{"id":12941,"date":"2015-04-20T02:19:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12941"},"modified":"2015-04-20T10:55:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T17:55:06","slug":"plants-for-flower-arranging-aspidistra-elatior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/plants-for-flower-arranging-aspidistra-elatior\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Arranging  &#8211; Aspidistra elatior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"IMG_5884 tent pole decoration aspidistra bow by godutchbaby, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/godutchbaby\/5938048035\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6003\/5938048035_baa49cd067.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5884 tent pole decoration aspidistra bow\" width=\"393\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Growing Aspidistra for Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspidistra elatior leaves were popular in Victorian parlors because they tolerate low light, draughts and neglect.<\/li>\n<li>The pointed leaves are tough dark green and oval shaped. The Aspidistra elatior variegata has long stripe leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Aspidistra thrive best if kept pot bound. Repot every 5-6 years in good loam or compost<\/li>\n<li>Water regularly is spring and summer but avoid water logging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Woman at the window, with her prized Aspidistra by whatsthatpicture, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/whatsthatpicture\/5072912434\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4133\/5072912434_7a589a8418.jpg\" alt=\"Woman at the window, with her prized Aspidistra\" width=\"384\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Special Tips for Flower Arranging with Aspidistra elatior<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/house-greenhouse-plants\/the-biggest-aspidistra-in-the-toilet-entrance\/\">Aspidistra elatior<\/a> was made popular by french flower arrangers like Olga Meneur.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves can be manipulated into different shapes by curling them round and securing with flower glue or a staple.<\/li>\n<li>Two or more curls can be made by tearing the leaf down it&#8217;s mid-rib and curling in different directions to add different shapes and forms.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves should be conditioned by standing in a bucket of cold water as soon as they are cut to receive a long drink. They should then last many weeks.<\/li>\n<li>The leaves can be shined with a soft cloth and the application of a thin covering of cooking oil<\/li>\n<li>Glycerining will make the leaves last many years. For method see <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/plants-for-flower-arranging-solomons-seal\/\">Solomons Seal<\/a> and dry well once the colour has changed to creamy-beige.<\/li>\n<li>Order Aspidistra leaves from a florist if they are too slow growing on your plants.<\/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.<\/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 \/>\n<em><strong>Credits <\/strong><br \/>\nIMG_5884 tent pole decoration aspidistra bow by godutchbaby CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<br \/>\nWoman at the window, with her prized Aspidistra by whatsthatpicture CC BY-NC 2.0<br \/>\nFlower Arrangement by Dominic&#8217;s pics CC BY 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12944\" title=\"Hols spain 528\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Hols-spain-528-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Hols-spain-528-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Hols-spain-528-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Hols-spain-528.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a cast Iron winner in the flower arranging stakes you could do a lot worse than use Aspidistra leaves aka the Cast Iron plant. Slow growing so you may wish to buy your leaves but after glycerine they will last for years.<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.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a cast Iron winner in the flower arranging stakes you could do a lot worse than use Aspidistra leaves aka the Cast Iron plant. Slow growing so you may wish to buy your leaves but after glycerine they will last for years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-floristry-house-greenhouse-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12941","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=12941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}