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Bouquet idea
Golden wedding anniversary flowers
Fifty years calls for gold: yellow roses, sunflowers and billy buttons make a bright, celebratory golden anniversary bouquet.
- Stems
- 13, plus greenery
- Typical price
- About £45
- When
- All year
The recipe
- 6Yellow rose
- 2Sunflower
- 3Billy buttons
- 2Solidago
- +Seasonal greenery from your florist
- 1Butter wrap
What to ask your florist
“Could I have 6 yellow roses, 2 sunflowers, 3 stems of billy buttons and 2 stems of solidago, in butter wrap, please?”
When you can get it
In seasonAsk ahead: some flowers are specialistNot available
About the flowers
Rose
The classic cut flower. Recut stems at an angle and keep them in fresh water out of direct sun.
Lasts 7 to 10 days
Sunflower
Thick stems drink a lot of water, so top up daily. Sunflowers face the light even after cutting.
Lasts 6 to 10 days
Billy buttons
Billy buttons: perfect yellow spheres on long stems. They dry well, too.
Lasts 2 weeks or more
Solidago
Solidago, or golden rod: airy plumes of tiny yellow flowers that fill a bouquet with light.
Lasts 7 to 10 days
Florists: let customers design it
With Bunchy, customers build a bouquet like this from the flowers you have today, see it true to size, and send you the order. Ready in a minute, free for 30 days, no commission.
