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How many passion roses do you think you'd need for a 17" heart?

depends how open they are, is it just roses or is there a spray on it or foiage edge or anything?

Just uploaded an 18" rose heart in gallery. You might be able to work it out from that. They were short roses but probably about same size head as passion

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Thanks for that Fly.

All roses, just a single small white calla for the spray with a touch of grass, ivy leaf edging.

i made a small (the smallest size one) heart with just cars a couple of months ago, i think it was the 9 or 10 inch heart and i used 73 cars

by looking at flys in the gallery i would say 70 ish, its really hard to tell but again it depends on how open they are, it would keep the cost down to buy a short stem passion, im gonna be cheeky now, how much have you charged?

I scared her off with my pricing - her husband is now phoning the florist that's doing the rest of the funeral, apparently a family friend is their florist. Gave her my card with the details anyway in case she changes her mind.

i would have said at least £120, and i think thats being generous, i wouldnt think she would get it cheaper, but it would be interesting to know how much others would charge

after making that small heart with cars, i would have said 150 min

looking at the 18" heart if you were to drop over the side and do another row round the edge you would be over 100 roses to fill it. If you get hold of a short passion that you can price out around 60p (that's the 10 packs, not the 20's) they will be a bit smaller and may use more. Add on your heart at say 10.00.
Ribbon edge?, cala lily....Let's say you can do all this in an hour if you get your skates on. Your 120.00 is worth £100 after vat and bank charges. If you pitched less than that, don't be too worried about not getting it. You could even justify a bit more if using best passion, considering they're nearly as dear as Grand Prix at the moment.

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