7 Days and counting

After 20 years with my Scottish spouse I have learnt to tolerate his aversion to all things valentine yet every February I harbour a hope that maybe this will be the year  he finds his inner romance.  He did once present me with 48 red roses -  each individually wrapped in "Bailey's Irish Cream" cellophane (leftovers from a promotional event he had attended that day).  Perhaps this is the real reason I became a florist - the chance to create the kind of bouquets I can only dream of receiving next Thursday should my Mr.
Darcey come calling.

This year I have used the "Premier Cru" of all red roses -  Grand Prix - as the basis for the designs, combining them with deep red fringed Paris roses, miniature spray roses, lilac clematis and the beautiful, delicate and richly coloured, ranunculus "purple heart".   To these I have added tiny eucalyptus with english bay leaves, sage and rosemary for fragrance and texture.