The Pantone Colour of the Year has been causing a stir in design quarters for the last 25 years. It sets the style tone for everything – paint, clothing, décor, and accessories. Giving designers and fashionistas everywhere a colour to coordinate with for the next 12 months. And for 2024, the colour is Peach Fuzz. It is said to ‘capture… our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It's a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul.’ And flowers provide the perfect way to bring a touch of peach into your home.
What Flowers to Choose If You’re Looking for the Peach Fuzz Aesthetic
Peach is a really well represented colour in floristry. You can find it in a huge array of flower species, and it comes in a variety of shades. From the soft, velvety fuzz of this year’s Pantone colour, to more vivid and vibrant tones that complement Peach Fuzz and bring out its true splendour.
These are some of our favourite ways to bring peach into your floral displays.
Roses
Whether you select the small spray varieties or the larger blooms, roses come in a wide range of peachy tones. In Darling Duende, you get the softer peach roses with a deeper orangey heart, off-set with pink, lilac, and cerise. This creates a perfect colour harmony, while keeping your floral displays bang on trend.
Ranunculus
One of springs super stars, ranunculus come in a whole rainbow of colours, but the peach are some of our favourite. With their endless petals, they are both delicate and showy. And as an added bonus, they have an excellent vase life, frequently lasting 10 days or more. In our Spring Trending Vase, they are complemented by the softest pastel shades in season, creating a warm, airy, and inviting aesthetic.
Tulips
Tulips are practically an emblem of spring. Bursting from the ground in a riot of colours, they can be bold and bright or soft and muted. And they have such a variety of forms, from the open flowers of Humilis to the extraordinary Parrot and Ice Cream types. In our Spring Gift Box, we’ve opted for the classic Darwin tulips in a deeper peach tone. Off-set by vibrant yellow, cerise, and blue, this is our take on Pantone’s Full Flavour colour harmony.
Protea
If you’re looking for a cut flower that really packs a punch, you can’t go wrong with the protea. Big and bold, with a fascinating structure, these South African blooms typically come in shades of pink, red, white, cream, and yellow. In our Spring Hand-Tied Luxury arrangement, we’ve paired peach protea with zingy greens and yellows, cerise, softer pinks, lighter peach, and apricot to create a jaw-dropping display of complementary colours and shapes. While these arrangements are all one-of-a-kind, so we can’t guarantee that yours will look identical to the one pictured, we can promise that it will be just as spectacular.
Lily
Not everyone likes lilies because they can be poisonous to certain pets. But there’s no denying the lily’s peachy credentials. And if you choose well, you can also benefit from the lily’s most fabulous scent. In our Spring Trending Hand-Tied gift box, we’ve gone for pretty peach perfection, with peach lilies, tulips, ranunculus, roses, and carnations, with a little pink larkspur, off-set with eucalyptus foliage. It’s simple, elegant, and delicate, and oh-so peachy!
The Pantone Colour of the Year is a serious business for a lot of people. And at Blue Florist, we love the challenge it brings for integrating the on-trend with the timeless. But we also think that flowers of all colours are amazing. So, pick the colours that make you happy. And if you have a special request, our expert florists will make a bespoke arrangement just for you.
Get in touch with Blue Florist to discuss your floristry needs.