For dinner parties, low bowls of flowers make most sense - if you're planning on conversing with your guests! If you use a clear vase, you can hide the stems (and dirty water) by wrapping the inside of the glass with a leaf.
Bay trees make gorgeous standards, and they are reasonably quick growing.
This is what some of our customers say
I had been put off ordering flowers for Mothering Sunday, after a poor show from John Lewis flowers two years ago, but I thought that I would give serenata flowers a go. My mother described her bouquet as `the best flowers I have ever had`! The flowers were beautifully arranged with the freshest blooms, in perfect condition. My sincere thanks. Lucy, Swindon