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| Storage Temperature: 36 - 38 F |
| Ethylene Sensitive: Yes |
| Description: A single flower, delicate
multi-petaled, double blossom at the end of a long stem. |
| Colors: Wide range of colors, not limited to:
Pink, white, red, purple, yellow, and orange. Plus bi-colors and frosted varieties. |
| Botanical Facts: The name is from the Greek words
(DI) Zeus and (ANTHOS) Flower |
| Design Notes: The wide range of colors and the
versatility of the carnation makes it a popular flower in floral design. |
| Purchasing Hints: Purchase flowers with tight
buds. Avoid flowers with broken stems, shattered blooms, split calyx, or blossoms
with the pistil exposed above the blossom. |
| Conditioning: Remove all foliage that will be
below the water line. Cut under water with a sharp knife. Hydrate in a solution of
warm water and commercial floral preservative / floral food for two hours before storage
or usage. |
| Additional Notes: The popularity of the
carnation waxes and wanes. In the French Grand Era, (Louis XIV), the carnation was
the favored flower of the royal court. In America today, the carnation is seen as an old
fashioned and overused flower. However, it is coming back into favor with both
interior and floral designers. Their strong shape can add a touch of modernity to
interiors. We find them today not in the pale pastels, but in piquant pink, fiery red and
various hectic orange hues. And the way to arrange
them has changed too. Gone are the spiky triangles with the lonely carnation heads
stranded in mid air; and so have the single blobs of colour strewn around bouquets.
you can bind them together in bunches with ribbon and lean
against vase sides at crazy angles; crowd them together in large numbers in tall glass
vases; float in wide bowls or as a collection of small bouquets fringed by attractive
round leaves. Carnations can easily tempt you into having a go! The new methods of
arranging are based on simplicity and exuberance. Carnations make a vivid contribution to
the metamorphosis going on in the style of our homes. |
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