Halloween Flowers!

Halloween is not traditionally a flower giving time … but the time of year is so filled with gorgeous colors, beautiful textures in the form of dried and drying leaves and petals and rich visual inspiration that once you see what online florists create for Halloween, you'll be an instant convert! Check out these awesome online flower bunches for Halloween, available through your Teleflora florist.

There's so much more to the creepy style presentation of this bouquet than the evilly giggling pumpkin box! The tall, straight stems of the bouquet make look like the innards of a stark, ghostly forest, with a thinly threaded orange sheer ribbon completing the spiderweb effect. The colors are traditional Halloween ones, and the flower bouquet is very affordably priced.

The Jack-O-Lantern blooms flower bouquet is stunningly colored -- the black effect comes from sprayed oak leaves and stems. The orange flowers are roses and gerberas, fresh flower favorites and quite long-lived options. The black box and orange satin ribbon make for a rich, spookily colored base! It is around 26" high -- quite imposing and great value.

The Mostly Ghostly flower bouquet uses hanging amaranthus to create a graveyard effect for the sweet white fabric ghost. Red and green flowers capture the colors of the season, while black faux pumpkins create a dark and very unusual background. Rose, Asiatic lilies and chrysanthemums form the body of the flower bouquet. It is 12 inches wide and a big 26 inches high -- very impressive!

Teleflora's Wicked Bouquet is the perfect choice to send to male friends, boyfriends or husbands! Boys are slugs and snails and puppy dog's tails … and the colors and feel of this bouquet seem to bring the spirit of those items to your man, without any actual tails or slugs! Seeded eucalyptus, green carnations and chrysanthemums, black-sprayed magnolia leaves and white hydrangea are what makes a good man's flower bouquet for any Halloween!

After the Flowers Have Gone: How to Make Pot Pourri

Buying fresh flowers is a wonderful luxury, and an affordable way to brighten the days of our loved ones. I'm not sure if you are anything like me, but I always feel a twinge of guilt after the flowers have withered and died and I'm faced with putting a gift from someone I love in the trash! If you feel the same, today we are exploring an alternative to throwing your fresh flowers away and will show you how to make a beautiful pot pourri.

Roses in pot pourri

If you've received a bunch of roses by flower delivery and can’t bear to throw them out, don’t stress. The fresh flowers are highly scented and retain quite a lot of their aroma through the life of the petals. Different colors of roses create different scents:

• Red and pink roses tend to have the standard, sweet scent we know particularly as rose.
• White and yellow roses have a tinge of violet and nasturtium in their perfume.
• Hawaii roses are scented like raspberries.
• Orange roses have citrus and other fruity scents.

Rose pot pourri recipe

Combine your fresh flowers with the following ingredients to keep them for months after they've been delivered.

• 6 cups of rose petals
• 2 cups miniature rosebuds
• 2 cups lavender
• 1 cup rose leaves
• 2 tablespoons of orris root (available from florists) or fiberfix, available from craft shops
• 15 drops rose oil

Once the petals of your fresh flowers look past their best, spread them out on a mesh screen or large tray. Stir them around a little each day.

Put the dried petals in a large bowl, and mix your orris root or fiberfix through. Drop the rose oil in a few drops at a time, mixing with your hands constantly.

Leave your mixture in a roughly sealed paper bag for four to six weeks -- this allows the scent to fully permeate the petals of your once-fresh flowers! Shake it occasionally, and once it is seasoned you can display it in open bowls throughout the house. When the scent fades, you can simply add a little more essential oil. Much easier to revive than fresh flowers … although not quite so pretty.