{"id":12950,"date":"2014-04-05T01:45:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T08:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12950"},"modified":"2014-04-02T02:51:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T09:51:51","slug":"plants-for-flower-arranging-phormium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/plants-for-flower-arranging-phormium\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Arranging  &#8211; Phormium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"phormium by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4347159716\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2795\/4347159716_f86f973141.jpg\" alt=\"phormium\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEncyclopaedia of Flower Arranging Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional And Contemporary Techniques by Marcia Hirst<\/p>\n<h2>Growing Phormium for Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Phormium or New Zealand Flax is an evergreen, clump forming, hardy perennial.<\/li>\n<li>The long strap shaped leaves contain fiber that makes a cord  used for tying.<\/li>\n<li>In winter it is wise to protect plants with a deep mulch of straw, bracken or dry leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Phormium Cookianum can have 4 feet long leaves, Variegatum are green with creamy white margins.<\/li>\n<li>Phormium Cookianum Triclour leaves are red, yellow and green.<\/li>\n<li>Phormium tenax is the other popular hybrid with a variety of leaf colours including pink and bronze, orange-red, salmon, yellow and other shades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1840924233\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1840924233.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Special Tips for Flower Arranging with Phormium<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut a few leaves to include in your arrangement.<\/li>\n<li>Modern or European style arrangements with limited amounts of flowers and foliage show the leaves off to best advantage.<\/li>\n<li>Condition by plunging into a deep bucket of tepid water for 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li>The leaves can be sprayed with leaf shine or smeared with a small amount of cooking oil to enhance the appearance.<\/li>\n<li>Phormium have a long vase life of several weeks if the water is changed regularly.<\/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>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><em><strong>Credits <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-phormium-or-new-zealand-flax\/\">Architectural Phormium<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/low-allergen-garden-phormium\/\">Low Allergy Garden Phormium<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/great-architectural-phormium\/\">Architectural Phormium<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/phormium.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"phormium\" width=\"370\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/phormium.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/phormium-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/phormium-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turn 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><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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phormium or New Zealand Flax is an evergreen, clump forming, hardy perennial. with long strap shaped leaves that add height and formal style to a flower arrangement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12950","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\/12950","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=12950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}