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Peruvian lily |
Very popular and long lasting flowers, often bi-coloured |
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Kangaroo paw |
Unusual furry buds with insignificant flowers. Ideal for modern arrangements. |
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Painter's palette |
Exotic waxy looking flowers. |
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Snapdragon |
More common as a garden flower |
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Scorpion orchid |
Long lasting orchid with small flowers on upright stems |
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Milkweed |
Clusters of tiny flowers, ideal as a filler |
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Bottlebrush |
Exotic Protea from Australia, large flower heads made up of masses of tiny flowers |
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Marigold |
Popular daisy-like flower with a country garden feel |
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Dense headed flowers with contrasting coloured centres |
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Safflower |
Unusual slightly thistle like flowers |
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Large brightly coloured orchids, usually 1 or 2 per stem |
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Dense clusters of flowers at the top of straight stems |
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Available as large individual showy blooms, or the spray variety. Very long lasting |
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Delicate daisy like flower. The brown chocolate cosmos is great. |
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Tall spiky flowers generally known as Montbretia when grown as a garden flower. |
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Dramatic round pompom shaped flowers, becoming very popular as a cut flower. |
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Carnation |
Very long lasting. Some new more interesting colours are now available |
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Foxtail Lily |
Large dramatic flowers, usually yellow or orange, with other colours less commonly available |
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Spurge |
Graceful curving stems with loads of tiny flowers. Note not all colours are available at the same time, check with your florist |
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Highly popular, highly scented flowers |
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Exotic looking flowers which hang downwards in a cluster on top of tall straight stems |
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Large daisy like flowers, a smaller 'Germini' variety is also available |
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Fairly traditional flower used in large arrangements. Miniature varieties are becoming increasingly popular |
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Several brightly coloured trumpet shaped flowers open up each stem |
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Globe amaranth |
Small globe shaped flowers which can be easily dried. |
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Small daisy like flower, with slightly backward facing petals and autumnal colours |
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Amaryllis |
Large very striking trumpet shaped flowers, often grown indoors from bulbs |
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St John's Wort |
Attractive berries rather than flowers make this a very popular filler |
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African corn lily |
Delicate flowers which belong to the same family as gladioli |
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Red hot poker |
Large dramatic upright flowerspikes |
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Pincushion Protea |
Large flowerheads which resemble a pin cushion. Long lasting |
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Available throughout the year, but if you are looking for a particular colour check availability with your florist |
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Poppy |
Fantastic papery flowers in great colours. Short lived but worth it. The seed heads are also popular. |
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Large exotic flowers with many different varieties |
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Small delicate, papery flowers. |
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Needs no description! Almost every colour available except true black or blue |
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Bird of paradise |
Unmistakable large and exotic flowers with blue and orange flowers. |
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From the same family as ranunculus. Similar in appearance |
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Tulip |
One of the most popular cut flowers in the UK with many different varieties |
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Usually 6 – 8 blooms per flower stem, The petals often have a marbled appearance. |
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Calla lily, arum lily |
Striking single flowers.The coloured varieties are smaller than the white ones, and not all colours are available all year round |
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Very similar to dahlias |
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Brown |
Cream |
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Green |
Orange |
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Peach |
Pink |
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Red |
Purple |
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White |
Yellow |
