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Fashion Flowers For Spring
The New Collection : Sweet Crystal
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Amaryllis
Amaryllis
are native to South and Central America, and the Caribbean.
They have large flamboyant starry trumpets which spring from
papery bulbs throughout our winter season,
and are said to symbolize beauty and pride.
They
take their name from the greek mythological story of a young
girl called Amaryllis who had to draw blood from her heart
on 30 consecutive nights to win the love of a man. Where her
blood fell, a blood-red flower with trumpet shaped blooms
grew!
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Tulip
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Immensely
popular flowers, tulips are native to Iran, Syria and Turkey.
Their name originates from a Turkish word meaning 'turban'
which the open bloom was thought to resemble.
Holland has been growing tulips
since the 1600s. In fact, when they were first introduced,
the Dutch were gripped by Tulip mania. Bulb merchants were
earning the equivalent of £30,000 a month by trading
in futures. Bulbs were changing hands for up to £400
- the equivalent of £4 million today - before the buyer
had even seen it in flower!
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more info on Tulips
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Carnation
They are back in
fashion. It's official!
They are the most frequently bought flower
in the UK - 4 out of every 10 flowers sold are carnations
- but recently they have been sneered at by style gurus. Now,
after several years in the fashion wilderness, they have made
a comeback.
Their strong chunky shape adds a touch of
modernity to interiors. Look for "standard" types
with one huge flower per stem, as a change to the more commonly-found
"spray" type, with many smaller heads
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Gerbera
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They were first imported to Europe from
their native South Africa in the 1800s. Few people then
would have suspected gerbera would become so popular.
Just ten years ago, few people in the
UK knew what they were; but within a very short time they
have become one of our favourite flowers. There are now
over 200 varieties, developed to satisfy every taste.
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click here for more info on Gerbera
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Limonium
Limonium is commonly called sea lavender
- because it usually has lilac flowers and grows in coastal
grassland areas - or statice, because its appearance hardly
changes throughout flowering, and is longlasting.
This species is native to the Caucasus,
but it has been cultivated in the UK since 1791. It used to
be available as a cut flower in high summer only, but growing
techniques and imports mean we can enjoy this flower all year
round.
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click here for more info on Limonium
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Narcissi
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Narcissi
is the name of the family to which daffodils belong - so called,
according to mythology, after a greek youth Narcissus who
fell in love with his own reflection in a stream. He stayed
transfixed by the stream and so the Gods changed him into
the flower to save him from death by stavation.
The
UK is renowned for its narcissi growing - we even export Daffodils
to Holland, the flower capital of Europe!
Visit
the Scilly Isles Scented Narcissi website for information
on their campaign 'Save our Scented Narcissi', www.scentednarcissi.co.uk
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click here for more info on Narcissi
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