Monday kicked off our week-long series on Unstructured Bouquets. In case you missed it, you can view the first post here. You can also find great example photos on our dedicated Pinterest board “The Future is Unstructured” – we will be adding photos featuring each spotlight ingredient day by day.
Today’s Ingredient: Ranunculus
Ranunculus is a staple for any wedding style and the same goes for the unstructured look. Ranunculus is available year round and comes in virtually any wedding color, from traditional whites, creams, and blushes to your robust chocolates, oranges, and salmons; there is a ranunculus to fit every theme. The key to successfully using ranunculus in these styles is to leave them long, when you leave the stems longer they pick up a whimsical curvy attitude that only ranunculus has can supply.
Another great attribute of ranunculus is the multitude of bloom stages that come in just one bunch; from large open blooms to tight buds, these chameleons of the flower world easily lend themselves to an unstructured design. (Tip: Try letting some of the ranunculus open up all the way and layer in some tighter buds to help give you a feeling of depth in the design.)
You can’t help but look at a bouquet of long ranunculus and smile. Just take a look at these amazing examples:
^^^^I mean, WOW!^^^
Much like yesterday’s ingredient, the garden rose, DVFlora.com hosts many options for ranunculus year-round. Below are just a few of the options we currently have available:
33373 Peach
34573 Orange
41338 Red
49181 Cream
Don’t forget to Pin along with us on our “The Future is Unstructured” Pinterest board where we are pinning new examples that feature each day’s ingredients until Saturday. If you missed our first two fantastic ingredients, you can find them here: Silver Dollar Eucalyptus and Garden Roses! Be sure to check back tomorrow for Day 4: Jasmine Vine!
About the Author
Corey Rader
Corey Rader came to DVFlora in July of 2014 and brought with him 10 years of design and industry experience. He first contracted floral fever when he was in high school and became engaged in a floral design program at the age of 14, by his 15th birthday he received a job offer working as a designer at a local flower shop. By the age of 16 he was working as a designer at 2 different flower shops as well as continuing his studies at The Burlington County Institute of Technology’s Horticulture program. Corey came to DVFlora as a sales assistant and still continues to work as a designer in his time off, floral design has been an important part of Corey’s life for years and now he looks to share his love with the rest of the world.
