Eryngium - Sea Holly

What is eryngium? Eryngium is a blueish purple thistle flower, also known as sea holly. It actually is a rare color in the flower world, which is one of the reasons why I love it! As a cut stem flower it has a good long vase life, around 7-14 days depending how fresh it is. The flower itself grows on an odd irregular shaped stem, so they don't look their best displayed on their own. But they do however compliment many other beautiful flowers.

Anemones, parrot tulip, berzelia, eryngium

 Hellebore, eryngium, grape hyacinths

 Eryngium and parrot tulip boutonniere

They are a great flower for wedding work as they don't ever wilt!

Spring bouquet - Deep purple lisianthus

The trend of various shades of purple in weddings is still going strong! This small bouquet features only two flowers but the striped ribbon adds a nice finishing touch. Deep purple lisianthus and berzelia were used. I love the berzelia balls because they are so unique. I think a bouquet of just berzelia would be great too.