1. Selecting Cut Flowers and Foliage

2. Getting the flowers Order flowers from wholesalers Better availability Better color Better quality Better price If you order too many your stuck with them

3. Flower and Foliage Classifications Line Flowers Mass Flowers Filler Flowers Form Flowers

4. Line Flowers Long, slender spikes of blossoms Bare twigs are line flowers Establish the skeleton or outline of an arrangement Determine height and width

5. Gladiolus Snapdragon Stock Flower

6. Mass Flower Single-stem flowers with large, rounded heads Used within the framework of line flowers Vary the flowers at depths and heights

7. Carnation Rose Daisies

8. Filler Flower Fill in the gaps between mass flowers Gives depth to the design Follow patter set by line and mass flowers Flower can be bunchy (pompon chrysanthemums) or feathery (baby’s breath)

9. Pompon ChrysanthemumsBaby’s Breath

10. Form Flowers Unusual and distinctive shapes The create a focal point Space them apart so they keep their form and shape

11. Orchids Calla Lily

12. Why Is This Important? Those 4 groups of flowers make up the arrangement You must be able to identify many flowers and their flower group

13. Assignment You will create a handout or study guide of the 4 groups of flowers You will need the following on it 5 flowers for each group (line, mass, form, and filler) can’t use the ones I gave you The name of the flower The arrangement that the flower is most common in Picture of the flowers