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Flowers to Decorate Christmas Gifts

December 11, 2015

As you’re wrapping packages this Christmas, consider reaching for fresh flowers to top your gifts instead of bells or bows.

The following flowers make festive adornments to a holiday package.

Carnations

You can shape carnations into cute snowmen, or you can form them into a sphere to create a Christmas ornament look. Or, simply tie a few of these blooms into your ribbon. We love the look of white or red carnations for Christmas package toppers.

Mini Wreaths

Mini wreaths can be made with sprigs of holly or pine. You can add berries to them or tie in little paperwhites. Wrap a thin ribbon around your mini wreath to give it a bit of pizazz.

Amaryllis

Depending on how flashy you get with your Christmas package wrap, you may want to adorn your gifts with amaryllis. Amaryllis adds a dramatic effect to presents wrapped in luxurious paper.

Candy-Striped Amaryllis

For kids’ packages, throw some candy-striped amaryllis on top. These flowers bring candy canes to mind. They’re fun and different from most flowers that kids have seen, which offers a bit of surprise to go along with your surprise gift.

Mistletoe

Giving a present to someone you love? Put mistletoe on top. When your beloved unwraps the gift, grab the mistletoe, hold it up, and lean over for a kiss underneath.

There are so many beautiful flowers that you can use to decorate Christmas gifts. These are just a handful. When it’s time for you to wrap presents, think about what special blooms you think might help the magic of the season come to life for someone special.

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Entertaining and Decorating with Christmas Flowers

December 9, 2015

If you’re looking for ideas for entertaining and decorating with Christmas flowers, you’ve come to the right place. We love a beautifully decorated home at Christmastime, and we spend quite a bit of the holiday season figuring out which flowers will look most amazing when our friends and family visit.

The following are some of the fun ways that we think entertaining and decorating with Christmas flowers can go hand in hand this year:

For a Casual Holiday Celebration

If you’re having friends and family over for a casual holiday celebration, consider these ideas to decorate with Christmas flowers:

  • Create snowballs and snowmen using white carnations.
  • Fill your outdoor garden pots with poinsettias, ivy, cyclamen, and amaryllis.
  • Greet your party guests at the door with a personal mini-wreath that they can take home with them.
  • Use fresh flowers, such as paper whites and candy-striped amaryllis, on your Christmas tree (place them in vials of water).
  • Wrap presents with pretty bows and sprigs of mistletoe.

For an Elegant Christmas Event

When you’re throwing an elegant Christmas affair, you can use traditional, or contemporary, holiday flowers as decorations and place them in fancy bowls or containers. Or, adorn them in a super-special way. Try the following:

  • Place a thick garland on the mantle and add fresh flowers like calla lilies.
  • Line a walkway with luminaries and holly.
  • Float candles and paper whites in a silver, or crystal, bowl for a stunning effect.
  • Place white orchids in each room that your party guests will enter, including the bathroom.

All of these ideas for entertaining and decorating with Christmas flowers will surely add beauty, warmth, and holiday spirit to your home. Enjoy arranging these special blooms in your house, and enjoy the holiday season!

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More Flowers to Decorate Your Home for Christmas

December 6, 2015

We love Christmastime, which is why we’ve written a few posts for you already on how to decorate with Christmas flowers. We’re guessing many of you enjoy filling your home with beautiful flowers for the holiday too, so we wanted to give you every opportunity to do so with a new list of Christmas blooms.

In the spirit of the season, we have a few more Christmas flowers to share that we think will look festive in your home or in your garden. These flowers are colorful, bright, and sometimes dramatic. They’re perfect additions to a Christmas decoration display, whether you dress your home casually or with the ultimate of elegance in mind.

Christmas Rose

Christmas rose is known as the quintessential Christmas flower in many parts of the world. Also called “snow rose” or “winter rose,” it comes from the tropics of Asia and it usually blossoms during winter. In North America, many young women exchange Christmas rose as a symbol of sisterhood.

Pohutakawa Tree

The Pohutakawa tree is not a traditional Christmas plant by any means, except in New Zealand, but we’re ready to adopt it into our house. This plant gives off bright, showy flowers that usually appear during December, so get ready for a stunning display over the holiday season like you’ve never seen with this bloom.

Holly

Holly is known as a Christmas plant in many European countries, and in the United States. In these regions, people hang holly on doors and they even trim Christmas packages it. We know a baker, or two, who decorates Christmas treats with sprigs of holly as well.

In addition to these plants and flowers, you can decorate your home for Christmas using garlands of ivy and bits of mistletoe. All of these Christmas flowers are likely to bring you much joy as you gather with friends, make Christmas goodies, and savor the cheer that season offers.

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2015 Christmas Flowers Guide

Your 2015 Christmas Flower Guide

November 20, 2015

Ready to deck your halls for Christmas? We are too, so we put together a list of popular Christmas flowers that we think would make lovely additions to a home of the holidays. Our guide to Christmas flowers includes blooms that would look amazing on a front porch or door, in the center of a holiday dinner table, and even under the Christmas tree as a gift to be given.

The following is your 2015 Christmas flower guide that we hope will give you inspiration to make your house, and perhaps your gift recipients’ abode, a warm and festive one this holiday season.

Poinsettias

Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are flowers that have a longstanding tradition as Christmas flowers. They’re actually potted flowers that are typically red, but they do come in shades of white, cream, peach, pink, and marble. Poinsettias offer a splash of color outside and inside of a home. They look incredible on a hearth or countertop, and they can easily be planted in a garden for use the following season. Please keep in mind that poinsettias are toxic to pets, so if you have animals in your home these flowers should be kept out of reach.

Christmas Cactus

We love the idea of a Christmas cactus. This flowering plant offers the perfect festive addition to a desert home, but it can be a beautiful addition to a house in more moderate climates. The Christmas cactus blooms in winter, from November until February. It’s sometimes just called Christmas Flower and it’s a unique seasonal flower to give as a gift or decorate with.

Christmas Wreaths

There’s nothing like a Christmas wreath to say “welcome” and “Merry Christmas.” Christmas wreaths are synonymous with holiday cheer and good tidings. They’re usually placed on the front door of a home, but we’ve seen some stunning wreathes hung over dramatic archways and fireplaces in houses. Small wreathes can also be laid flat, with a candle or other plant or object in the center, as part of a centerpiece on your Christmas table. Christmas wreaths are made from many types of plants and flowers that are bound together and shaped into the traditional wreath form. While Hypericum berries are often used in Christmas wreaths, we’ve seen some gorgeous wreaths with white lilies and red roses too.

Whether you’re buying Christmas flowers for yourself or to give as a gift, we hope this guide to the top flowers for Christmas will bring you inspiration. And, we hope that you have a very Merry Christmas with your loved ones.

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