ALL FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS NEED
BALANCE – PROPORTION – SCALE – RHYM – DOMINANCE – CONTRAST
The height of arrangement should be 1 ½ time width or height of container.
Elizabeth Schultz’s quote on arrangements
Do it to please you.
Miscellaneous tips:
- Use a pedestal to enhance arrangements to make it pop! An upside down plate can be used for a pedestal.
- Accessories – doilies or cloth underneath arrangement
- Mechanics: What was used to make up the arrangement?
Wire: Concealed always. Useful for drooping flowers.
Oasis: foam forms where flower stems are inserted to make the arrangement.
White flowers should not be used as a focal point. Green is always good to use.
The vase or container should not overpower the arrangement. The floral design is the focus.
Line Materials to use to make the design listed in garden book.
Bamboo, Cannas, Eucalyptus, Iris, Larkspur, Liatris, Pussywillow, Scotch Broom, Goldenrod, Phlox, Magnolia, Delphinium, Bell of Ireland.
Fillers or Round Flowers; Zinnias, Marigolds, Cosmos, Batchelor Buttons, Mums
Examples of Arrangement Design to try:
Vertical: large Flower – Large Vase
Try to uniform round design.
Lilies, Hibiscus-Stock-Roses (Showy Flowers)
Ferns-Baby’s Breath, as a filler
Radiating: Fan Shaped, Palm leaves cut to make a fan. Flowers to follow the fan line. Succulents / Roses
S Curvelends itself to a Japanese Arrangement
Scalene: lends itself to a Japanese Arrangement
Japanese Arrangements – – represents Water-Air-Earth
Flowers to use: Carnations, Mums, Bamboo, Juniper, Oriental Poppies, Jasmine, Luminera (Money Plant).
Horizontal:– Liatris, Larkspur, Gladiola, Stock,
Ferns, Coral Vine, filler flowers
Inverted T: Baby’s Breath, Vines, Snapdragons, Gladiolas, Parancantha (fall red berries), (Spring White Flowers)
Crescent: Buy flowers that bend to the C shape, Scotch Broom, Snap Dragons, Fern, , Parancantha (fall red berries) (Spring White Flowers). Use a boat shaped container.
L Shaped or Side Triangle: Put arrangement on a stand. Use sprays of flowers, Baby Breath, Holly, Crepe Myrtle, Plumbago, and Coral Vine
Triangle: Tallest flowers first, put at the back, and two at the front, then use filler flowers to make the design