orange hawkweed see fox-and-cubs
orchids 89, 206
orlaya 20, 91, 196, 206
ornamental onions see alliums
ornithogalum 73-4, 74, 196, 206
ox-eye daisies 20, 23, 88, 89, 165, 196, 206
paperwhite narcissi 27, 131, 134-5, 135, 144, 145, 152-3, 154, 154, 158, 164, 196, 206
parsley 96, 196, 206
pear / pear blossom 80, 81, 196, 206
pearl-headed pins 171
pedestal arrangements
autumn wedding 133
early-summer wedding 95, 95, 99
high-summer wedding 113
stem-counting 21
winter wedding 145, 152
penstemons 128, 196, 207
peonies 23, 26, 85, 164, 196, 207
buying 213, 216
perennials
autumn wedding 128-9
Chelsea chop 88
deadheading 128
early-summer wedding 85
spring 66-7
Persian buttercups see ranunculus
persicarias 128, 129, 196, 207
pests 36, 38, 75, 115
petal confetti 54, 187-9, 187, 189
pew-end posies 73
philadelphus 86, 196, 207
phlox 196, 207
physocarpus 66, 165, 196, 207
pine 146, 159, 196, 207
pine cones 141, 146
pineapple mint 35, 35, 107, 108, 196, 207
pinks 185, 197, 207
pittosporum 22, 180, 197, 207
place markers 107, 159
planning
choosing what to plant 22-3, 27-9
colour palette 24-5, 28-9
floristry schedule 53-7
helpers and the boss 49, 52-3, 55
planting times 25-7
quantities to grow 11, 21, 22
season planner 199-210
seasonal flower combinations 23
spreadsheets 48-51
planting times 25-7
plot
feeding plants 38-9, 41
ground preparation 32-3, 32
pests 36, 38, 75
size 22
soil improvement 32, 38
staking plants 40-1
weeding 40
see also seed, growing from; seedlings
poisonous plants 95, 189
poppies 45, 167, 171
posies
autumn wedding 141
early-summer wedding 94, 99, 101
high-summer wedding 109, 122
pew-end posies 73
recycling 81, 98, 99
shot-glass posies 107
spring wedding 68, 73, 80
stem-counting 21
winter wedding 150, 154, 155
see also bride’s bouquet; hand-tied posies and bouquets; jam-jar posies
pot marigolds 197, 207
practising your floristry 52, 55, 67, 91
purple coneflower see echinacea
pussy willow 77, 146
quantities to grow 11, 21, 22
Queen Anne’s lace see wild carrot
rabbits 36
raffia 164, 168, 173, 175
rainy weddings 149
ranunculus 23, 74-5, 75, 144, 155, 164, 197, 207
reception tables 44
red campion 67, 88, 89, 197, 208
red valerian 89, 197, 208
reel wire 180, 185
registrar table arrangements 99, 140
ribbon 164, 168
rockdust 38-9
rose hips 148
rosebuds 171, 172
rosemary 35, 44, 87, 88, 146, 171, 197, 208
roses 9, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 35, 41, 57, 84, 85-6, 86, 90, 111, 135, 140, 164, 171, 179, 185, 197, 208
buying 212, 216
‘Compassion’ 170
cutting 44-5
‘Graham Thomas’ 24, 25
language of 87
petal confetti 54, 187, 188
wilting 45
rudbeckia 122, 197, 208
scabious 23, 112, 128-9, 165, 171, 197, 208
devil’s bit scabious 110-11, 110, 194, 202
field scabious 110-11, 165, 194, 203
scarlet oak 127, 197, 208
schedule 53-7
schizostylis 130, 131, 131, 135, 135, 197, 208
scissors 44, 164
sea holly 23, 197, 208
searing woody plants 45, 65
season planner 199-210
seasons 11-12
flower combinations 23
seaweed solution 38, 39
secateurs 44
sedum 109, 109, 197, 208
seed
buying 27, 211-12, 215
sowing 33-6
seed compost 34
seed, growing from
seed-sowing parties 34
sowing direct 33-4, 35, 38
spacing 34
successional sowing 25, 26, 35, 41
under cover 33, 34, 35, 95
when and how much to sow 35-6
seedheads 111, 128, 129-30, 134, 148, 171, 172
seedlings
buying 26
hardening off 35, 37-8
overwintering 37
planting out 38
pricking out 34-5
thinning 34, 41
watering 37, 38, 41
senecio see cineraria
shot-glass posies 107
shrubs
cutting and conditioning shrubby material 45
evergreen shrubs 27
foliage 64-6, 87
winter-flowering 146
silver ragwort see cineraria
single-flower schemes 21-2, 77, 93
skin reactions to plants 47
sloes 23, 127, 130, 146, 193
‘slow flowers’ movement 13
slugs 36, 38, 115
smoke tree 127, 197, 208
snake’s head fritillaries 23, 67, 75, 75-6, 197, 208
sneezeweed see heleniums
snowball bush 65, 197, 208
snowdrops 145, 153-4, 197, 209
‘Big Bertha’ 154
soil improvement 32, 38
sorrel 23, 88, 197, 209
spindle 22, 23, 146, 147, 165, 197, 209
spiraea 197, 209
Spiraea japonica 74
‘Goldflame’ 66
Spiraea x billardii 148
spreadsheets 48-51
spring wedding 60-81
biennials 78
bulbs 71-8
flower combinations 23
hardy annuals 78
planting times 25-6
top tips 79
what to grow 69-78
what’s in the garden 62-7
wildflowers 67-9
spritzing 54, 55
spurge see euphorbias
staking plants 40-1
star of Bethlehem see ornithogalum
statice 185, 197, 209
stem-counting 21-2, 45
spreadsheet 48-51
Stemtex 171, 174, 175
stonecrop see sedum
strawberry, wild 110, 197, 209
stub wire 170, 174, 185
successional sowing 25, 26, 41, 95
summer wedding
flower combinations 23
see also early-summer wedding; high-summer wedding
sun spurge 23, 197, 209
sunflowers 23, 25, 27, 29, 87, 104, 105, 112, 116, 116-17, 117, 127, 164, 198, 209
‘Earth Walker’ 116
growing 116-17, 139
‘Key Lime Pie’ 116
late sunflowers 139
pollen-free 116
superstition 65
sweet box 146, 198, 209
sweet gum 127, 198, 209
sweet peas 23, 24, 29, 35, 36, 38, 41, 78, 87, 90, 91, 93-4, 95, 119, 122, 165, 180, 189, 198, 209
‘Betty Maiden’ 94
buttonholes 171
‘Charlie’s Angel’ 94
cutting 45, 46
‘Daily Mail’ 94
‘Mollie Rilstone’ 93, 94
‘Painted Lady’ 88
‘Raspberry Ripple’ 94
‘Royal Wedding’ 94
sowing seed 36, 94-5
Spencer varieties 94
supporting plants 41
sweet-pea-only scheme 93
sweet rocket 95, 96, 198, 209
sweet Williams 20, 26, 95, 95, 97, 198, 209
‘Auricula-Eyed Mixed’ 97
tablecloths and runners 44
teacup posies 77
tellima 67, 198, 209
tepees 41
test-tube containers 183
thorow-wax see bupleurum
thyme 86, 88, 198, 210
toothpick bishop’s weed see ammi
visnaga
top table floristry 107
top tips
autumn wedding 139
cutting and conditioning 57
early-summer wedding 97
growing plants 41
high-summer wedding 119
planning 29
spring wedding 79
winter wedding 157
trace elements 39
transporting flowers to the venue 56, 56
traveller’s joy see old man’s beard trees
foliage 64-6
fruit-tree blossom 23, 62, 63, 64, 65, 80, 81
trolleys 46, 47
tulips 21-2, 23, 25, 29, 35, 61, 70, 71, 74, 76, 76-7, 150, 171, 198, 210
Darwin Hybrids 77
‘Queen of Night’ 146
‘Verona’ 70
UK resources 211-14
US resources 215-18
vases and sundries, sourcing 214, 217
viburnum 66, 144, 146, 198, 210
Viburnum bodnantense 146
Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’ 164
wallflowers 26, 96, 198, 210
water
discoloured 47, 116
keeping flower water clean 57
refreshing 54, 105, 116
spritzing 54, 55
watering plants 37, 38, 41
wayfaring tree 66, 198, 210
wedding customs
‘bride or groom?’ 136
buttonholes 175
church weddings 37
giving the bride away 74
wedding flowers 27
weeding 40
western mugwort see artemisia
white deadnettle 72, 198, 210
white laceflower see orlaya
wild carrot 23, 111, 111, 129, 198, 210
wild strawberry 110, 197, 209
wildflowers 165
autumn wedding 23, 129-30
cutting and conditioning 69, 89
early-summer wedding 23, 88-9
growing 89
high-summer wedding 23, 110-11
meadow grass matting 89
permission to cut 68, 69, 153
spring wedding 23, 25, 67-9, 80, 81
willow 23, 148, 150, 156, 159, 165, 198, 210
wilting 45, 67, 106, 107
winter wedding 12, 21, 23, 27, 142-59
berries and seedheads 146, 148
bulbs 148-54
colour palette 154
cutting and conditioning 155-7
flower combinations 23
foliage 144-5
top tips 157
what to grow 148-54
what’s in the garden 146
wire
reel wire 180
stub wire 170, 174, 185
workshops 11, 214, 218
wreaths 159
yarrow see achillea
zinnias 27, 111, 112, 117-18, 118, 198, 210
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