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BOTANICALS
• Rosa spp. (hybrid tea rose)
• Dianthus barbatus 'Green
Trick' (hybrid nonflowering
sweet William)
• Moluccella laevis
(bells of-Ireland,
shellflower, molucca balm)
• Magnolia grandiflora,
leaves (bull bay,
Southern Magnolia)
• Ananas comosus
(pineapple)
• Selenicereus
megalanthus/
Hylocereus megalanthus
(yellow dragon fruit,
pitahaya, pitaya)
• Calamus rotang, sticks
(rattan cane)
HARD GOODS
• Clear glass rectangle vase
(12" x 4" x 4")
• OASIS
®
Midnight Floral
Foam Maxlife
• Wood picks (6")
STEP 1
Soak one and one-third
bricks of "black" floral foam
in flower nutrient solution
until fully saturated. Place
the full brick into the center
of a 12-inch-long clear glass
rectangle vase. Next cut the
one-third brick in half, and
place the two pieces into
the container, on both sides
of the full brick, to create a
snug and secure fit.
STEP 2
Insert four 6-inch wood picks
approximately 2 inches into the
bottom of a fresh pineapple.
STEP 3
Position the pineapple atop
the floral foam, slightly off-
center, with the wood picks
piercing into the floral foam.
STEP 4
Arrange Magnolia leaves
around the side edges of
the container, alternately
positioning them so that the
green fronts of some leaves
and the brown suede-like
backs of other leaves face
upward or forward.
STEP 5
Arrange hybrid tea roses
at varying lengths around
the base of pineapple, on
the left side, to create a
curved line of roses that
extends from the front to
the back of the container.
STEP 6
Insert a 6-inch wood pick
into the bottom of each of
two yellow dragon fruits.
STEP 7
Arrange the two yellow
dragon fruits on the left
side of the arrangement,
grouping the pair.
STEP 8
Arrange a few stems of
'Green Trick' Dianthus
throughout the base of the
design, where needed, to
cover the floral foam, as
well as several stems of
bells-of-Ireland, to create
height and dynamic curving
lines. Finally, arrange rattan
sticks, artfully formed, to
incorporate additional curving
lines, dimension and color.
MATERIALS
STEP BY STEP
