Floral Media - Flower Agenda - Gerbera

I have featured the Flower Council of Holland's campaign about houseplants previously. They also do another campaign about cut flowers called Flower Agenda and I thought it would be nice to show their collection of flowers.

During 2015 they will feature 15 flowers and during April and May they are highlighting the Gerbera.

Here is a link to the UK branch of the Flower Council of Holland called Funny How Plants do That. 

The Gerbera is such a cheerful and beautiful flower and looks like an oversized daisy. It's a flower used a lot by florists but is also available to buy in supermarkets. 

It comes in almost every colour except blue and black.

They are beautiful both as single flower stems in bottles or in mixed bouquets.

Have a Happy Floral Tuesday!

I'll see you later in the week with more flowers from 
'Of Spring and Summer'.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid 

[Images provided by The Flower Council Of Holland.]

Flowers of the Month - January 2015

'Tiny Blooms' - Pink Gerberas - 

12 January

I'm back with 'Flowers of the Month' - where I'm highlighting all the different flowers I have featured during the month of January.

The title of the post - under the image - is also a link to the post.

'FLOWERS by ingrid and titti' - Paperwhites - 

14 January

'A Bunch for the Weekend' - Pink Tulips -

16 January

'Take 3 Flowers! - Red Tulips x 3 and Hypericum - 

19 January

'A Bunch for the Weekend' - Blue Hyacinth - 

23 January

'Tiny Blooms' - Red, Pink and Purple Cyclamen - 

26 January

'FLOWERS by ingrid and titti' - A Profusion of Tulips - 

28 January

'A Bunch for the Weekend' - Pink Roses - 
30 January

I hope you have enjoyed the month of January with all the late winter flowers - with more than a few hints of spring!

Here are links to some of the previous months flowers: 

August Flowers 2014

September Flowers 2014

October Flowers 2014

November Flowers 2014

December Flowers 2014

Have a wonderful Floral Day and I will be back next month with another 'Flowers of the Month' - but before that I will see you again next week!

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]

Tiny Blooms - # 6 - Pink Gerbera

This series of blog posts - called 'Tiny Blooms - are about small arrangements. Small - might be the size of the container or it could be the size of the flowers or the amount of stems in each container. It will also be that the arrangement is minimal both in presentation and that it's quick and easy to do. Apart from that there are no other strict rules - I'm allowing myself a lot of creative freedom!

How do you tackle the January blues? Well, maybe some bright colours might help. Gerberas are almost always bright in colour and they also seem to have a happy disposition. They just look happy!

Gerberas come with long stems and no leaves - so all you have to do is to cut the stems at an angle and put them in some water.

It's often recommended that you use warm water and that you put them in shallow water. The hollow and hairy stems can easily rot - so don't put too much water in the vase.

Gerberas are also a perfect flower to float in a bowl of water - just cut the stem just under the flower head and pop it in a bowl with water and it will look gorgeous for a week or more.

I have combined the hot pink flowers with some bright blue objects - a Victorian blue and white floral bowl, a Mexican tile and a Norwegian hand-blown blue glass vase from the 1960's.

After a busy month like December its quite nice to be able to create some quick and easy floral arrangements and put some colour back into our lives. 

Have a Lovely Floral Day!

I'll see you later in the week!

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid 

[Styling and Photography © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]