All year long I've had white flowers on the brain.
Turns out, so do the trend forecasters.
According to Rebecca Cole, a New York City floral and interior designer, on About Flowers aboutflowers.com: "A palette of white and silver adds elegance to a holiday table and is expected to be a popular color scheme for the upcoming holiday season."
White is often associated with purity and innocence, but it also conveys the simplicity and confidence of true chic. And of course it mixes perfectly with what you already have, especially red and green.
Additionally, white flowers are an excellent choice if you are giving flowers for Hanukkah, which starts Sunday, Dec. 21.
Aaah, gardenias, lily of the valley, white roses, hydrangea, calla lilies ... all have their own unique variations and tones of white. Vincent Van Gogh once said there are no less than 80 shades of black. I'll be the same is true of white.
Read more about Christmas floral trends at: http://aboutflowers.com/holidays_b11.html.
Flower Fact of the Day: The lily gets its name from the Greek word “leiron” (referring to the white Madonna lily). The Greeks believed it sprouted from the milk of Hera, the queen of the gods.
