Mixed bouquets in Los Angeles: chamomile beside a rose, colour by the season
Among the mixed bouquets in Los Angeles, one sets chamomile beside Misty, a rose in the city's catalogue: a garden rose and a field-looking flower sharing one wrap. In a mix like this the lead flower and the colour come first, and the size of the bunch is really the last thing to decide.
Chamomile, lilac, hydrangea: the softer company in an LA mix
The mixed bouquets in this part of the catalogue are built around different lead flowers. A lily sits next to a gerbera in one version, hydrangea keeps company with Misty in another, and the Roses with Lisianthus bouquet lets lisianthus soften a rose's edges from all sides. Chamomile, for its part, turns up beside Misty as the field note next to the garden one.
Roses, lilies and gerberas work as the mass flowers here: they carry the weight of a bunch and sit at its centre. Chamomile plays the opposite part next to Misty, a quieter, field-looking flower filling the space around the rose. Lilac only turns up in season, since the stem is cut in May, so a mix built around it comes together just then; lilies, gerberas and lisianthus are greenhouse flowers and stay in the catalogue all year round.
For a recipient who finds a dozen roses a touch too formal, a bouquet where the rose shares its wrap with chamomile or lilac reads softer without dropping the rose altogether. Anyone who wants to order a mixed bouquet in Los Angeles built around one flower only, rather than several talking to each other, is better off with the single-variety bouquets.
Poppies in March, jacarandas in May: matching a mix to the LA year
California poppy, the state flower, usually spreads orange across the hills of Antelope Valley from mid-March into April, though the exact weeks shift from one year to the next. From late April into mid-June, jacarandas turn the streets of Mid-Wilshire and Pasadena purple overhead.
Neither poppy nor jacaranda sits in a bouquet; they are simply what the city looks like outside the window while a mix gets chosen. A warm bunch of pink roses and coral gerbera reads as contrast against that backdrop, while a palette closer to lavender and soft pink echoes it instead. The simplest way to think about this is in terms of two schemes: analogous colours sit next to each other on the colour wheel, complementary ones sit opposite it, for the sharpest contrast.
A palette can also just be described in a message rather than chosen from the grid. A manager sends back a few options with photos and prices attached, before any payment is taken.
Lilies in the mix: pollen, open blooms and a home with a cat
A lily appears with a gerbera in the catalogue and, being a greenhouse flower, stays available whatever the month. That makes it one of the easier lead flowers to plan around for a fixed date.
Every part of a lily is toxic to cats, including the pollen and the water left standing in the vase. A home with a cat calls for a mix that leaves the lily out entirely; hydrangea with Misty and roses with lisianthus are lily-free options from the catalogue.
Lily pollen also stains fabric, and once it sets it is hard to shift. Florists remove the anthers once a bloom has opened, and fresh pollen on cloth lifts best with sticky tape rather than rubbing.
A mixed bouquet here is put together only after payment, when the florist buys the flowers for that specific order. The finished bunch is photographed before the courier sets off, so if a particular flower is out, the replacement is close in shade and price and shows up on that same photo. Most orders go out on the day they are placed, and the exact timing for any bouquet is shown on its own page. For mixed bouquet delivery in Los Angeles, check the delivery page.
A good place to start is the lead flower: roses hold a bunch together in one steady colour, while flowers in boxes keep a mix fed with water as it travels. Anyone ordering from abroad or to a hotel can describe the occasion in a message and sort the address out from there.