Floral Design Concepts

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Vegetative Design

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A feature of this style of design is the seasonal compatibility of the plant materials in the design.

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Stair Step Manner Design Placement

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The placement of cut material in a parallel design in each group in order to create depth.

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Waterfall Design

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Shorter stems of mass flowers provide a color & focal point near the rim of the container.

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Customer Education

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Florists must educate the customer in order to help them enjoy their flowers to the fullest extent.

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Processing Flowers

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Growers, Wholesalers and Retail Florist must process their flowers.

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Floral Preservative

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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.

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Hydrating Solution

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A Citric acid solution that causes flowers to take up water rapidly to prevent dehydration after flowers being dry packed.

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Respiration

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Cell process in which stored food reserves are converted into useful energy for the plant.

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Transpiration

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The process of plants losing water through stomata in their leaves.

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Interpretive Design

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A combination of both natural and man made materials in an unnatural manner to create new images.