BLUES AND PINKS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21210, 3 December 1938, Page 14

BLUES AND PINKS

HOW TO ARRANGE LUPINS AND DELPHINIUMS

Blue, mauve and pink are predominant colours among the blossoms from the garden borders which are now filling the florists’ windows. Delphiniums are to be seen in many different tones of blue and mauve. Deep vases and plenty of water are essential if delphiniums are to last. The end of the stalks should be freshly cut and split, and it will be found that an arrangement of half a dozen heads will be sufficient for a large vase. The same treatment applies to lupins. These flowers look much better if they are not crowded too closely, and they, to, will appreciate their stalks being well immersed in water a’fter the ends have been newly cut.

The pink and blue note is repeated by the larkspurs, another tall plant which should be arranged in deep containers. It is a later arrival than the other summer flowers and is only now beginning to be seen in quantity. Big heads of hydranges can be had in blue and also in white. These showy flowers make an excellent choice for a large comer vase or for a position where a bold display is called for, such as hall or staircase. Smaller flowers which strike the same colour notes of pink, mauve and blue are scablus, love-in-a-mist, stocks, cornflowers and statice.