MY FIRST BOUTONNIERE!

I used a simple white carnation

Baby's breath

a couple of regular leaves

Floral grass

Floral tape

wires

and a Blue Ribbon

Flower of the day

Common Name:  Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas


Botanical Name:   Alstoemeria


Colors it comes in:  White, Golden yellow, orange, pink, apricot, red, purple and lavender


Season Available:  Brazil - Summer,  Chile - Winter


Where it is grown: South America - brazil, chile


How it is sold: sold by seed and by full flower


Retail Price:  $7.75- $8.75


Vase life: 2 weeks


Special care: 23 degrees f, (-5 degrees c) 6 hours of morning sunlight, regular water and well-drained soil.


Meaning: lasting friendship and devotion, everlasting love, good fortune, prosperity and wealth, good luck, significant changes in a friends or loved ones life. Unbreakable bond throughout life's twist and turns.


Interesting fact about the flower: named after claus alstroemer, a pupil of the great botanical classifier Linnaeus.


what it looks like: