Winter styling with native foliage

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styling NATIVES

“Native flowers such as proteas, banksias and billy buttons all look stunning when fresh – but they are also very hardy and will look just as good when they’ve dried out.”

I’m always one to have multiple vases of fresh flowers or foliage around the house, but this always gets challenging in winter when the garden has gone dormant and stockists have dried up!

Luckily here in Australia, we are blessed with a wide range of beautiful native flowers that are usually available all year round.

Natives such as proteas, banksias and billy buttons all look stunning when fresh – but they are also very hardy and will look just as good for months on end once they’ve dried out.

Step-by-step guide

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I was recently gifted an incredible bouquet of natives which I used for this arrangement, but this would also work just as well with a standard bouquet of natives you can generally find at Woolies or Coles. Once it had passed its prime, I hand-picked the feature stems I wanted to keep and discarded the rest. You could also do this as soon as you buy the bouquet, but I think it’s always better to enjoy it fresh while you can!

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Next I trimmed all the unnecessary foliage from the stems, so only the flower buds themselves remained. You can trim the bottom of the stems to fit your vase where required.

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The third and final step was to arrange the stems in my vase. This was super easy and I just placed them in a way that gave it nice variation and height! As they had already dried out, no water was required either – always a nice bonus to save where you can!

SUMMARY

If you’re looking for ways to get your flower and foliage fix during the winter months, natives are a great option. They are generally easy to come by all year round, are super simple to style together, and will last in a vase for months on end – plenty of time to tide you over until spring!

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