Floral Wiring Techniques

Floral wire is used for the following reasons...

______ slightly crooked stems

______ weakened stems

Wire can be purchased in boxes or spools weighing ____lbs.

• 15

• 20

• 14

• 12

Wire gauge numbers ______ as wire size gets _____

• increases/smaller

• increases/larger

• decreases/larger

• decreases/smaller

Which of the following is not a wiring method you covered in your notes?

• Supporting

• Straight wire

• Piercing

• Stitch

_______ wire method is used when the stem remains attached to the flower, wraps around the stem, and is most often used in vase arrangements

• Hairpin/Wrap

• Hook

• Stitch

• Straight

______ wiring method is used on flowers that have an enlarged calyx

• Piercing

• Stich

• Hairpin/Wrap

• Hook

____ wire methods is used in flowers that break easily at the stem

• Piercing

• Hairpin/wrap

• Straight

• Hook

This is an example of which wiring technique?

• Hook

• Piercing

• Hairpin/wrap

• Bracing

This is an example of which type of wiring technique?

• Piercing

• Hook

• Stitch

• Straight

______ ______ is non-sticky tape that will stick to itself when stretched