1. Selection of Cut Flowers and Greens
Chapter 4
Unit 4

2. Essential Questions What are the most commonly used flowers?
How many groups are flowers placed into?

3. Ordering Flowers
Must know quantity to order. Important to making money for store.
Most flowers ordered from Wholesale Florist.
Wholesale florist has wide variety of material.
Make regular deliveries to stores or schools.

4. Flower and Foliage Classification
Each flower or foliage used in an arrangement has distinguishing characteristics.
Plant material is classified into four groups based on form and shape.

5. Line Flowers
Long, slender spikes of blossoms with florets blooming along the stem. Bare Twigs
Used to establish the Skeleton of arrangement.
Determine Height and Width
Ex. Gladiolus, Snapdragons, Stock

6. Mass Flowers Single stem flowers with large rounded heads.
Used within the framework of the linear flowers toward focal point.
Ex. Roses, Carnations, Daisies

7. Filler Flowers
Fill in the gaps between mass flowers and give depth to the design.
Follow patterns set by the line and mass flowers.
Add emphasis to main blossoms.
Two Groups of fillers.

8. Bunchy Filler Flowers Group #1
Have small mass-type heads.
Ex. Pompon ChrysanthemumsCelsoia, Statice, Mum, Yarrow

9. Feathery Filler Flowers Group #2
Give a delicate, feminine appearance to an arrangement.
Ex. Baby’s Breath, Statice, Wax Flower, Spray Aster

10. Form Flowers Unusual distinctive shapes.
Ideal to create a focal point in a design.
Ex. Orchids, Calla Lilies