FLORIST

Floral designers may choose many types of designs to create. Before creating more difficult floral work, a designer must master the basic designs and styles. Knowing and using the correct tools and supplies is essential for a floral designer The effective use of floral foam, as well as other foundation mechanics, makes a floral designer more flexible and artistic.

Most of us learned at an early age that plants need water and light to grow. Later we might have learned that temperature and air are also important. Experienced growers know how to control these environmental factors to produce floriculture crops. The control or management of light, temperature, air, and water to promote healthy growth is often referred to as cultural practices. Understanding basic cultural requirements of greenhouse crops is of great importance.

Cultural physical control methods are those methods that physically prevent activities of pests. Used alone they probably will not provide complete control of pests. However, they can significantly reduce certain problems. Cultural/physical controls are also safe to humans and relatively easy to implement.

General Information Crocuses are a very popular small plant native to central and Western Europe. Crocus varieties offer flowers of bright purple, yellow, and white colors. Dwarf irises are native to the Caucasus region. They are purple in color. Grape hyacinths are native to Asia Minor. Grape hyacinths have clusters of blue or white flowers. The blues can sometimes appear iridescent. The majority of bulbs for these three crops are produced in Holland.

What are the right conditions for seed germination? Water is necessary for seeds to germinate. At the same time, seeds need oxygen to germinate. Seeds need optimum temperatures. They may also have a light requirement. The exact need regarding each of these factors varies with the plant species.

The flowers sold in florists shops in the United States may have been grown both domestically (within our country) or internationally. The countries where flowers are commonly grown for shipment to the United States and all over the world include:

The Christmas season is a glorious time of lights, tinsel, and pine. Red and green are the traditional colors but color schemes may vary depending upon the decor of the person's home. Burgundy and gold, silver and red, green and white, and even maroon and pink can be Christmas color schemes.

Bulbs and corms are produced in regions of the world that provide optimum growing conditions. Holland produc,s/ the greatest number of bulbs/Some other areas that produce bulb(s include Israel, the Pacific Northwest, and Michigan. Parts of the United States that have a short spring followed quickly by hot summer temperatures are not good for bulb growth.

The visual weight of a flower or foliage is its perceived lightness or heaviness based upon its combined characteristics of color, shape, pattern, etc. Anunderstanding of how to determine visual weights of plant materials is important when balancing a floral design. A good floral designer must learn to judge and place materials of differing visual weights to achieve balance within an arrangement.

Balance is a key part of the beauty of an arrangement. Balance is the physical or visual stability of a floral design. Balance refers to the arrangement's equilibrium or equality in weight, both physical and visual.

Asiatic and Oriental lilies are, as implied by their name, native to the Asian Continent. They come in a wide range of colors including yellow, white, red, and orange. They are forced throughout the year.

Asexual propagation is plant reproduction using the vegetative parts of a plant. Leaves, stems, or roots might be used. Unlike sexual propagation, asexual propagation results in offspring that are the genetic duplicates, or clones of the parent plant.

Asexual propagation is plant reproduction using the vegetative parts of a plant. Leaves, stems, or roots might be used. Unlike sexual propagation, asexual propagation results in offspring that are the genetic duplicates, or clones of the parent plant.

Through the ages, color has been used to express messages and ideas. We respond emotionally to colors Let's discover some of the qualities and emotion-producing characteristics of each color.

Hue is the name of a color. The hue or name of the color stays the same even though it may be lighter, darker, or grayer. 1Wo major exceptions are pink, which is light red, and tan and brown, which are the light and dark values of orange.

The Encyclopaedia of Gardening went through nine editions in Loudon's lifetime.This comprehensive book covers all aspects of horticulture. It remains a valuable work, both for its historical content and for its instructive suggestions.

IN 1799, THE GERMAN Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and the field botanist Aime Bonpland sailed from Spain for the Spanish territories in America. Humboldt was commissioned to study, observe and collect material, at his own expense, just at a time when colonial resentment against the Spanish Empire was fermenting.

The biodynamic remedy for fungal infestation features the common horsetail, Equisetum arvense. To make horsetail tea take some horsetail stalks you harvested in spring. Sprinkle 25g (loz) of this dried herb in 570m1 (1pt) of rainwater, simmer it for 20 minutes, and allow it to cool.

Use the daily rhythms to help you. Water the soil rather than the plants, so that leaves won't get scorched on hot days. Heat and wind will both speed up water loss in plants so that the need for water in these conditions may be greater. Use the calendar, too, and concentrate your watering efforts at times when the moon's influence is strongest.

Taking the theme of self-sufficiency further, the cleaning-up of contaminated water by the use of flow forms is an unexpected side benefit of using these contraptions. To paraphrase British designer, socialist, and poet William Morris (1834-96), I don't just believe flow forms to be beautiful; now I know them to be useful.

This is the best method to use for hardy annuals and vegetables. You can also use it for seeds of perennial and biennial flowers in early summer. Don't bother trying this method with half-hardy plants, as you can't sow them outside until after the frost and so there won't be any flowers until late summer, when the season is nearly over.