A strip of bark encloses a simple bunch of red-hot pokers and sunflowers. The pokers are left tall, to show off their long smooth stems, and the sunflowers cut short. Grouping the flowers together like this looks more modern - and more striking - than scattering them randomly around an arrangement. For a fun variation on this display, swap the sunflowers for ornamental cabbages or artichoke flowers, both in soft shades of blue-purple. "Leonidas" roses would work well too - they have the same unusual tan-terracotta colouring as the red-hot pokers.

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