Wrapped up warm

Roses, and other flowers, can be wrapped up warm for winter with a collar of natural materials such as leaves and cotton.

Step 1 Collect the materials: Rosa Marrakesh! (27156), Aspidistra elatior (3912), Anthurium clarinervium (11257), Gossypium hirsutu (199), Eucalyptus populifolia (27052), florists wire, pins and tonkin sticks.
Step 2 Wrap the flower heads with Aspidistra leaf and fix in place with the pins. Cut off excess leaf. Glue the cotton balls (insert) to the sticks.
Step 3 Wire the Anthurium leaves, taking the wire to the end of the main vein. Bend the leaves inwards.
Step 4 Make a hand tied bouquet with the wrapped roses, the cotton balls glued to the sticks and the Anthurium leaves.
The final result Combine the brown-red Marrakesh! with brown wrapping paper for an extra warm effect. Stand the bouquet in a circle of – yes indeed - brown poplar twigs.

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