The Garden Rose

As you may have gathered from previous posts, I am a writer, and enjoy playing a number of characters in an online chat. One of my characters there, who's been with me since 2007 (maybe late 2006?), gone through a broken bond, a retcon,  and most recently a kidnapping which left her pregnant--which plot is likely to be the subject of another post, is a florist. Thus, I have researched many flowers, Victorian flower language, and how to be a florist. While I've always liked flowers and been fairly good with them (it runs in the family), I've found that maybe I could actually be one, and I've since been enjoying working with them, as you've likely seen here. 

Unfortunately, I never liked roses much. If you don't like what florists generally use, which is most likely a hybrid tea rose, it's likely you don't either. However, there is truly a rose for everyone: there are thousands of other species of roses, all of which are different. And these are just the garden roses, which your local florist can order for you, or which you can order online from sites like Fabulous Florals or Fifty Flowers.

Many of the garden roses available, both old and new, are quite beautiful, and the day I saw these Gallica roses, I knew they were coming home with me. The pink vase I found several weeks before, and it's just perfect for pink roses. With them are seeded eucalyptus, pink hypericum berries, and white Montecasino asters. Here, I experimented with which flowers to put in first, and it worked best with the roses first, which then held the eucalyptus in place, as it's very heavy and fell right over, even in foam. In a second arrangement below, I was able to play with the shape of the eucalyptus, making a very round form from the top. Here, I used red stones to hold the stems in place, with a single rose in the middle.

             

So, that's all I have for this one. I'm not sure what's up next: writing, cooking, or the next set of flowers. If anyone's reading, please comment and tell me what you'd prefer!