All You Need to Know About Floral Arrangement

While anyone can possibly plop a handful of flowers into a vase, there is a little more thought and technique that goes into the art of flower arranging. It requires a bit of planning and careful preparation to create a beautiful centrepiece and ensure flowers maintain their colour and freshness. That being said, it’s easy to learn how to rearrange flowers into a vase, and make it look like a professional’s work. Once you learn the basics, flower arranging can be both fun and simple.

Received a gorgeous hand bouquet that you want to keep in your room? Or ordered some flowers and hope to display them in the house to brighten up the space? Flower Nation, your florist in Klang Valley has prepared this step-by-step guide to help you put together, arrange (or rearrange) flowers, and display gorgeous floral decorations.

Step 1: Decide on a flower arrangement design

One way to guide your arrangement is to decide on a colour scheme before shopping for flowers. Then, when you visit a flower shop Malaysia, like Flower Nation, you know you’re picking colours that work well together.

Of course, if the bouquet is gifted to you, then you’d have to make do with what flowers and accompaniments there are in the bouquet.

Monochromatic schemes, which show off the variety of different hues of the same colour, can be striking. For another high-impact floral design, try complementary colours that will pop against each other.

While you can be methodical about your colour scheme, there really isn’t a way to go wrong when pairing flowers. Pick your favourite blooms, and try to go with different growth patterns, shapes, and sizes, and see how you can make them come together in your floral decorations.

Step 2: Cut and prepare flowers

Don’t go into arranging the flowers right away. There are some important steps to take to prepare flowers and make them last longer. First, remove extra leaves and damaged petals from stems. If there are unwanted buds on the same stem as a full flower, cut those off as well. Once the stems are cleaned up, make a fresh diagonal cut to the bottom of the stems. Put the trimmed stems into a vase or bucket of water (this doesn’t have to be your final vessel) with some cut flower food.

Step 3: Choose a vessel

When selecting a vase or other container for your arrangement, consider the type of flowers you are using. For example, tulips typically require the support of a straight-sided vase, while tall branches or top-heavy flowers might need a weighted vessel. Apart from traditional vases, flower arrangements may also be housed in woven baskets for added natural texture. To hold water and keep the flower in place, line the basket with a plastic container (you may opt to repurpose plastic water bottles or food takeaway boxes). If necessary, fill in with moss around the container to disguise it inside the basket.

Step 4: Prepare your flower vase

The most important flower arrangement technique doesn’t actually involve the flowers – it’s all about the vessel you put them in. If the flowers don’t have a sturdy foundation, they won’t stay in place and your arrangement will end up falling apart. To make sure flowers stay in place, create a grid of floral tape over the mouth of the vase. Stick the stems through the holes of the grid to keep them in place. Alternatively, use a floral frog, which is a vessel insert with pins for stems to be stuck into.

Step 5: Create a base with greenery

The best way to arrange flowers is to start with greenery as a base. Eucalyptus, ivy, and fern fronds are good greenery go-tos. Check with your preferred online florist for other suggestions. Use the stems of the greenery to create an inverted triangular shape. This guarantees your arrangement will have both a horizontal and a vertical presence. Also, be sure to recut stems before adding them to the vase.

Step 6: Add focal flowers

Focal flowers are usually the largest blooms or those with an unusual colour or texture. Make sure to add in odd numbers for a more natural (not symmetrical) look. Don’t place the focal flowers so they are sticking straight out the sides: they will look droopy and heavy, rather than strong and perky. Placing the vase on a lazy Susan can help you to see all sides without having to move the vase.

Step 7: Add filter flowers

Add smaller flowers and textural elements in the arrangement to fill around the focal flowers. Again, avoid placing all of the supporting flowers straight up or to the sides. You can think of the shape of the arrangement like a dome, and you need to fill in all angles of that dome for it to look complete. Combine smaller flowers together in groups of three or five to create clustering, similar to what happens in nature.

Step 8: Finish your flower arrangement

Finish the design with floaters or delicate blooms like baby’s breath, sedum, or yarrow, the little flowers often found in hand bouquets. Put these in last so they don’t get squished or buried by heavier blooms. Before displaying, give your finished flower arrangement a light spritz of water to mimic the look of fresh dew. Refill the vase with water as needed to keep the flowers hydrated and fresh.

Getting fresh flowers delivered for your arrangement

Looking for beautiful bouquets of fresh flowers to liven up your home or office space? The floral experts at Flower Nation can help you with that! Flower Nation is the choice Malaysian online florist, promising to bring you only the freshest blooms.

Not only does Flower Nation carry an extensive and comprehensive range of floral choices, you can trust the team of Selangor florist with years of experience to create gorgeous hand bouquets perfect for gifting. Our Flower Nation florist in Klang Valley also provides the same flower service.

As mentioned, the flower shop Malaysia provides one of the best flower delivery Klang Valley, with complimentary delivery services for orders within the vicinity.

Shop Flower Nation, your ‘kedai bunga near me’, right now for only the freshest flowers!