What you need:

• 2 very large garden roses ( cut abt. 9 inches)

• 1 doz. tulips (cut 9 - 12 inches)

• 1 bunch bright green hydrangea (cut from 6-11 inches)

• 1 small bunch Silver Dollar Eucalyptus (cut 17 inches)

• 6 Camellias (cut 7 - 11 inches)

• 5 Boston Fern stems (cut 16 inches)

• 1 Asparagus fern stem (cut 16 inches)

• packet of floral food (purchase here)

• 18 gauge floral wire cut into thirds

• 1 brick wet pack floral foam (purchase

  here)

• 1 pedestal vase.  Here's a similar one:(purchase here)

  Supplies Used:

• pruning shears (purchase here)

• produce knife

• 1/2 inch clear waterproof floral tape (purchase here)

• scissors

   

Steps: 8

Flower Cost:  $13.97 (roses, camellias and greens were from the garden)

Rated: Intermediate Arrangement

The first blooms for roses are always the biggest. I was surprised the other day when I as I was driving home I noticed some very large pink roses in the side garden bed. Upon examination, I saw the blooms were 5 inches in diameter, and I thought, “Oh, I have to use these in an arrangement.” So voila! There were matching tulips in the grocery store and these lovely green hydrangeas, so I used those along with ferns from the garden bed and my camellias which are still in bloom. The roses were from the bare-root roses that I bought from Huntington Gardens that were featured in this post: https://www.floristinyou.com/planting-bareroot-roses

See if you can guess which variety they are. Here is another helpful post showing how to wire your roses:

https://www.floristinyou.com/prep

Now if you have your flowers and supplies, let’s begin.