

Easter Flowers and Houseplants
Su Whale explores spring flowers typically associated with Easter.

Su Whale
Apr 8, 20253 min read


Lovely Longiflorum featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Longiflorum lilies are at their best right now. Su Whale explains how to care for them to get the best from their scent, colour and form.

Su Whale
Mar 31, 20252 min read


Spring Wedding Inspiration: Sunshine Yellow
Use these fresh, fun and organic designs to inspire your spring wedding work.

Su Whale
Mar 27, 20252 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Discuss the Latest Trends with the Pantone Colour of the Year
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).

Karen Barnes
Mar 26, 20251 min read


Phalaenopsis – Everyone’s Favourite Orchid featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
Su Whale praises this perennial favourite and suggests how best to display and sell Phalaenopsis.

Su Whale
Mar 21, 20252 min read


Grower Spotlight: David Wheatley of Petite Peonys
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.

Viv Bradford
Mar 20, 20253 min read


Mother’s Day - How to Make Your Plants the Perfect Pick-Me-Ups
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

Su Whale
Mar 18, 20252 min read


Miniature Roses featuring Floristry Tips from Su Whale
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 i

Su Whale
Mar 14, 20252 min read


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

Su Whale
Mar 11, 20252 min read


Watch Karen Barnes Create a Spring Trends Inspired Arrangement
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.

Karen Barnes
Feb 28, 20251 min read


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

Jackie Whittaker
Feb 27, 20251 min read


Houseplant Trends 2025
The nation’s love affair with houseplants continues unabated, with new varieties and ideas on how to display them being constantly...

Su Whale
Feb 26, 20252 min read


Phalaenopsis as a Cut Flower
A stem of Phalaenopsis orchid is without doubt a luxury, but it is one which never fails to give value for money; delicate and sophisticated with an excellent vase life, it will enhance and add elegance to designs, large or small. Phalaenopsis flowers with their attractive curved outer edges are made up of both petals and sepals, these surround a central throat, often in a contrasting colour, which is one of the outstanding features of this exotic flower. Colours

Su Whale
Feb 25, 20252 min read


Bare Essentials Foliage featuring Floristry Tips From Su Whale
Make the most of striking structural branches when foliage is at a premium. Su Whale offers inspiration.

Su Whale
Feb 24, 20252 min read


Leeks and Daffodils for St. David's Day
Su Whale celebrates the humble daffodil on St David's Day.

Su Whale
Feb 24, 20252 min read



