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Which flower would you rate as tops in terms of all round versatility,
i.e. adaptable, acceptable, durable,attractive,economical.
It must all of these things and more to beat all others to the top spot.

I didn't really give a lot of thought to the options, so if you can think of a better set of choices, we'll start again.

For me it is the carnation it lasts it can be used in any arrangement and can be featherd down and still hold quite a while mind you I do love calla I made a corsage for wedding fair and had it in shop 3 weeks later stll looking good it was mango which did surprise me got no care after at all because it was on our wedding table behind head pieces and got overlooked so was very surprised to see it looking so good a customer wanted to buy it but hadn't got the bottle to sell it

The humble carnation, you can do so much with them. They come in millions of fabulous colours (well probably thousands), they last forever (almost), keep the old dears happy and they're back in fashion!

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

yes I must agree carnations

Thougt a lot about it.Must be carnations,large ones.The range in colors is amazing.A lot of new colors and it can be used in almost everything.It's beautyfull just in its own,1 single and in a symhpony with other flowers.
In Dk we have had a lot of customers who dont want Dianthus in a bouquet because they thougth is was a flower only used in funeral work.
No no no (cant find a dirty word in english).It has never ( at least for the last 30 years) just been a flower for funerals. We in the shops loves it and now its comming back.Young people loves it. Just need the old folks to come around.I'm sure there going to.
What's September,an Aster ?

nice choice of flowers but carnation still tops chrysanth good laster as well but don't thinks it is as versatile as cars

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For me i think it must be Alstromeria;
It's available all year round
Nobody ever says "No Alstro" as they often do with chrysanths, carnations.
It has a good range of colours
stem length is good for everything
It keeps well
Price is nearly always reasonable

ok, most of this works for cars and chtrysanths as well, i just happen to prefer Alstro as a flower for some reason, probably because we get through a lot of it. My personal favourite...."Tiesto"

Lovely flower but no good for basing work carnations win that one

True..