With Pink Roses and White Camellias

Soft Pink Sand

What you need:

  • 3 Peonies (cut 1 at 13 1/4”, & 2 at 12 3/4”)

  • 3 Long Stemmed pink Garden Roses (cut 1 at 14 1/4” & 2 at 13 3/4”)

  • moon shaped oval vase (10 1/4”H x 11”W 8”opening)

  • 1 container 28 oz. (3 lb.) pink sand Ashland Fine Stone Granules

  • 2.75" burlap ribbon (cut at 26 1/2”)

  • 18 gauge floral wire cut into thirds

  • packet of floral food (purchase here)

    Tools Used:

  • pruning shears (purchase here)

  • Glue gun (purchase here)

  • Glue stick (purchase here)

  • scissors

  • wire cutters

Steps: 6

Flower Cost:  $5.00

Intermediate Arrangement

This arrangement reminds me of summer at the beach. Yeah! It is made with Camellias cut from my garden and Garden Roses. The Camellias shown are called Silver Lace. They have white irregular petals, light yellow filaments and gold anthers. These Camellia bushes can be purchased at Nuccio’s Nursery in Pasadena, CA. Check out their rare camellias at: http://www.nucciosnurseries.com/ I cut back my rose bushes to prepare for spring so these long stem Garden Roses came from the grocery store.

There are a couple of tips to making this arrangement, as simple as it seems:

FLORAL TIP: After you pour the sand into the vase, gently tilt the vase from side to side to get the sand level. After you pour in the water, do not disturb the sand! I know because I tried to remove a black fleck, and in doing so disturbed the sand. When disturbed, the sand acts like a Lava lamp and it is impossible to settle it down again smoothly. You must then pour out all of the water and starting again. Not fun.

FLORAL TIP: Select Camellias with a long stem so they can anchor into the sand. Cut the stems between 13 3/4“- 13 1/4”and place them straight down into the sand. The straightness of the stems establishes a vertical element that is an important part of the design.

You will need to wire each rose with 1/3 of a piece of floral wire (5”to 6”). To see how to wire roses correctly click here: https://www.floristinyou.com/prep

If you have your pink sand and your flowers, let’s begin.

 

Here are you supplies and tools.

You will use this glue gun to secure the ribbon.

Overlap ribbon a couple of inches. Pull tight. Hold to glue.

Keep the ribbon as measured and hot glue the overlap at top and bottom.

Pour container of sand into vase.

Gently tilt from side to side to level sand.

Gently add water trying not to disturb sand.

Clean green Camellia leaves with damp paper towel.

Place 3 Camellias with stems straight down into the sand.

Wire Roses and place behind Camellias with stems stright down into sand.

Add baby in pink.

Give her a rose.

See, she’s a florist already.

This is fun!

Here’s a close up.

Enjoy!