Flower Types for Floral Design Flower Types Flowers

Flower Types for Floral Design

Flower Types • Flowers come in all shapes and sizes. • Flowers and floral products that are used in Floral Designs can be grouped into 5 groups. – – – Mass Line Form Filler Foliage • Each type of product has a special use and placement in a flower arrangement.

Mass Flowers • These are the main flowers used to make the shape (outline) of the floral design. • These flowers are usually round in shape and they can be placed to give the overall design type. – Examples: • • Roses Carnations Chrysanthemums Sunflowers

Line Flowers • Tall slender stems with smaller florets (little flower blooms) around the stem. • These help make the structure (or skeleton) of the design. The create lines for our eyes to follow. – Examples: • • Snapdragons Gladiolas Delphinium Dendrobium Orchids

Form Flowers • Used for a focal point or special feature. • Usually unique with distinctive, interesting shapes that draw attention. • Usually use fewer in the design, because of cost and attention. – Examples include: • Lilies (oriental, asiatic, calla) • Orchids (phaleonopsis, cymbidium) • Irises (dutch)

Filler Flowers • Groups of small or tiny flowers. • Used to fill up gaps in a design. • These are accents, not to draw attention from the other flowers. • Includes “spray” stems of flowers: – such as mini-carnations, roses, mums – these have multiple blooms per stem – Examples: • Baby’s Breath • Statice • Solid Aster • Waxflower

Foliages • Foliages are the greenery used to cover mechanics and add a natural effect to the overall design. • Some specialty greens can also be used as focal points or add special interest to a design. • Usually we use greens to cover foam or start a vase design. – Examples include: – – – Leather Leaf Comedor Salal (lemon leaf) Lily or Bear Grass Myrtle

Flower Placement on Stem • Solitary – These flowers have only 1 bloom on the end of the stem • Roses, Tulips • Spray – Multiple Flowers per stem • Mini Carnations or Mini Roses • Inflorescence – These flowers look like 1 large flower head, but are actually lots of smaller blooms arranged in a cluster • Hydrangea, Agapanthus • Spike – Like a Line Flower, it has a longer stem with smaller blooms on it • Snapdragons, Liatrus

Form Spike Foliage Line Mass Spray Filler Solitary