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Tropical "Volcano"
A BOTANICAL
INTERPRETATION
OF A VOLCANIC
ERUPTION
Floral design,
photos and text by
Nita Robertson,
AIFD, CFD
Tropical plants feature exotic and, often, vividly colorful
blooms, along with distinctive foliage, and they inject a
wow factor into your fl oral designs. Tropical arrangements
are often designed on a large scale because of the
long stems that many tropical fl owers have, but these
captivating beauties are equally dramatic in smaller
and more compact compositions (you just have to get
over feeling "guilty" about cutting long stems short!).
In either case, when arranging tropical fl owers and foliage,
design with spacing in mind so that each bloom and leaf
will be showcased to its fullest.
is botanical interpretation of a fi ery erupting volcano
features vibrant tropical blooms, representing the glowing
molten rock, and black fl oral foam and river rocks,
depicting the cooling black lava.
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