{"id":12929,"date":"2015-03-31T01:12:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T08:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12929"},"modified":"2015-03-29T02:36:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T09:36:02","slug":"plants-for-flower-arranging-hostas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/plants-for-flower-arranging-hostas\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Arranging &#8211; Hostas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0711210470\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0711210470.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cutting Garden: Growing and Arranging Garden Flowers by Sarah Raven<\/p>\n<h2>Growing Hostas for Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hostas are a group of over 200 species of perennials from China, Japan and Korea that grow well in the UK &amp; North America.<\/li>\n<li>In the garden they appreciate shade and protection from slugs.<\/li>\n<li>As flower arranging plants they are in demand for the shape, size, colour and texture of the leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Size varies from small leaves of Hosta venusta 4 inches high to large leaves of Hosta sieboldiana 2 feet across and more.<\/li>\n<li>Hosta fortunei leaves turn rich yellow in Autumn and Hosta unulata is bi-coloured green and yellow with twisting leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Hosta flowers from June onward but they are not particularly striking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"otley show hostas 051 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5751675680\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5182\/5751675680_e537bba9a3.jpg\" alt=\"otley show hostas 051\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Special Tips for Flower Arranging with Hostas<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior to arranging Hosta leaves condition them overnight in a deep bucket of water. Even submerging them will do no harm.<\/li>\n<li>Stems are quite soft so if putting them into Oasis make a small hole with a stick first.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves do not mature before May and would just wilt if cut too early.<\/li>\n<li>Yellowe leaved varieties appreciate a bit more sunshine.<\/li>\n<li>Hostas are useful for all-green arrangements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A full array of <strong>books on Flower Arranging<\/strong> and related subjects is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=gardening&amp;tag=richardpettin-21&amp;index=blended&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738#\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=Flower+arranging&amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AFlower+arranging\">available from Amazon.<\/a> You will find more advice and artistic inspiration amongst this selection.<br \/>\nI would also recommend the Harrogate spring flower show where I am always stunned by the floral arrangement amongst the plants on display.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Flower Arrangement by Dominic's pics, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dominicspics\/2868080272\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3266\/2868080272_cd5c52852b.jpg\" alt=\"Flower Arrangement\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTurn your arrangements into botanical works of art &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godsowncounty.co.uk\/?p=4379\">here are some examples<\/a> and clubs you could join.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Credits <\/strong><br \/>\nFlower Arrangement by Dominic&#8217;s pics CC BY 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hostas have sculptural leaves in a range of colours from bright green to glaucus blue with yellow and bicoloured varieties that can all contribute to your flower arranging expertise. Grow a few plants and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-hostas\/\">see what we mean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To grow a generic mix of flowers for arrangements and bouquets check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.thompson-morgan.com\/search?p=Q&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=flower%20arranging&amp;pw=flower%20arraging&amp;rt=spelling&amp;isort=score&amp;view=grid\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other plants discussed in this series<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/dahlia-flower-arranging-tips\/\">Dahlia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12969\">Euphorbia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12967\">Pittosporum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14089\">Alstroemeria<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12963\">Fatsia Japonica<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12968\">Corkscrew hazel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12950\">Phormium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hostas have sculptural leaves in a range of colours from bright green to glaucus blue with yellow and bi-coloured varieties that can all contribute to your flower arranging expertise. Grow a few plants and <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-hostas\/\">see what we mean<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-12929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-floristry-house-greenhouse-plants","tag-leaves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}