{"id":12969,"date":"2014-04-05T00:15:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T07:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12969"},"modified":"2014-04-02T02:52:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T09:52:20","slug":"plants-for-flower-arranging-euphorbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/plants-for-flower-arranging-euphorbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Arranging  &#8211; Euphorbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Euphorbia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6953630806\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5192\/6953630806_85b092bf52.jpg\" alt=\"Euphorbia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Growing Euphorbia for Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Spurge, Milkweed or Euphorbia is a genus of hardy shrubs, succulents and perennials that are striking in appearance and invaluable in the garden or for flower arranging.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves are usually lance shaped and stems contain a milky sap that can irritate your skin.<\/li>\n<li>Varieties to grow for flower arranging include;<br \/>\nEuphorbia amygdaloides robbiae with evergreen rosettes of dark green leaves and lime green bracts.<br \/>\nEuphorbia amygdaloides purpurea a marooon stemed variety.<br \/>\nEuphorbia characias wulfenii with blue green leaves that grow up to 4 feet.<br \/>\nEuphorbia polychroma with bright yellow bracts.<br \/>\nEuphorbia myrsinites is a prostrate form with grey glacous leaves<br \/>\nEuphorbia griffithii is a hardy perennial that dies down each winter but young foliage is reddish green and the flowers are orange-red.<\/li>\n<li>These plants are interesting and easy to grow and add shape and texture to your garden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Euphorbia atropupurea by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4535783454\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4021\/4535783454_518bc37bd5.jpg\" alt=\"Euphorbia atropupurea\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Special Tips for Flower Arranging with Euphorbia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not cut when the Euphorbia are too immature or the stems will wilt.<\/li>\n<li>Cut stems must immediately be sealed by flame to stop sap oozing out.<\/li>\n<li>Resinge or reseal if you trim the ends when re-cutting.<\/li>\n<li>Vase life should be 7-10 days if conditioned in a bucket of water overnight first.<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>I would also recommend horticultural flower shows where I am always stunned by the floral arrangement amongst the plants on display.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0956871305\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0956871305.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-top-ten-euphorbia\/\">Top Ten Euphorbia<\/a> selected from a range of a over 2000 varieties in the genus.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Euphorbia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5494505259\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5251\/5494505259_da4cf27ff6.jpg\" alt=\"Euphorbia\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Euphorbia are a wide range of plants many of which are suitable for flower arranging where the bracts and leaves both add interest.<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 \/>\nTo 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>Other plants in this series<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=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>Euphorbia are a wide range of plants many of which are suitable for flower arranging where the bracts and leaves both add interest.<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-12969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-floristry-house-greenhouse-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12969","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=12969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}