How to Buy Anemones for a Spring Wedding
Enhance your spring wedding with large but delicate-looking anemones, which come in a wide range of colors. If you love romantic garden decor, you will be wise to invite anemones to your wedding.
- Difficulty:
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Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Horticulture program
- Floral design school
- Flower farm
- Garden center
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Decide how you want to use anemones in your spring wedding. Such planning will help you strategize how to buy them. For example, some brides choose anemones for individual blossoms in bud vases, big bunches or little nosegays. The airy foliage of most varieties of anemones also acts as filler for mixed bouquets.
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Speak with the coordinator of a horticulture program. Colleges that offer a curriculum in agriculture and horticulture have on-site greenhouses where they grow many varieties of spring plants. Visit a college to see what information they have regarding the care and purchase of anemones.
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Utilize the services of students at a flower design school. This will help keep your expenses down, and you may also find that the students have innovative ideas that will please you.
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Spot healthy anemones. Scope out the anemones that have full, vibrant flowers and long sturdy stems. If such signs of life are evident, this indicates that the plant has the right amount of nutrients and has rooted well. Look for "Mona Lisa" anemones to buy a flower that is good for fresh-cut bouquets.
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Have the anemones packed in long boxes for the trip home. To keep them from falling over, request a sales attendant or student to place waxed floral paper or foam in between the planters.
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Buy anemones from a farm that distributes to the public. Evaluate what colors and styles of anemones are available at the farm, and get the grower's advice for purchasing flowers.
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Tips & Warnings
The most common colors for anemones are in the pink range, from deep fuschia to pale pink to white. If this color scheme suits your plans, such anemones will be relatively inexpensive and easily obtainable.
Some growers suggest having your cut anemones delivered 2 days before your wedding. Since this flower is very resilient, it can handle the lay-over, as well as take in plenty of water so its petals fully open for the event.
Water anemones with special care. These thirsty plants soak up water quickly, but do not fare well with too much watering. If the soil is dry to the touch, add water.
