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The storage or shipment of flowers out of water.
what is dry pack?
A design technique in which branches of flower are used around the perimeter of a floral arrangement to direct attention to the materials in the center of the arrangement.
What is Framing?
Sells floral goods and services to the customers.
What is a retail florist?
These contain more than one single focal point.
What are abstract designs.
The length of useful life of cut floral materials after being received by the customer.
What is Vase Life?
#28 wire is a finer wire than #16 gauge wire. #20 and #22 gauge wire is best suited to support roses, carnations and chrysanthemums.
What is Wire?
A triangular pattern with a strong "L-Line".
What is Asymmetrical Design?
the impression of the design being stable and self-supported.
What is proportion?
Appropriate gauge wire is 24-28 depending on the weight of the flower. number 3 ribbon is the most appropriate.
What are corsages?
The process of converting nutrients, water, carbon, dioxide and sunlight into food for plants.
What is photosynthesis?
The process in which cut flowers and foliage have been tested to extend their freshness.
What is Conditioning?
a former, equilateral triangular design.
What is symmetrical design?
the location within a design that attracts the most attention; the center of interest, In a corsage, the focal point is where the biggest flower is put.
What is focal point?
Helps prevent stem blockage, increase water uptake, maximize the freshness of the product and keeps the stem from sealing to the bottom of the container.
what is Re-Cutting Stems?
A seasonal compatibility of the plant materials in the design.
What are Vegetative Designs?
used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton outline height or width of an arrangement.
What is Line Flowers?
Supplies, methods and materials that designers use to place and hold flowers and foliage in an arrangement.
What is Mechanics?
Combination of equal amounts of primary color and adjacent secondary colors.
What are Intermediate Colors?
What is filler?
Corsage wiring technique in which a wire is inserted through the calyx and bent downward along the stem.
What is the Piercing Method?
Used to create focal point with unusual and distinctive shape.
What are Form Flowers?
made up of twelve major colors. using color is just one important design element essential in creating a well-designed floral arrangement.
What is color?
These do not require a focal point.
What are round designs?
Primary or line flowers used in a design to establish the outside of the arrangement.
What are Skeleton Flowers?
Usually single stem with large rounded head used inside or along the arrangement to fill it in.
What are mass flowers?