An important starting point in the creation of floral art is consideration of the desired form of the finished work. With this concept in mind, the flower, or flowers to use for the focal point of the arrangement can be selected. Secondary flowers should be chosen to enhance or complement the focal point and to support the form.
Coordination of colors to create pleasing color harmony is based on the focal flower(s) and these secondary flowers may also be chosen to create a mood or feeling – bright versus pale, for example. The textures of supporting flowers must support each other and contribute to the desired feeling of the whole arrangement. No matter what colors are used, or the message the flowers are intended to communicate, consideration of form or shape, pattern, and balance – and how they interact with each other is important.
The color, type, and position of each flower is important, and invites the observer’s eye to flow over the arrangement to see and feel the message it conveys. Each flower is a separate point of beauty, but the individual flowers must be coordinated as parts of the whole to create unity in the final beautiful work of art.
In the arrangement, “Jenny” a king protea is the focal flower and the intended mood of the arrangement was to communicate love from a young man separated by great distance from his young girlfriend on her birthday – so, a certain joy and happiness but with a touch of longing and the hope of a reunion before too long. King protea is a grand flower, impressive and unique, and for him the girl is his grand and unique centerpiece.
Secondary flowers chosen for this romantic message were pale pink and wasabi roses, green carnations and bright pink and white anemone blossoms. White spray roses and lisianthus were selected as tertiary flowers for harmonizing texture to help create unity in the arrangement.
