day One, here’s a picture that I took on Instagram. I find it absolutely incredible that such compact buds can unfurl into such delicate clouds of dreamy blush-white petals. It seems that appearances can be very deceiving, even in the world of flowers.… Read more

Beautiful new summer collection from Jane Packer Delivered

April 28, 2014 By Rona 2 Comments

I hope you had a lovely weekend. This week, we’re starting off with the new summer collection of bouquets from Jane Packer Delivered, which are all named after cocktails!

Cosmopolitan Mimosa Raspberry Daiquiri Martini Mojito Gin Fizz

I love the vibrant lime green Thlaspi ‘Green Bell’ in the last three designs. It’s such a delicate, pretty filler and adds a wonderful texture and ‘wispiness’. To find out about the flower and foliage ingredients in each individual bouquet, simply visit the Jane Packer Delivered website.

P.S. This afternoon, I’ll be attending The Little Flower School’s ‘Spring Riot & Revelry‘ class in London…which I’m so looking forward to!… Read more

The Dainty Wood Anemone…Anemone Nemerosa

April 21, 2014 By Rona Leave a Comment

I’m delighted today to feature another wonderful guest blog post by flower photographer, Katie Spicer. This month, Katie has chosen the Wood Anemone…Wood Anemones (Anemone nemerosa) or Windflowers as they are sometimes known are abundant at this time of year. If you’re lucky, you can see great swathes of these delicate star-like flowers decorating woodland floors. They’re very slow to spread (around 6 feet in 100 years!), so they’re a good indicator of ancient woodlands.

They can also be used as natural barometers, as they only open in full sunshine and they close at night or at the sign of rain to protect their sepals from rain and dewdrops.… Read more

There are ranunculus….and then there are CLONI ranunculus!

April 10, 2014 By Rona 5 Comments

Now…there are ranunculus and then there are CLONI ranunculus! And today’s post features the astonishingly beautiful Cloni variety. They were very kindly given to me by David at D G Wholesale Flowers at New Covent Garden Flower Market in London. As fellow flower lovers, I’m sure you’ll understand why I had such a spring in my step, when I walked back to Vauxhall station that morning, carefully holding my prize blooms. These were the very first Clonis that I’d ever taken home…a special day! I wasn’t the only one who was admiring them either…the barista in the coffee shop, plus a girl on the train who thought they were roses.… Read more