FLOWER IN FOCUS
The iconic English textile designer William Morris, used lilies as inspiration for many of his wallpapers and fabric designs. Pre-Raphaelite painters such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Marie Euphrosyne Spartali and Walter Crane used the lily as a symbolic fl ower in many of their paintings. Their designs can sometimes prove useful if you’re looking for inspiration for creating romantic fl oral displays or if you’re planning advertising designs.
Quirky and fun
The Lily Promotion website provides a photo gallery which explores new ways to get creative with your lily displays. They use rocks, coloured tissue paper, recycled cartons and containers, ribbons and fabrics, to make even the simplest of items look sleek and stylish. Amongst the surprising choices used in the designs are tea trays, old detergent bottles, distressed wooden crates, plastic bags and textiles. In one display they've created interesting results using glass vases and coloured water. You can even catch a glimpse of the interesting stash of ribbons and other goodies under these fl orists' work tables in some of the photos. Investigate for yourself at:
lilypromotion.co.uk/ Inspiration/photo-gallery
Lilium family, so is no relation to the beautiful fl owers here. It is actually in the genus Raffl esia, a group of parasitic plants. The fl ower spreads to 1 metre across, but despite this it may be hard to fi nd. It only blooms for a week a year, and releases about 4 million seeds. Perhaps due to its terrible smell, the Raffl esia arnoldii is an endangered species. It only grows naturally in the rainforests of Sumatra and Bornea, so don’t worry, you won’t come across this foul stinker any time soon!
T • Lily petals can be used in
salads, while the bulbs have a peppery taste, good in meaty stews or used on their own like a root vegetable. They have a
he world’s largest and worst smelling fl ower is called the Stinking Corpse Lily! This is not in the
texture that some say is similar to a potato. Some varieties are rather bitter. You can buy edible lilies from a delicatessen to be on the safe side! • While you might be eating
lilies, your cat should give them a wide berth. Lilies can cause kidney failure in cats, although the exact process of how this happens is not fully understood.
• Last year’s “June, month
of the lily”, saw the creation of a beautiful six metre high transparent ball, fi lled with over 500 lilies. It was big enough for visitors to go into, where they were treated to a delightful colour and perfume experience. For more information see:
lilypromotion.co.uk/The_lily_
programme/Activity/fairytale-like- lily-ball
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