Blue Star

Blue star, or tweedia, is a small star-shaped flower on a thin stem that often trails. The catalog has white and blue, packed at 5 stems. The blue is a clean tone for wedding work, where gypsophila only gives a white mist and cornflower reads more like a field flower.

The cut bleeds a milky sap. It can irritate skin, so on a large bunch it is worth covering the hands and wiping the knife before the sap gums the blade. In the vase the sap clouds the water, which needs changing more often than it does for carnation.

The stem will not hold a tall stiff line. Use it trailing or as a light insert. We ship the flower short of fully open. Heat shortens an already modest vase life. White and blue are separate bunches.

Name the color, the bunch count, and the date. If the job needs a saturated blue rather than a pale delphinium, say so. The lot photo is the right check before the volume is fixed. The milky sap gums a knife overnight, so after a large bunch the blade should be washed before the sap hardens.