Level 1 Vocabulary Part 2

Growers, Wholesalers and Retail Florist must process their
flowers. 

• Conditioning

• Balance

• Processing Flowers

• Skeleton Flowers

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 Preserative

• Proportion

• Secondary Colors

• Scale

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

• Cascade Design

• Primary Colors

• Focal Point

• Hydrating Solution

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

• Mass Flowers

• Form Flowers

• Respiration

• Line Flowers

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

• Transpiration

• Parallel Designs

• Formal-Linear Designs

• Interpertive

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

• Hydrating Solution

• Interpretive Design

• Respiration

• Transpiration

An asymmetrically balanced design of few materials usually
placed in groups that emphasize forms and lines. 

• Shade

• Tint

• Value

• Formal-Linear Designs

Design that consists of clusters or groups of flowers & foliage that
strengthens the element of line which moves the eye through the arrangement. 

• Wire

• Parallel Design

• Tone

• Intensity

Used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton outline height or
width of an arrangement. 

• Bacterial Growth

• Color

• Line Flowers

• Form

Used to create focal point with unusual and distinctive shapes. 

• Form Flowers

• Line Element

• Foliages

• Tint