September is often seen as a time of new beginnings. From the start of a new school or university year to the new season, there is much to look forward to. You might also be thinking about new adventures or even just an autumn refresh of your interior. Perhaps, like us, you are planning to update your home for autumn by adding some seasonal accessories or faux flowers. Before we start our new season update, we always like to find out what autumn’s interior trends are.

As well as giving us inspiration for our autumn arrangements, it also means we can easily incorporate the trends without spending too much money. A factor we know is at the forefront of most people’s minds this year. 

If you need a little interior inspiration this month, then read on as we share our top picks of this autumn’s interior trends. 

Warming Neutrals 

We know that many of you might have fully embraced the neutral interiors trend. If you are starting to get bored of all the creams and greys, then this trend could be for you. Adding mineral or earthy tones to your home can add interest and warmth. It is also an easy way to add colour without repainting walls or investing in new furniture.  

An easy way to embrace this trend is to replace plain or neutral vases for coloured ones. For example, both our Copper Lustre, Footed Hourglass Vase and Mouth Blown Amber Vase with a Lustre Finish will help to create a fresh new look for your existing Peony arrangements. 

You could also consider adding warmth to your home by changing the type of artificial flowers you have on display. If you have been enjoying the beauty of white or cream hydrangeas this summer, then why not switch them for these wonderful Autumnal Green Hydrangeas on a Long Woody Stem. The gorgeous pale green is exactly the same shade that real hydrangeas start to turn in autumn. Or for a slightly more dramatic and bolder look, opt for our stunning Purple and Green Pom Pom Hydrangea Stem.

New Season Greenery

Adding houseplants to your home is an interior trend which is definitely here to stay. However if you’re not very green fingered then we have the perfect solution. Our wonderful selection of faux houseplants means you can easily embrace this autumn interiors trend. And you don't have to worry about watering them either!

Our top picks from our collection include these incredibly natural looking ferns in an engraved pot and our elegant Bonsai tree in real moss. Both have been created to look as botanically correct as possible.

Russet Tones

No list of autumn interiors trends would be complete without including classic autumn colours. From vibrant red and orange to pale yellow or gold. An easy way into this trend is to add your favourite flowers and foliage to a simple glass vessel. You could even create different sized displays for several rooms in your home.

Some of our favourite stems for this season include the brightness of our Orange and Yellow Daisy Stem with Buds and Foliage, these beautiful Red Trailing berries and our Real touch brown/green fern stem. 

Or for an even simpler way to add a hint of autumn to your home, why not select one of our fabulous seasonal arrangements such as this gorgeous Yellow Chrysanthemums and Foliage with Woody Branched Berries which comes complete with our glass optic vase.

New Season Metallics

Gold is set to be a very big interiors trend, not just for autumn, but also into 2024 as well. This doesn’t mean you have to rush out and order gold wallpaper to redecorate your entire home though. Think more along the lines of adding a hint of gold via beautiful metallic accessories. This will add a luxurious look to your interior, even if you do not have the luxurious budget to match. 

Again, an easy way to embrace this trend is by swapping your existing vases for something in a golden tone which will perfectly catch the autumnal sunshine. One of our favourite vases is this stunning geometric Handmade Metallic Ceramic Vessel. Perfect for displaying any of your taller stems. 

Another fabulous option is this glamorous Real Touch Black Phalaenopsis Orchid in a Rose Gold Ceramic Vase. A must have piece for any orchid fan! 

Enjoy The New Season

We hope our guide to this autumn’s interior trends has given you plenty of ideas for updating your home for the new season. You don’t have to make big changes to create a fresh new look for any of the spaces in your home. It can be as simple as changing the colour or shape of your vase. Or by adding a few autumnal stems to an existing arrangement. As always, we would love to see how you are styling your Peony flowers and vessels in your home. So don’t forget to tag us in your social media posts or drop us a message to let us know how you’ll be celebrating the new autumn season. 

Congratulations to you if you have recently got engaged and have started planning your perfect wedding day! Organising a wedding can be one of the most exciting, yet also one of the most stressful (and expensive) things that we will do in our lives. 

From choosing a venue to writing the guest list and searching for the perfect outfit, the “to do” list can feel never ending at times. One other thing you should also consider organising sooner rather than later is your wedding flowers. With many florists booked up months in advance, and the cost of fresh flowers increasing with the seasons, picking your perfect flowers might be harder than you think. 

However, there is another way: faux flowers. Not convinced that faux will offer you the look you have been dreaming of? Well, read on as we provide you with 5 amazing reasons why you should choose faux over fresh.    

1) You can organise and choose your exact flowers earlier

Whilst you can find a florist, see examples of their work and look at the type of roses or peonies etc. that you would like, you will not get to see your actual wedding flowers until they arrive two to three days before your wedding.  

However, if you choose to work with a florist or company that specialises in faux flowers, you will be able to pick every single flower and piece of foliage many months in advance. If you have a particular shade of pink or white in mind then you will be able to view their entire collection of flowers and find the exact colours to match your colour scheme. 

2) You do not have to worry about what season you’re getting married in and whether your flowers will be available

A summer wedding is perfect for many of our favourite flowers, as they are in season and readily available. But, this is obviously not the case if you’re having a spring or winter wedding. If you would like your bouquet or aisle flowers to include roses, and you’re getting married in November, then your florist will have to import them from South America or Africa. Not only will your flowers have a larger carbon footprint, they will also be far more expensive to source. 

If you choose faux then your florist will have a large supply of roses, in all colours, regardless of the season. Your flowers will also cost you the same in winter as they would at the height of summer - perfect if you are trying to keep to a strict floral budget!  

3) Faux flowers will last forever 

It might seem an obvious thing to say, but cut flowers will generally only last for a maximum of two weeks. Whereas faux flowers, if looked after properly, will still look as good in ten years time as they do now. 

This makes faux flowers the perfect option for not only your bridal bouquet but also for your bridesmaids and flower girl arrangements too. After your wedding day you can keep your bouquet and arrange it in your favourite vase to enjoy all year round as a beautiful keepsake. Your bridesmaids and flower girls can also keep their flowers as a thank you for being part of your special day. 

4) Faux flowers are the perfect choice for destination weddings

If you are getting married abroad, either in Europe or further afield, then you can easily cross “organise wedding bouquet and bridesmaid flowers” off your list by choosing faux. Faux flowers pack really well so can be added to your suitcase alongside your wedding outfit and accessories. Taking your own bouquet with you also ensures that you are not disappointed if the wedding flowers you organised by email turn out not to look as good in reality as they did in the photographs.  

5) Faux flowers are incredibly realistic

One of the most common questions we are asked here at Peony Faux Flowers is whether our flowers look as good as the real thing. Often this is by people who have never physically seen our flowers before, but when they do, they soon realise just how botanically correct they are. We have worked closely with our suppliers to create exact copies of flowers both in our own gardens and of all the florists' favourite flowers. Many of our flowers, especially our roses, have real to the touch petals to make them even more realistic.

We are confident that unless you tell your guests your wedding bouquet is made of faux flowers, none of them will be able to tell, such is the realism of our flowers.    

One final reason to choose faux

We hope we have convinced you that faux flowers have so many wonderful advantages over real ones. However, there is one final reason which we have missed off our list: our new collaboration with the wonderful team at Shropshire Wedding Events. This new collaboration combines our beautiful Peony Faux Flowers with their wedding organising expertise to help offer you the most fabulous pieces to hire for your wedding day. 

From gorgeous aisle designs to table centrepieces and so much more, our fabulous faux creations are the perfect choice for your wedding, allowing you to tick off one more thing on that ever-expanding to do list! 

Good luck with the rest of your wedding planning x

May is such a wonderful time of year in the garden as so many beautiful flowers seem to be bursting into life on an almost daily basis. As the last of the tulips and other spring bulbs fade for another year, our amazing peonies, wisteria and roses start to make their appearance. This month also signals the start of the main flower show season with the RHS Malvern Spring Festival taking place in the middle of the month shortly followed by one of our favourite shows: The Chelsea Flower Show. Whilst we love to see all of the incredible show gardens, our team gets most excited by all the new flower varieties on display in the Great Pavilion. In particular we absolutely love to see what new roses all the amazing growers have produced for this year as they have provided us with so much inspiration over the years. 

Our favourite flowers

It goes without saying that our absolute favourite flower is the peony, but following a close second has to be the rose. There are hundreds of different rose varieties to pick from in a stunning array of colours and they look just as magnificent growing in the garden as they do in a vase in our homes. Roses can flower in the garden for a few weeks or a few months, depending on the variety you grow. However, if you do not have your own garden, or haven’t got the space to grow as many roses as you would like, then our faux roses are the perfect option. As well as being beautiful to look at, our faux roses enable you to enjoy rose season all year round! 

Pick your own rose stems

We have created so many different rose varieties at Peony Faux Flowers over the years with many of them exact copies of the ones growing in our own gardens. Within our current summer collection, you will find dogwood rose stems; beautiful Old English roses; delicate climbing roses and the classic cabbage rose to name just a few! Many of our individual rose stems are also real to the touch meaning they feel exactly the same as touching a real rose petal. 

The Perfect Match

Roses look fabulous arranged in your favourite vase on their own, but they also match perfectly with so many other beautiful summer stems. We love to arrange our roses with wisteria, peonies, dahlias, hydrangeas or sweet peas, however they also work with gorgeous greenery such as eucalyptus or viburnum. Now is also the perfect time to stock up on our individual stems, as they are all available as part of our summer 3 for 2 mix and match stem offer! Simply add 3 stems to your shopping basket and receive the lowest price stem for free. 

Our Summer Rose Collection 

If you find the process of creating your own bespoke floral display a little daunting, then we have some stunning rose arrangements for you to choose from. Here are some of our favourites from this year’s summer collection:

Medium Rose and Foliage Bouquet - This bouquet features gorgeous pastel pink roses alongside an abundance of summer greenery. It has been created to look as if you have cut all of the stems straight from your garden. Perfect for adding a hint of colour to your interior this summer or for gifting to friends and family.   

Rose, Calla Lily and Foliage Bouquet - If you’re looking for an elegant summer arrangement for your home, then we think this bouquet will be the perfect piece for you. We have combined gorgeous pastel pink vendela roses with calla lilies and soft green foliage to create this wonderful bouquet. It will look simply stunning in your favourite tall vessel.   

Old English Roses and Eucalyptus in a Small Coral Vase - Old English roses are so many people’s favourite rose variety. These beautiful cream roses look so realistic with their buds and leaves. Arranged with the eucalyptus spray which is the perfect foliage to give that natural look, this display comes complete with our small coral vase. An ideal arrangement for your coffee table this summer. 

Roses, Peonies and Foliage Hand-Tied Bouquet in a Large Coastal Vase - This arrangement is summer in a vase! Our large coastal vase simply overflows with pastel pink roses, gorgeous white peonies and an abundance of green foliage. It is a real show stopping arrangement which would look stunning displayed on your entrance hall table. 

Peach Sophia Roses with Fern and Berries in a Rope Lantern Vase - The Sophia rose is one of our favourite roses and these ones come in such a pretty shade of peach. Displayed with green ferns and pretty berries, we have set this arrangement in our still water within the gorgeous rope lantern vase. A wonderful display for your home or for gifting for a summer birthday. 

The Finishing Touches

We hope we have given you plenty of inspiration for adding the beauty of roses to your home for summer and beyond. From our gorgeous collection of individual stems to our beautiful pre-made bouquets and arrangements, there really is a colour for every interior style. Don’t forget that you can also make sure your floral displays smell as good as they look with our fragrance sprays. Our English Rose fragrance has been created to smell as if you are walking through a summer rose garden in full bloom! 

As always, we love to see our flowers in your home, so whether you are creating your own bespoke displays or adding our arrangements to your interior this summer, then don’t forget to share them with us on social media!