Florets - Floral Quote - # 161 - by Willow Crossley

'Florets - Floral Quote' is a series of blog posts where I feature quotes by authors - mostly well known - but you will also find some obscure ones.

All the authors have written one or several books about flowers, green plants, gardening, interior styling or interior design. Many are experts in their field but what is the most important is that they are all passionate about flowers and plants.

I love books and in my ever growing library I look for quotes that I hope will be both inspiring and be useful while arranging flowers or green plants in your home.

"You often see amaryllis potted in containers or baskets or extravagant cut flowers in vases, but I prefer to grow them in old pickle jars, as shown here. I think that gives them a botanical chic, rather like turning them into a museum specimen for you to watch growing taller and taller until they flower.

Amaryllis always seem to fall over under their own weight, but these jars act as a support from every angle, which makes them practical as well as beautiful. Curiously amaryllis don't really need soil - just a tiny trickle of water every so often will do, to keep the roots wet."

~ Willow Crossley ~  

[Willow Crossley: British, Oxfordshire based florist, designer, journalist, founder of online business Willow Rose Boutique and author of two books. Inspire (2014) and Flourish (2016).]

[Quote from: Inspire by Willow Crossley. Published by Cico Books.]

[Flowers: Maidenhair fern.]

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

Florets - Floral Quote - # 143 - by Willow Crossley

Florets - Floral Quote' is a series of blog posts where I feature quotes by authors - mostly well known but you will also find some obscure ones.

All of them have written one or several books about flowers, gardening, interior styling or interior design. Many are experts in their field but what is the most important is that they are all passionate about flowers.

I love books and in my ever growing library I look for quotes that I hope will be both helpful and useful for everybody who is arranging and styling flowers.  

"Anemones are ridiculously pretty, so wispy and fragile with their paint-box silk petals and frilly leaves. They come in all shades of pink, blue, crimson, purple, scarlet, and white.

They are also amenable in arrangements and deceptively strong - you just need to be careful not to bash them about because their petals can tear or become stained by specks of pollen. 

Anemones are quite an extravagance to buy, but one way to eke them out while still creating a dazzling display is to line them up in individual containers. Try using traditional milk bottles, mini jam jars, test tubes, or vintage shot glasses."

~ Willow Crossley ~ 

[Willow Crossley: British, Oxfordshire based florist, designer, journalist, founder of online business Willow Rose Boutique and author of two books. Inspire (2014) and Flourish (2016).]

[Quote from: Inspire by Willow Crossley.]

[Flowers: Moody dark Anemones. Flowers from my local flower stall in North West London]

[Containers: Clear glass vintage milk bottle.]

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

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Enjoy your flower arranging and have a fabulous and floral weekend!

Thank you for visiting 'Of Spring and Summer' - I will be back next week with more floral delights.

I'm looking forward to seeing you back here then.

Ingrid 

~ xoxo ~

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Florets - Floral Quote - # 74 - by Willow Crossley

"I am neither a florist nor an interior designer. I am just flower mad with a serious passion for decorating. Garden

centres and flower shops are two of my favourite places in the world - I feel calm the moment I walk in. The scent of the flowers, the greenery, the wholesome wooden tools, the exotic orchids... Throw an antique store into the mix and I'm in decorating heaven."

~ Willow Crossley ~ 

[Willow Crossley: British designer, journalist, blogger, on-line shop owner and author of The Art of Handmade Living and Inspire, The Art of Living with Nature.]

[Quote from: Inspire,The Art of Living with Nature by Willow Crossley.]

[Flowers: Pink Dahlias and Alchemilla mollis flowers.]

[Vases: Vintage metal container and a new Danish black little vase called Lyngby vase by Hilfling Design.

[Vintage props: Vintage knitted kitchen towel.]

[Other props: Painters canvases.]

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

Have a Very Happy Floral Sunday!

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid