{"id":12933,"date":"2015-04-01T01:58:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T08:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12933"},"modified":"2015-03-29T02:35:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T09:35:36","slug":"plants-for-flower-arranging-solomons-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/plants-for-flower-arranging-solomons-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Arranging  &#8211; Solomon&#8217;s Seal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0751305898\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0751305898.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Complete Guide to Flower Arranging by Jane Packer<\/p>\n<h2>Using Solomon&#8217;s Seal for Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Solomon&#8217;s Seal is one of the Polygonatum genus.<\/li>\n<li>They spread by rhizomes in rich, moist soil in partial or full shade.<\/li>\n<li>Flowers are often followed by red or black berries and in autumn the leaves turn an eye catching yellow.<\/li>\n<li>Popular varieties of Solomon&#8217;s seal include:<br \/>\nPolygonatum hybridum 8&#8243; long arching stems with alternate flowers on the top side of the stem.<br \/>\nPolygonatum biflorum or Greater Solomon&#8217;s Seal is larger reaching 5 feet.<br \/>\nPolygonatum multiflorum can have green and cream striped leaves.<br \/>\nPolygonatum odoratum has green tipped white scented flowers suspended below the stem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Great Solomon's Seal and Sweet Woodruff by bill barber, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wdwbarber\/520483776\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/235\/520483776_57ecde0185.jpg\" alt=\"Great Solomon's Seal and Sweet Woodruff\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Special Tips &#8211; Flower Arranging &#8211; Solomon&#8217;s Seal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Solomon&#8217;s Seal has many uses in flower arranging from the massed pedestals to modern arrangements using only a limited amount of material.<\/li>\n<li>Try removing all the leaves and leaving just the flowers. This provides a very graceful line to an arrangement.<\/li>\n<li>Condition by standing in tepid water at least overnight. They then have a vase life of 10 days plus.<\/li>\n<li>Preserve stems for winter by Glycerining the cut stems<\/li>\n<li>How to Glycerine. Mix one part glycerine with two parts hot water and after cooling stand the stems in the solution for 7-10 days until they change colour right to the tips. Store flat in boxes until required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A full array of books on Flower Arranging 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.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Silver bells by sonyaseattle, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sonya\/146922222\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/53\/146922222_e9ed99ce7c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver bells\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Credits <\/strong><br \/>\nGreat Solomon&#8217;s Seal and Sweet Woodruff by bill barber CC BY-NC 2.0<br \/>\nSilver bells by sonyaseattle CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nJapanese flower arrangement 1 by mharrsch CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\n.<\/em><br \/>\n<a title=\"Japanese flower arrangement 1 by mharrsch, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mharrsch\/4485093\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/3\/4485093_b75814770d.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese flower arrangement 1\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSolomon&#8217;s seal or David&#8217;s Harp is a Polygonatum with arching stems of leaves and flower bells that is in demand for a range of flower arrangements. They can be grown in moist well drained soil but are one plant that<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/design\/shade-loving-perennials-a-top-ten\/\"> likes dry shade.<\/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>Solomon&#8217;s seal or David&#8217;s Harp is a Polygonatum with arching stems of leaves and flower bells that is in demand for a range of flower arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-12933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-floristry-house-greenhouse-plants","tag-leaves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933","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=12933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}