If you ’ve been check , you belike noticed the Olympic bouquets . At first glance they look rather traditional , though pretty — a tight , colored bunch of roses .
But as is usual with these , there is astory behind the heyday choice and where the blossom get along from . They include four kinds of roses ( which could not be source from the UK ) ): Aqua ( pinkish HT ) , Ilios ( greenish xanthous HT ) , Marie Clair ( orange HT ) , and Wimbleton ( green HT ) . I am assuming these are intercrossed tea , as those are usually choose for the cut flower business deal , and they look it — there was small information to be found , probably because they had to be ship in . None of them are the type I ’d ever be likely to grow ; they seem made for the flower store industry , with everything that implies : scentless , foresightful stems , relatively thorn - free . The roses are augment with wheat , apple mint , lilac-colored , and rosemary ( all locally grownup ) , so even though the rosiness are n’t give , these are strongly scented bouquets . The herbs were pick out so “ there ’s a really British scent to them , ” according to florist Hannah Emery , who is supervise the yield of 4400 fragrancy , with the help of students from Writtle College in Essex , Bexley Adult Education in Kent , and Kingston Maurward in Dorset ..
I like the comprehension of scented herbs and lavender to bump up the scent impact ; I ’m ambivalent about the high maintenance hybrid teatime , which were unlikely to have been grown without chemical intervention . The colors are groovy though — they really pop . The short stems are meant to evoke a “ nosegay ” effect .
One sorry thing and one strange thing : the designer of these “ Victory Bouquets , ” Jane Packer , of Jane Packer Floristry , died last year . And it ’s been reported that many of the medal winner are hurling their flowers into the crowd . ( Maybe they do n’t have any vessel in the Olympic Village . )
lastly , here a tweet from British singer Lily Allen : “ The presentation flowers are a little petrol stationy no ? ” I would n’t go that far , never having blemish pale yellow and lavender in a petrol station bunch around here . I would indicate that future Olympiad flower house decorator avoid roses , peculiarly when they can not be develop locally , as these were not . There are lots of other flowers .
P.S. fuck the actual games — been glued every Nox , and carefully avoiding spoilers during the day !
