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Extra Features and Video Online FloristsReview.com R E A D O N L I N E 19 Phuong Nguyen Mibellarosa; Houston, Texas @mibellarosa | mibellarosa.com "I drew my inspiration from Jay Gatsby's mansion. I thought about what Daisy would have in her home—or what Jay might send to Daisy's home. I wanted to make sure the glitz, glamour and gilt of the Art Deco era was there, so I spray- painted a dried fan palm gold, and then I hand-painted wisps of pinks and gray, for drama. e fan palm mirrors the lines of the vase and adds height to the design. For the fresh flowers, I chose lush pink blooms to represent Jay and Daisy's blossoming youth, love and affair; the gold represents their wealth and high society ; and the darker hues foreshadow the impending doom they eventually met. For the mechanics, I used only a 2-inch-by-5-inch piece of chicken wire across the mouth of the vase and folded it over the rim of the vase to keep it in place." BOTANICALS FROM CERTIFIED AMERICAN GROWN • Lilium spp. (Roselily, double-flowered Oriental lily) • Tulipa spp. (parrot tulip) • Tulipa spp. (double-flowered tulip) • Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony) • Eustoma grandiflorum/Lisianthus russellianus (double-flowered prairie gentian) • Zantedeschia rehmannii 'Picasso' (miniature calla) • Veronica spp. (speedwell, brooklime) • Astilbe japonica (false goat's beard, false spirea, florist's spirea) • Agonis flexuosa (peppermint willow, Australian willow myrtle) • Cotinus coggygria (smokebush, smoke tree, Venetian sumac) • Buxus spp. (boxwood) • Lagerstroemia indica foliage (crape myrtle) • Dried fan palm VASE FROM OASIS FLORAL PRODUCTS • Saphir Vase from the Nachtmann Fine Bavarian Crystal Collection BOTANICALS FROM CERTIFIED AMERICAN GROWN • Lilium spp. (Roselily, double-flowered Oriental lily) • Tulipa spp. (parrot tulip) • Tulipa spp. (double-flowered tulip) • Zantedeschia rehmannii hybrid (miniature calla) • Veronica spp. (speedwell, brooklime) • Agonis flexuosa (peppermint willow, peppermint tree, Western Australian peppermint, willow myrtle, Australian willow myrtle) • Cotinus coggygria (smokebush, smoke tree, Venetian sumac) • Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Variegatum' (tawhiwhi, kohuhu, variegated Italian Pittosporum, variegated New Zealand Pittosporum) • Buxus spp. (boxwood) CRYSTAL VASE FROM OASIS FLORAL PRODUCTS Quartz Oval Vase from the Nachtmann Fine Bavarian Crystal Collection

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