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ooh i want to do a david austin roses wedding!!! they're sooo pretty i'll just have to make do with the ones in my garden for now

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

do they really open that much bigger, thats what i want to know , weve been asked to do wedding in december bride wants peonies [as if] so i said that these DA roses are meant to be very large

i saw them at SFE and don't remember them being that big actually which is wierd cos i have some in my garden and they have nice big heads

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

I think this forum is the best [have i said this before] we where really going to get these DA roses, Im glad that I found out that they are not old English and that there are some questions about them.

i am a bit shocked that they are grown in kenya but i still want some! now!

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

Apparently you can get freeze dried peonies which are meant to be really good.

I'd take you all

I'll get me coat

I've used David Austin roses once, for a gift order, forget the variety, Miranda I think, but it was a pink one and was a horrible garish shade when it came. The stems were very short and weak, not all of them opened properly, vase life was OK but a lot less than Dutch roses, I didn't manage to sell any of the left overs in the shop as people wouldn't pay the price - they really don't look worth the money to your average punter. They are small too, there are lots of Dutch varieties that are bigger. I've also had a customer comment that she was sent a gift bouquet (from their website) and she was disappointed with their size and vase life, didn't think they were worth the money. Though of course it is a bit different if you are using them for a wedding. IMO, for what it's worth, the white one is too yellow to go with ivory frocks and the pinks aren't the shades that I'm being asked for.

I have sold Sweet Avalanche as an alternative to DA, it has a much bigger head and the colour fits better with the antiquey colours and themes we've seen this year. Good vase life and stem length too, always wows customers never have any waste with it as we all love it too . We've also sold Illusion as an alternative too, for the same reason. We suggest ranunculus as an alternative to roses for brides wanting that full petalled paeony look for winter/spring weddings.

Hi Alba, bride wants Illusion as main theme, and DA are to go in teapots 7 tea cups so hopefully the weak/length of stem won't matter too much. Forgotten about Sweet Av, its lovely so may suggest. She is very fanciful so may be alot of messing about with quotes etc in the long run when she may realise the overall cost!
DO WISH THEY WOULDN'T GET SO WRAPPED UP IN THE DETAIL ...GIVE Us THE COLOUR AND GENERAL STYLE...AND LET US DO OUR JOB!....ahhhh feel so much better now