Traditional materials used for jazzing up the season have a long history, but floral designer David Winston offers his own take on these popular holiday plants.
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Paperwhites: Paperwhites are tender bulbs native to the Mediterranean. Easily forced into bloom indoors in the winter, their fragrance can waft through an entire house. Winston considers paperwhites beautiful in all their parts, not just for their flowers, and enjoys presenting them like a living botanical illustration: “We rinse dirt from the roots and peel off some of the bulb’s outer covering, exposing its white and green coloring. Then we place several inside a clear vessel so you can see the whole plant — flower, stem, bulb and roots.”
