Issue 07Petal Press · Austin
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A mixed pitcher of zinnias and cosmos on a kitchen table

Bouquet journal

Real bunches, and what to say.

A reference shelf for the request. The date check still comes first.

What to ask for

Six bunches, and the sentence that gets you close.

These are reference bouquets from the desk, not a catalog. Use the line under each one when you talk to a florist or when you read a 1-800-Flowers listing.

Peach garden roses, cream ranunculus, and olive in a hand-tied bunch

Hand-tied garden roses

Peach and cream, spiraled, cotton tape. Ask for it when the bouquet has to travel and land in a vase the recipient already owns.
Low white hydrangea centerpiece on a walnut table

Low dinner bowl

White hydrangea, no tall spikes. Say the guests have to see each other. That one line keeps the bunch out of their faces.
Three coral roses and rosemary in a short glass

Three-stem posy

Coral roses and rosemary. Bloom size does the work. Ask for three good heads, not a dozen small ones.
Coral zinnias and white cosmos in a glass pitcher

Kitchen pitcher

Zinnia and cosmos, loose, in a pitcher. Right for a birthday in a bright kitchen. Wrong for a warm office with no one to recut it.
Burgundy dahlias and rust chrysanthemums in a dark bowl

Fall bowl

Burgundy dahlia and rust chrysanthemum. The mum holds the week. The dahlia is the face. Name both if you need it to last past Sunday.
White amaryllis and evergreen in a gray bowl

Winter whites

Amaryllis and short evergreen. Ask for the greens to stay below the bloom so the bowl does not look like a wreath.

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