Flower Types for Floral Design

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 4 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