With Camellias & Garden Roses for $5.00

What you need:

• 5 red Camellias (pull off lower leaves)

• 2 red Camellia buds (pull off lower leaves)

• 5 pink Garden Roses

• 1 Tea Leave (Aspidistra or "Cast Iron Plant")

• Rectangular clear glass vase (purchase here)

• 1 packet floral food (purchase here)

• 18 gauge floral wire cut into 5-6” lengths.

  Tools:

• regular garden shears (purchase here)

• wire cutters or needle nose pliers that can cut wire in the joint

Steps: 4

Flower Cost:  $5.00

Rated: Easy Arrangement

The red Camellias in this Valentine arrangement are known as Kramer’s Supreme. They are showy and large and even more stunning in person. Here they are paired with pink Garden Roses. Camellias are not known for being extremely long lasting as cut flowers, but putting flower food in the water will help them last longer. When you have several bushes, you can replace them in this easy arrangement. They are free and they are lovely.

The Tea Leaf (Aspidistra also known as "Cast Iron Plant") grows outside my front door. You can use Tea Leaves to line vases or you can staple the leaf in a loop to add to an arrangement like this one: https://www.floristinyou.com/-sunflowers

Or you can pierce the leaf to make a loop like this: https://www.floristinyou.com/sunflowers

NOTE: While making this arrangement, I added the Tea Leaf in the vase for color and balance.

If you want to plant a Camellia bush in your yard you can find them along with other rare camellias here: https://www.nucciosnurseries.com/index.php/camellias/camellia-japonicas/kramers-supreme-detail

Don’t forget, you will need to wire your roses. To wire them correctly see: https://www.floristinyou.com/prep

If you have your flowers and supplies, let’s begin.