Make a tulip wreath
Make a colourful heart-shaped tulip wreath in honour of upcoming Valentine’s Day – a modern alternative to the dozen red roses for new romantics. Simply thread your tulips onto a length of twine, bend into a heart shape and secure with tape.
Show off your stems
The amaryllis has beautiful thick green stems. Show them at their best and give them the space they deserve by displaying them in a cluster of glass vases, with one or two stems in each. Choose a variety of colours and sizes for a beautifully eclectic display.
Float your flowers
Create a floral water feature centrepiece by floating pretty blossoms on a shallow glass vase – perfect for weddings and dinner parties.
Bottle your blooms
Recycle your empties by cleaning them, painting them in delicate, almost-white, pastel shades and popping a brightly coloured daisy or gerbera in each.
Choose quirky colours
Choose flowers with unusual colours. Green hydrangeas make an interesting change from pinks and purples – or opt for a vibrant flower, such as blue asters.
Get recycling
Hunt around the house – or your local bric-a-brac store – to find items that can double up as vases. This teacup, for instance, is just the right size for a luscious hydrangea. Buckets, pitchers, tin cans, jam jars… with a little imagination, the list of potential vessels is endless.
Put them in suspense
Hanging baskets aren’t the only way to suspend your flowers. Make an interesting talking point at your next dinner party by hanging a jar of flowers from your door using a strip of ribbon.
Buy a statement vase
Invest in an unusual vase that flouts convention, such as this one with several necks to separate out your flowers into mini arrangements. For a similar effect, you could even use a china teapot or teacup.
Turn them into wallflowers
Why not use your flowers as wall art by suspending them from the wall using string and paper, or try this DIY draped lily display. Or to keep them fresh, invest in wall-mounted vases.
