Wildflower Bouquet

A bouquet that never needs water sounds like a compromise, until you notice this one also never needs throwing out and can be rearranged as often as you like.

LEGO's Wildflower Bouquet builds 939 pieces into eight species of wildflower, with sixteen stems that stay individually adjustable once the building is finished. That is what separates it from a diorama. A diorama goes together once and holds that pose forever, whereas the cornflowers, lavender, Welsh poppies, cow parsley, leatherleaf ferns, gerbera daisies, larkspur and lupins here can be pulled out, shuffled and re-set as often as a cut bouquet would need trimming and restaging. The tallest stem is a straight larkspur running over 18 inches, 47 centimetres. That is enough height for a floor vase rather than a shelf.

Several of the flower pieces are moulded from a plant-based plastic LEGO makes from sustainably sourced sugarcane, rather than the oil-based ABS behind most of its bricks. The set belongs to the Botanical Collection, a line aimed at adult builders rather than the company's usual younger audience. It is rated 18 and up, though the box still carries the small-parts choking warning for children under three. Building it earns 390 points for LEGO Insiders members, and it can be combined with the separately sold LEGO Flower Bouquet, set 10280, if one vase turns out not to be enough.