Our History.
A San Francisco Legacy Business, IXIA is a full-service flower company creating bespoke, one-of-a-kind, flower arrangements. Experiencing an IXIA arrangement is a journey into the sublime, known for it’s branches, tree trunks and driftwood, each arrangement is designed to surround you and appeal to your senses. Mosses, stones, succulents, pods and other forms borrowed from nature create a palette of texture. And wherever you look, you see tradition blend with innovation, in designs that range from fresh takes on the familiar to the artfully exotic. For over 36 years, IXIA has created sculptural floral arrangements that reflect the wonder of the natural world. Our passion is evident in everything we create, from the smallest arrangement to the largest installation, and in art pieces that last an evening or a lifetime. Come and explore our work, here or in our studio.
About Cheri
IXIA owner, Cheri Mims, started her floral company, Lilybelle in 2009 and acquired IXIA in 2017. Growing up, Cheri was a military-kid so she moved around quite a bit, but spent most of her time in California. Her love for floral arrangements is rooted in her earliest memories of traveling to the Philippines and interacting with a sensitive plant —a plant that responds to touch by closing its leaves. Of that experience, Cheri says, “ it opened up a whole new world of mystical experiences and whimsy, I knew it was something special”.
Cheri’s choice of artistic medium is driven by the limited nature of floral arrangements. She loves the excitement of working with the fleeting beauty of flowers, “ after 4 weeks it’s gone and it’s only preserved by drying or photographed or it’s gone forever.” She’s quite fond of working with various textures and colors within an arrangement and mixing different styles to create something truly unique.