Gorgeous cold-weather bouquet ideas
<p>Mourning the summertime? The sun may be missing, but there are enough blooming lovely flower varieties available throughout the cold months to give us all something to look forward to. </p>
<p>Chrysanthemums, Amaranthus, Proteas, Caspea (a.k.a. paper flowers), daffodils, roses, anemones and more are stars of the colder months, and they look great teamed with berries and branches. </p>
<p>Here's some cold-season bouquet inspiration from those who know flowers best.</p>
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<p>Stephanie Morelli of <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.ponsonbycentral.co.nz/shop/love-mr-lewis" target="_blank">Love & Mr Lewis at Ponsonby Central</a></strong></span>, Auckland, looks forward to the arrival of the kale flower. </p>
<p>"It's quite bizarre," she says, "but it's definitely my favourite flower and it lasts a long time."</p>
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<p>A moody palette and a contrast between the hard and soft textures is where it's at for Morelli in autumn and winter.</p>
<p>"Definitely all the greys, the blacks, the plums, the dark raspberries. All those dark, sexy colours."</p>
<p>"My favourite combos tend to be hard and soft, so proteas with vintage roses. The kind proteas with berries, dirty oranges."</p>
<p>Whilst the team at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://blush.co.nz/" target="_blank">Blush Flowers</a></strong></span> look forward to the arrival of blooms like tulips, that the layman most likely identifies with spring.</p>
<p>"We get coming through what you might think of as spring flowers, but they're available here in autumn and winter."</p>
<p>"Beautiful things like ranunculus, freesia and tulips. The bold flowers. Tulips are the big one."</p>
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<p>They prefer jewel tones in autumn, and in winter, whites and greens. "For autumn, we'd say the king protea and foliages." </p>
<p>"For winter, we get this beautiful blue gum foliage and that looks wonderful with berries and red cornice branches. Also willow and birch."</p>
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<p>As for owner of <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.rubyandblush.co.nz/" target="_blank">Ruby & Blush Floral Couture</a></strong></span>, Linde Schwarz, it's all about warm colours and what's on trend. </p>
<p>"Celosia, beautiful whisky roses, which are sort of like a hot pink with orange, gladioli, and also monstera leaf which is a hot product right now."</p>
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<p>Schwarz's pick for an autumn bouquet draws inspiration from the fallen leaves.</p>
<p>"Warm colours. Oranges and reds with willow, orange lilies, red celosia, lots of green, and lots of branches."</p>
<p>For winter, it's all about white and foliage.</p>
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<p>"Foliages are definitely coming in for the winter, like monstera leaf, bay leaf, olive leaf," she says.</p>
<p>"Personally, I love roses. So for me, I would go for all white and greens. Winter wonderland. Lilies and roses, all soft and feminine."</p>
<p><em>Written by Anabela Rea. First appeared on <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>. </em></p>
