Fresh cut flower varieties can be artistically designed by florists or home designers. There are so many flowers with a multitude of species that this article will only be able to cover a few. Your preferences will begin to emerge the longer you use your imagination to work with the various families of flowers.
Each designer has his or her preferred flowers to work with. Some designers like working with mums because they come in multiple blooms per stem giving options that a single bloom stem does not. Cushion mums and daisies, which are found in white or yellow, are commonly found with multiple blooms. They create a burst of color in an arrangement or when the blooms are separated, they can be placed in floral foam in a short container individually. Other popular mums in the family are the poms, spiders and Fuji mums.
At weddings and at Valentines Day roses are the most popular flower used. Found in a multitude of colors, they are popular in many designs. They are grown in home gardens as well as in hot houses, making them available to the floral industry all year. Spray roses are also popular; found in many colors they have multiple blooms on each stem as opposed to the favorite long stem rose, which only has the one bloom.
A flower that is larger than most is the lily. These can be found as single bloom stems or as multiple blooms. One of the common lily families is the Asiatic Lily. They are available in a variety of colors, white, yellow and orange being the most popular. In making an arrangement, a lily stem can be used as the main flower focal point, or in a large arrangement as a burst of color, depending on the designer.
The family that shows off is the tropicals. The blooms are large and each makes its own statement. The lily may or may not be included in this set, depending on whom you ask. Normally found in a low container, these take few flowers to make an arrangement. Some designs will only have three to fine flowers in it. Some favorites in the industry are calla lilies (no relation to the other lily families), the orchid family, bird of paradise, ginger, protea, anthuriums, and heliconia. These are designed differently than other flowers so you might want to study designs by others to see how they are normally used.
Tall flowers are typically used in vase arrangements as well as most wedding and funeral pieces. Some of the families that are popular for this are gladiolus, snapdragons, larkspur, bells of Ireland, and delphinium. These flowers are all tall enough to frame your arrangement. Gladiolus and snapdragons can be found in a variety of colors, whereas bells come in green, and delphinium is usually a deep blue.
Filling in the leftover spaces in an arrangement is where this next list comes from. For a white filler you could use Queen Anns Lace which is quite light and airy or baby’s breath also known as gyp. For a yellow filler you would want to use Solidago which is also known as goldenrod. Statice and waxflower are both found in lavender. Your arrangement would typically determine which filler was to be used.
Greens that you might find in the cooler of a florist are tree fern, myrtle, pittosporum, leather fern or eucalyptus. Greens are great for covering the mechanics of an arrangement, or framing the piece. Palm fronds can be used in an arrangement to frame the back of a piece such as a standing spray. Using fresh cuts have a variety of features to consider. Start with a sharpened knife, flowers, a container and your imagination and you will be on your way to enjoying the beauty of flowers.
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