Wedding Fun

White Bouquets
A white bouquet is a classic for sure. It will never go out of style. Traditional bouquets made of garden roses is a romantic and timeless choice. Kate Middleton’s Royal wedding bouquet was simple, yet chic and inspired other brides to follow suit with a simple stunning bouquet.

Tangerine Flowers
As the 2012 Pantone colour of the year, tangerine is making appearances everywhere. Flowers that come in this fun colour such as roses, gerbera daisies, freesia and dahlia, lilies and snapdragons. This is a bold choice for brides wanting something unique and different. It’s a nice change from all the pastels and vintage colours we’ve been seeing over the past years.

Bejeweled Bouquet
Bouquets sparkling with accents like jewels and brooches are gaining popularity with brides. This look is very glamourous and elegant. You can make your bouquet extra special by adding unique family heirlooms

 

 

                                                               

Caring for fresh cut flowers

Cut flowers make us feel good. They help us celebrate special events and communicate emotions by saying Happy Birthday, Thank You, Get Well, I'm sorry, and I love you.

Then there's the special joy of receiving flowers, whether it's a red rose from Sickelmores Flowers or a beautiful cut flower bouquet. Flowers, especially the intention behind them, mean so much.

Unfortunately, flowers wilt. Do you ever feel delighted to receive beautiful flowers only to feel a little depressed as you watch them fade? While you can't bring cut flowers back to life, here are some tips for keeping them looking fresh longer. Let's start with learning the best way to cut your own bouquets...

What's the best way to cut flowers?

Flowers keep best when cut with a sharp knife (un-serrated) and plunged immediately into water. Always make a cut on a slant, as it exposes more stem surface area. Also remove leaves that will be under water in the arrangement, but do not remove thorns from roses as it tends to shorten there life. Use plain, lukewarm water for most cut flowers, but use cold water for bulb flowers, such as daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. Change water every 2 days, do not just top it up. Keep flowers out of direct sunlight, move flowers to a cool place at night.

Summer Flowers

Summer Flowers add brilliant colour and beauty to your home through the heat of summer. Summer is a time of beauty and abundance with Summer Flowers in the garden and home.

Though, many Summer Flowering Plants are likely to suffer winter injury and need the tender care of spring, the magnificence, colour and fragrance of Summer Flowers are a valuable addition to any garden.

Summer time is a time of brilliance and beauty with Summer Flowers in the garden. The season requires special care and attention for the maintenance of Summer Flower plants.

For flower lovers, hearts beat faster in summertime. Summer is also peak season for buying bunches of fresh cut summers flowers from Sickelmores Flowers.

Summer Flowers, window boxes, and hanging baskets are breathtakingly beautiful. There are a great number of plants that bloom with Summer Flowers from late June into September through several light frosts. Stop by Sickelmores Flowers and pick up a bunch of fresh cut flowers!