Rice Flower

Rice flowers for fillers

The rice flower is a beautiful and intricate bloom made up of some tiny flowers and together look like something straight out of a fantasy book. Mainly used as filler flowers in décor these blooms are seeing a lot of popularity these days. The white rice flower is extensively used in floral arrangements ranging from the altar and centerpieces to the wedding bouquets and boutonnieres. They also have a useful lifespan as cut flowers making it extremely easy to incorporate them in all floral arrangements.

Knowing the Rice Flower plants

What we call the rice flower is actually what is botanically known as Ozothampus Diosmifolius. These beautiful blooms make for really fantastic filler flowers but also work wonders in floral arrangements if placed as the focal point. They are many tiny white flower heads in a dense cluster where the stem ends. And their stems are mostly woody having straight linear leaves that are approximately one or half an inch long. It’s a woody shrub classified as a dicotyledon. They are the members of the Asteraceae or Compositae which is the sunflower family and are mainly native to Australia. They are now cultivated in many nurseries throughout the world as well as here in the USA. Their common relatives are marigold, chrysanthemum, lettuce, sunflower, and the zinnia flower. They get harvested when fifty percent of the small buds have reached full size but have not broken open yet. It's advised not to harvest if more than ten per event of the buds are opened. Similar to rose harvesting the flower that is maturely harvested tend to fall apart while the ones that are harvested early might wilt.These flowers aren't fragrant but makeup with how stunningly beautiful they look. They come in colors likepink and white making them perfect for white weddings and special occasions. They are also long-lasting and can stay blooming for about seven to fourteen days as fresh cut flowers.