One of the most beautiful and delicate of spring flowers, the Poppy Anemone is a seasonal favourite.

Both evergreen and deciduous, Viburnum is a popular shrub for landscaping and is also used extensively in floristry. It’s in the spring though that one of the prettiest of the group takes centre stage, and that is Viburnum opulus, also called the Guelder Rose or Snowball tree. V. opulus is unmistakable with its large, nodding, spherical heads, made up of lots of tiny, lime green flowers. A deciduous plant, in its natural habitat it can grow up to 5m, although florists recogn

Improve your grasp of colour theory and its practical application in floristry with Su Whale's easy guide. This time, its all about yellow.

Lucky spring visitors to The Netherlands' Keukenhof Gardens are not just greeted by acres of glorious Tulips, interspersed between their banks of bright colours run rivers of blue created by thousands and thousands of flowering Muscari. Grape Hyacinth, as it’s commonly known, is a diminutive flower with tiny florets, packed tightly together to form a compact cone of blue or occasionally white. It’s not dissimilar in shape to a Hyacinth, however the two are not related. Far s

Flowers for entertaining is a profitable market to tap into, so here's some creative inspiration to get you started.

Su Whale shares her pick of the plants for a pretty, flowering Easter display inside or out.

Use these fresh, fun and organic designs to inspire your spring wedding work.

Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for florists. Watch how Karen creates a beautiful Pantone inspired arrangement reflecting the major trends for the season, Floral Pathways. Using 'Apricot Stocks', hyacinths, 'Royal Salsa' calla lillies, and decrotive grasses, siergras (chasmanthium).

Su Whale praises this perennial favourite and suggests how best to display and sell Phalaenopsis.

With lots of florists now buying from UK growers large and small, the gap between florist and grower is shrinking. As part of our quest to put more florists and growers in touch, Viv Bradford caught up with inspirational peony grower David Wheatley.

It’s always encouraging to see young children choosing something for their mum on Mother’s Day, and plants are ideal gifts – why? Well, where children may be unmoved by large flowery hand-tieds or floral arrangements, what will attract them is anything compact, bright and colourful, especially if they are easy for small hands to carry. Plants have the extra attraction of being something that can be nurtured and grown. So, what are the points to bear in mind when making your

Petite and delicate, Miniature roses are perfect tiny replicas of their garden cousins and, it could be said, no Mother’s Day plant display is complete without them. Occasionally referred to as the China rose as they originate from the East and are a descendant of the old Chinese rose Rosa chinensis. Although only small in stature, their development over the past sixty years or so has been extensive, and there are over seventy varieties of miniature rose listed, available in

Su Whale selects three different types of UK-grown foliage to give your Spring designs extra zing.

Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for florists. Watch how Karen creates a beautiful Spring arrangement reflecting the major trends for the season, using mimosa, roses, gerbera, prunus and palm leaves.

Embrace pink for Mother's Day and get inspired to create your own tempting bouquets and arrangements.