Halloween Floral Design

Fall is a wonderful time of year for floral design. There are so many beautiful flowers in rich fall colors. Halloween arrangements are especially fun. Use fresh flowers and Halloween novelties! The flowers in this design include: Bird of Paradise, Alstromeria, Gerbera, Roses, Chrysanthmums, Carnations, Coppertip (crocosmia), and an orange thistle. The foliage used includes leather leaf, salal, and goldenrod. Cury willow also adds an exciting touch.

To design an arrangement in a pumpkin, first clean out your pumpkin. Sprinkle flower food on the inside, this will help your carved out pumpkin to last longer. You will then want to insert plastic lining in your pumpkin. This arrangement uses floral foam. After saturating your floral foam in warm water, you are ready to begin! For instructions on how to use floral foam, go to the link 1-800 Flowers.com found at the top left of this page. After clicking the link, go to "Floral care and giving," "using floral foam" is found under the "year round" heading.

Some tips for your design:

• You paid for that Bird of Paradise! Make sure you can see it!
• Use the "lid" of your pumpkin as part of your design, attach with wooden peg.
• Add fall leaves to your design.
• To enhance your design, and to make it more suitable for Halloween, put Halloween novelties in it, like ghosts, spiders, cobwebs, or witches!
• Don't forget purple is the new Halloween color. Using purple flowers and foliage can add variety to any seasonal floral arrangement

For more autumn arrangement ideas, click here 1-800-FLORALS and go to the Floral Care and Giving section. To purchase beautiful and fun autumn and Halloween designs, check out the Halloween section at

Carnations for Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is a great time of year to get creative with flower arrangements. Have fun arranging fresh cut flowers in cute holiday containers. All your main craft stores have huge selections of holiday gift items, which include perfect flower containers. Use anything like mugs, colored vases, and candy dishes. A flower arrangement in a cute container will make a great gift for your sister, mother, or friend. For your special sweetheart however, stay away from the over-the- top cutesy things and give her a beautiful bouquet or arrangement in a vase. Give your Valentine Flowers this year.


Here are some ideas to get you started.

This is a fun arrangement in a tin container decorated with hearts for Valentine's Day. The flowers used include red, white, and pink carnations, as well as red tulips. The filler flower is baby's breath (gypsophilia). Leather leaf covers the floral foam and is at the base of the design.

This is a simple arrangement in a vase. It includes one red gerbera daisy, one pink snap dragon, and one pink carnation. Aster, myrtle, and salal are also used. Dress up any vase with ribbon.

Simply use carnations for a charming arrangement.

Red roses, accented with a pink snap dragon and carnation,

makes the perfect arrangement for your Valentine.

This small bouquet consists of alstroemeria and red roses. Put it in a decorative container for a charming Valentine's Day arrangement

Roses are great flowers for Valentine's Day.

Arranging Fresh Cut Carnations for Valentine's Day

You don't have to have a sweetheart to give flowers this Valentine's Day. Share flowers with those you love and appreciate. This is a simple flower arrangement that will make a good gift for a family member or friend. It is made of pink, white, and red carnations. Be sure to add flower preservative to the water to extend the life of the flowers.

Rose Color Symbolism

Send the right message this Valentine's Day by sending the right color rose.

Red: Romance, true love
Pink: grace, admiration
Yellow: Friendship; new beginnings, joy and happiness
Lavender/Purple: love at first sight
White: simple elegance, sophistication
Orange: enthusiasm, desire, fascination, energy, warmth

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Traditional Rose Flower Arrangement

When it comes to Valentine's Day flowers or anniversary flowers, you can't go wrong with giving a traditional arrangement of a dozen red roses accented with baby's breath (gypsophilia). The following video gives step by step instructions on how to arrange a dozen roses in a vase.

This video uses red freedom roses, gypsophilia, tree fern (Asparagus), and leather leaf (Rumohra). You can obtain these supplies at your local florist. Grocery stores often have great floral departments where you can also buy these supplies individually.

The cheapest place to buy a glass floral vase is at a thrift store. If you can't find what you're looking for there, try the floral department at your local grocery store, they usually have the best selection this time of year. Another way to obtain nice floral vases is to order flowers online, and include a vase in your order or go to your local florist. Of course, if you have an account with a flower wholesaler, you can also get great deals on vases from them as well.

Proflowers.com often offers a free vase with your order:

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