Resources - Flower Library
Welcome to our Flower Library. In these pages you will find over 134 of the most common florist flowers and foliages used in floral design. We have pictured and detailed the common and botanical names of each flower along with it's seasonal availability and colors. You may search for a flower by name or by image. For each flower we have detailed the care and conditioning methods, storage temperatures, design notes and problems specific to each flower. Also included in these pages are interesting facts about each flower including the country or region of origin, how the flower came to named, and historical notes about the flower.
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Curly Willow
Contorted, slender, flexible and twisted branches often forming graceful arcs and loops.
Cymbidium Orchid
Orchid blossom is composed five outer petals and one inner petal with a fringed, boat-shaped lip. Blossoms are arranged on stems 16-24 inches long bearing 8-20 flowers.
Daffodil
Trumpet-shaped corona with six surrounding petals in a star shape at the end of a long hollow stem 8 to 22 inches long.
Dahlia
Dahlias consist of numerous hybrids and cultivars and a wide variety of shapes, textures and sizes, ranging from round to ball shaped, and daisy to pinwheel shaped.
Delphinium
Spike shaped clusters of flowers 8 to 20 inches long on stems 18 to 48 inches long. Flowers are disc shaped, trumpet shaped, or dolphin shaped.
Dendrobium Orchid
Dendrobium Orchids are know for their elegant and sometimes flamboyant flowers. Blossoms are 1-2 inches across, with 3 colored sepals, 2 petals and a 3rd petal forming a lip, a spur extends from the back of the flower. Stems are 12-24 inches long bearing up to 15 flowers.
Dracaena Foliage
The leaves are long, slender, and lance-shaped. with a pointed tip. They range in length from about 1 to 2 feet. The leaves are firm and flexible with a smooth and glossy texture.
Dusty Miller
Dusty Miller leaves are deeply lobed and somewhat jagged or serrated along the edges. The leaves are typically soft and fuzzy, and covered with fine hairs that contribute to their silvery-gray (dusty) appearance.
Equisetum
Long, slender, dramatically segmented stems. The leaves are tiny scales found at the joints. A cone shaped spike bearing spores is formed on the top mature stems.
Eremurus, Foxtail Lily
Tall dramatic flowers with distinctive bottle brush blossoms atop leafless slender stalks. The height of these impressive flowers can be two to seven feet.
Eriostemon
Small, delicate star-shaped flowers with five petals. The flowers bloom in clusters, creating a profusion of blooms that can be quite striking against the dark green foliage.
Eryngium-Sea-Holly
Distinctive spiky, globe-shaped flower heads and spiny leaves, which often give them a thistle-like appearance.
Eucalyptus
Over 200 species of foliage of widely varying shapes. The three primary varieties available to floral designers are Baby Blue Eucalyptus - blue-grey rounded leaves encasing a stiff upright stem, Seeded Eucalyptus - elongated willow like leaves and delicate seeds on long draping stems. Round, oval shaped leaves with seeds on flexible branching stems.
Fatsia
Large leaves leaves measuring around 8 to 12 inches in diameter. They are palmately lobed, meaning the leaf is divided into several distinct lobes emanating from a central point, resembling the shape of a hand or palm. Each leaf usually has 7 to 9 lobes.
Feverfew
Small daisy-like flower heads up to 1 inch across with one row of ray flowers and a center of disk flowers, at branch stem ends.
Flannel Flower
Flannel flowers typically have small blooms with a woolly or flannel-like texture, which gives them their name. The flowers are composed of multiple tiny florets arranged in a clustered formation, resembling a daisy or a small sunflower.
Flax Foliage
Long, slender leaves up to 36 inches in length pointed at the ends and often multicolored. The leaves are flexible, smooth and glossy, with a slightly waxy texture.
Forget-Me-Not
Blossoms typically have five small petals arranged in a symmetrical, star-like shape. The flowers are quite small, typically measuring around 1 centimeter in diameter.