Winter Aura Arrangement

Red dried-look hydrangeas with vivid, wine-toned petals flecked with green. They're the kind of stem that reads as warm rather than festive, and they carry the colour for the entire arrangement.

Around them, everything stays green and textural. White and green viburnum add their soft, rounded clusters. Skimmia brings its dense, budded heads. Pittosporum contributes smaller, variegated leaves. Eucalyptus, green berries and a seed head fill out the body with enough variation in leaf shape and tone to keep it interesting without introducing any more colour.

Ivy with purple berries trails at the edges and connects back to the warm tones of the hydrangeas with its dark, clustered fruit. It's a small detail, but it ties the reds and greens together convincingly.

At 55cm, it's compact and densely packed. The shape is rounded rather than loose, which suits a wide-mouth vase or ceramic pot. Textured, earthy vessels work particularly well here. Kitchen islands, mantelpieces, living room shelves. It suits rooms that lean toward traditional or country styles, but holds its own in more contemporary spaces, too.

Winter flowers don't exist in the same way spring and summer ones do. This arrangement captures what winter feels like instead. Warm, rich and quietly settled.