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Step 1 Place plastic liners or short cylinder vases into four sizes of decorative cement pots from Melrose (10", 8.75" and 6.5" diameters). Then place saturated floral foam, soaked in flower nutrient solution, into the liners/vases inside the cement pots. Step 2 Arrange a variety of foliages into the 8.75" diameter cement pot (Magnolia, bay laurel , knife-blade Acacia, Eucalyptus and Italian Ruscus used in this design). Step 3 Arrange one stem of Hydrangea into each of the other three pots, around the rims. Place stems directly into the "reservoir" of water around the edges of the floral foam, to ensure they remain optimally hydrated. Step 4 Arrange a variety of foliages into each of the cement pots, followed by carnations, Veronica, Scabiosa, peanut-butter tree, sweet peas, stocks, Dendrobium orchids, Eryngium, Tweedia and Amaranthus. Finish by arranging chrysanthemums into the focal areas of the groupings. Step 5 Place one Simplus FIA Flame LED Candle into each of the ceramic candleholders/ lanterns from Melrose. Group the containers and the candleholders/lanterns to create a visually pleasing, asymmetrically balanced formation of your design. MATERIALS MELROSE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS • Candle Holder (ceramic, 9"D x 18"H, 82707) • Candle Holder (ceramic, 5.75"D x 14.5"H, 82706) • Pot (cement, 10"D x 9.25"H, 82432) • Pot (cement, 8.75"D x 8"H, 82431) • Pot (cement, set of two, 6.5"D x 5.75"H and 4.25"D x 3.25"H, 82430) • Simplux FIA Flame LED Candles (2.75"D x 5"H, 82853) BOTANICAL MATERIALS • Chrysanthemum morifolium (disbud mum) • Dianthus caryophyllus (carnation) • Hydrangea macrophylla (hortensia, French Hydrangea) • Matthiola incana (stock, gillyflower) • Dendrobium spp. (Singapore orchid, bamboo orchid) • Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) • Veronica spp. (speedwell, brooklime) • Scabiosa purpurea x caucasica 'Scoop' series. (pincushion flower, scabious) • Eryngium alpinum 'Questar' series (alpine sea holly, alpine eryngo) • Tweedia caerulea/Oxypetalum coeruleum (blue-flowered milkweed, blue milkweed, Southern star) • Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower, foxtail amaranth) • Clerodendrum trichotomum (harlequin glorybower, peanut-butter tree) • Magnolia grandiflora (bull bay, Southern Magnolia) • Laurus nobilis (bay laurel, laurel, bay, sweet bay, Grecian laurel) • Ruscus aculeatus (Italian Ruscus, butcher's broom, box holly) • Eucalyptus gunnii (cider gum) • Acacia cultriformis (knife-leaf wattle, knife-blade wattle) HARD GOODS • OASIS ® Floral Foam Maxlife and OASIS ™ Florist Netting from Oasis Floral Products/ Smithers-Oasis Company • Plastic liners or short cylinder vases Step- By- Step Extra Features and Video Online FloristsReview.com R E A D O N L I N E 43

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