In order to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the citizens, the Jing'an District Science and Technology Association recently invited Zhang Xinhong, a first-class lecturer of the Nippon Flower Designers' Association of Japan and the shanghai branch of the International Flower Arrangement Association, to teach the use of colorful flower materials to make decorative flower arrangements in the indoor environment, thus lighting up the spiritual world of the public.
How to pick and buy cut flowers
1. Understand the habits of plant varieties and choose seasonal flowers to enjoy the best flowering state and extend the viewing period at home. Early summer is the season of hydrangeas, and in the fresh-cut flower market, you can choose mountain hydrangeas, single-petal hydrangeas, heavy-petaled hydrangeas, pagoda hydrangeas, etc. Insert a bottle of purple-blue hydrangeas to eliminate the sweltering feeling brought to us by early summer. In the middle of summer, lilies, lotuses, and purple flying swallow grass can all decorate the living room. In late summer and early autumn, sunflowers, dahlias, and orange-stemmed flowers are on the market, and the chongyang festival multi-headed chrysanthemums and line chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
In winter, Christmas flowers, camellias, plums, and daffodils can be bottled. Spring cut flowers can be bought peony, anemone, peony and so on. Cut flowers all year round are a gift from nature to understand the seasonal characteristics of flowers and make the family often bloom different flowers in all seasons.
2. Flower materials of the same variety, to select the rhizome thick, the more stout the rhizome, the more adequate the nutrients.
t3. To judge the freshness of the flower material, we cannot only look at the flowers at the top, but judge whether the leaves and flowers in the middle and lower sections are bright.
How to care for cut flowers
1. In order to save the limited nutrients of fresh cut flowers, remove the leaves on the rhizomes immersed in the water, and the leaves exposed to the water can also be as thin as possible, leaving the leaves that you think are beautiful, and remove the flower buds that will not bloom and the flowers that have failed.
2. Wrap the flowers in breathable newspaper and soak in deep water for more than 1 hour to allow the flower head to absorb nutrients and water smoothly.
t3. Before flower arrangement, raise the fresh cut flowers in water, using the water shearing method, that is, using sharp special flower scissors, dipping the branches in water and cutting obliquely to keep the flowers flowing water absorption pipe.
4. Entering the early summer, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and changing the water frequently every day can effectively inhibit the growth of bacteria. In addition to the nutrients with bacteriostatic effect provided by the florist, we can also use auxiliary products with bacteriostatic effects: such as 5 dime copper coin, bleach, alum, white vinegar and so on. Ordinary vase, only a few drops can be.
T5. Flower arrangement works are placed in an indoor ventilated place, avoiding direct sunlight and air conditioning wind, the temperature is best between 15 ° and 25 °, and the humidity is controlled at about 60%.
t6. It is necessary to clean up the rotten flowers and leaves in the vase in time to avoid the influence of ethylene gas.
How to lay out the cut flowers
1. First pay attention to the sense of space in the layout of the flower vase, and control the balance between the two.
Too much or too little in the vase will affect the beauty of the entire floral work. Do not pile up too much flower material, otherwise it will cause the air between the flowers to be unobstructed and easy to rot. The flower stretch space can be broadened through the layout of high and low, front and back, far and near. Generally, the ratio of flowers outside the vase to the vase can be selected from 5:3 golden ratio, and vice versa 3:5 can also be.
2. Secondly, pay attention to the suitability of flower varieties and control the balance relationship between primary and secondary flowers.
tthe primary and secondary flower head size should be changed, the main flower type is relatively large, itself has a sense of thickness, blocky, the color is relatively prominent, such as lilies, peonies, hydrangeas and so on. Foil flowers can choose flowers with relatively soft colors and small flower heads, accounting for an appropriate proportion, and cannot hide the status of the main flower material.
t3. Pay attention to the harmony of flower color collocation again, and control the balance relationship of different color systems.
A bottle of cut flowers using the same color color will be relatively harmonious, warm colors, cool colors have their own style, you can also pay attention to the home, office environment, furniture and other colors. If you use contrasting flowers, then using white, green, and beige flowers as intermediate colors to reduce the conflict between colors is also a smart choice.
4. Finally, pay attention to the delicacy of the details of the flower material bottle, and control the balance relationship between the flower head and the direction.
When inserting the bottle, try to make the flower head face up at an angle of about 45 degrees or take the natural orientation of the flower head, and pay attention to the natural stretching posture of the flower branch. When arranging flowers according to each person's aesthetics, according to the characteristics of fresh cut flowers, and innovative insertion as desired, it will present a bottle of decorative flower arrangement works that are endearing, creative and add flowers to life.
t (Source: Zhang Xinhong, Director of Shanghai Branch of Jing'an District Science and Technology Association and International Flower Road Association)