Principles and Elements
Red, yellow and blue are primary colors.
Primary Colors
The process in which cut flowers & foliages have been tested to extend their freshness.
Conditioning
An asymmetrically balanced design of few materials usually placed in groups that emphasize forms and lines.
Formal-Linear Design
Used to create focal point with unusual and distinctive shapes
Form
Florists must educate the customer in order to help them enjoy their flowers to the fullest extent.
Customer Education
Two primary colors combined in equal amounts.
Secondary Colors
Cell process in which stored food reserves are converted into useful energy for the plant.
Respiration
The design consists of several layers of materials, varying in size and texture to create a flowering effect.
Cascade Design
Are usually single stem with large rounded heads used inside or along the arrangement to fill in.
Mass Flowers
Design that consists of clusters or groups of flowers & foliage that strengthens the element of line which moves the eye through the arrangement
Parallel Design
The impression of the design being stable and self-supported.
Balance
The process of plants losing water through stomata in their leaves.
Transpiration
A feature of this style of design is the seasonal compatibility of the plant materials in the design.
Vegetative Design
used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton outline height or width of an arrangement.
Line Flowers
A combination of both natural and man made materials in an unnatural manner to create new images.
Interpretive Design
The relationship between the flowers, foliage and container.
Proportion
Citric acid solution that causes flowers to take up water rapidly to prevent dehydration after flowers being dry packed.
Hydrating Solution
Shorter stems of mass flowers provide a color & focal point near the rim of the container.
Waterfall Design
The location within a design that attracts the most attention; the center of interest. In a corsage, the focal point is where the largest flower is placed.
Focal Point
Growers, Wholesalers and Retail Florist must process their flowers.
Processing Flowers
The relationship between the completed arrangement and its location.
Scale
A chemical consisting of a mixture of ingredients that when added to water extends the vase life of cut flowers by lowering the water PH.
Floral Preservative
is the placement of cut material in a parallel design in each group in order to create depth.
Stair Step Manner Design
Primary or line flowers used in a design to establish the outline of the arrangement.
Skeleton Flowers
Corsage wiring technique in which a wire is inserted through the calyx and bent downward along the stem.
Piercing Method