Michael and Darroch Putnam have built a reputation for romantic, dramatic floral arrangements and installations using color as their guiding principle - here, they share their knowledge with readers worldwide: "This is the book we wished we had when we started doing flowers." Emphasizes seasonality and creative color schemes, with results that are stunning in their sheer variety... A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts, as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers."— Florida Times-Union If you like to host events-or just have an interest in flowers - the Flower Color Guide will help you select your arrangements carefully. The book features 400 blooms that are represented through stunning photography. Each image shows the flower at its peak so that you can marvel (and plan) accordingly.- My Modern Met Emphasizes seasonality and creative color schemes, with results that are stunning in their sheer variety ... A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts, as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers.' – Florida Times-Union Emphasizes seasonality and creative color schemes, with results that are stunning in their sheer variety ... A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts, as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers.' – Florida Times-Union

Planning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of having them, more often than not your creative process begins with thinking about the colour of the flowers that you want. To help you find what you are looking for, Flower Colour Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by colour, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative colour schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to colour, Flower Colour Guide is to flowers.However, a simple, albeit beautiful color guide isn’t all an ambitious florist needs in his or her bookshelf. And with this in mind, Darroch and Michael have put together a technicolor primer on the right way to mix and blend stems to create artful, striking arrangements. Using spray oncidium orchids and fruit to create texture is an easy way to enhance any analogous color scheme,” the pair say, with reference to a gorgeous, yellow display, offset with a sliced-up lemon; and when describing the merits of a sculptural offering of pink, fuchsia, purple, and blue flowers, they point out, “having flower faces, such as the tulips here, mirror or ‘look’ at one another creates compositional depth and movement.” Like a Pantone guide for flowers, this glorious book is a survey of 400 plants and their colours.' – Bloom

The pair have had their work featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Martha Stewart Living, Town & Country, W Magazine, and Elle Décor; they continue to oversee floral arrangements at some of the world's most exclusive society weddings and social engagements; and their best-selling debut book, Flower Color Guide, won plaudits the Guardian, Architectural Digest and the New York Post for the way in which it laid out, in simple, color-by-color terms, the best flower choices for each pigment. A] ridiculously enjoyable pint-sized book full of blooms familiar and exotic, all arranged by hue.' – House Beautiful Planning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of having them, more often than not your creative process begins with thinking about the color of the flowers that you want. To help you find what you are looking for, Flower Color Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by color, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative color schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to color, Flower Colour Guide is to flowers. This helpful handbook can guide you toward in-season flowers within your chosen color scheme.' – Real SimpleLike a Pantone guide for flowers, this glorious book is a survey of 400 plants and their colours."― Bloom There’s also some neat insights from the authors, offering the kind of pro tips you’d expect from two industry leaders. Beside a challenging, monochromatic display, they write, “in addition to flowers, use berries, grasses, and decorative leaves to tie an arrangement together”; in the notes for their pink and blue display of ginger, Phalaenopsis orchid, Heliconia, Anthurium, Tweedia, and Pepper berry, they point out, “when designing with a warm palette, you can incorporate a dash of blue as an accent color.” If you like to host events―or just have an interest in flowers - the Flower Color Guide will help you select your arrangements carefully. The book features 400 blooms that are represented through stunning photography. Each image shows the flower at its peak so that you can marvel (and plan) accordingly."― My Modern Met