Green Light Artificial Flower Arrangement

Paniculata hydrangeas give this arrangement its character. Their conical, lime-green heads are a different shape entirely from a standard mophead, with a mix of open petals and closed buds that makes them look like they were cut mid-bloom.

They sit at the centre, surrounded by green ranunculus sprays whose pale-cream flowers carry a faint blush at the edges, just enough warmth to stop it reading as entirely green.

The foliage around them is varied and deliberate. Bracken fern rises above with its fine, feathered fronds and gives the piece its height. Eucalyptus fills the middle with rounded, silvery-green leaves. Ficus branches contribute a glossier, deeper tone. Nettle leaf adds serrated, meadow-like detail. And Queen Anne's lace brings its white-budded sprays for something lighter and more open between the denser stems.

At 65cm, it sits well on a console table, a kitchen counter or a wide shelf. The shape fans outward asymmetrically, so it needs a vase with a narrow neck to keep things gathered at the base while letting the top spread. A matte white ceramic design will keep the focus on the greens.

Fresh paniculata hydrangeas have a painfully short window. These ones don't care what month it is.