Ivory Madonna Azalea

A 10th anniversary gift traditionally comes in tin, which is a strange material to hand someone you love after a full decade together.  The bloom mounts flat with a single keyhole slot, so it hangs in minutes without a vase, soil, or a watering schedule to remember. Chive's artisans build each petal by hand, layering clay in thin passes until the azalea's ruffled edge looks convincingly grown rather than molded. Ten years is a milestone most couples want to mark with something that outlasts the party. The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens has cultivated azaleas as a signature planting for generations, which is part of why the flower felt right for a decade-long milestone. Tin tarnishes; this stays exactly as it looked on the day it arrived.