My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Favourite Flowers

Hydrangea

Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia

Iris

Dutch Iris or widow iris are the best known varieties used as cut flowers

Kalanchoe

Christmas Kalanchoe, Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë

Lathyrus

Sweet pea

Lentinula edodes

Shiitake Mushrooms

Leukospermum

Pincushion

Lilium

Lily

Narcissus

The white variety is referred to as paper white, the yellow is known as a daffodil.

Oncidium

Dancing lady

Ornithogalum

The Afrikaans name is tjienkerientjee (named after the sound the stems make when rubbing together in the wind) Chincherinchee, wonder-flower (because they last so long),...

Paeonia

Chinese peony, peony or paeony