Making an Urn-Bearing Floral
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Live Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Delivering Sympathy Flowers . . . .415
Chapter 16
Permanent Botanicals 419
Applications for Permanent
Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Commercial Spaces . . . . . . . . . 421
Residential Spaces. . . . . . . . . . 422
Types of Artificial Flowers . . . . . 423
Mechanics for Permanent
Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424
Foam Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Glues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Banding and Bundling . . . . . . . . 425
Using a Glue Gun . . . . . . . . . . 426
Banding and Bundling . . . . . . . . 428
Designing with Permanent
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Design Principles . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Natural Shaping . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Stem Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Foundation Covering . . . . . . . . . 431
Decorative Mechanics . . . . . . . . 431
Adding Extensions . . . . . . . . . . 432
Covering Mechanics
with Sheet Moss . . . . . . . . . 434
Dried Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . 435
Harvesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Cutting Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Preservation and Care . . . . . . . . 435
Air Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Hang-and-Dry Method . . . . . . . . 436
Air Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Container Drying . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Flat Surface Method . . . . . . . . . 440
Wire-Rack Method . . . . . . . . . . 440
Freeze Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Glycerin Foliage Preservation . . . .441
Making the Solution . . . . . . . . . 443
Preserving Upright Materials
with Glycerin . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Time Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Microwave Drying . . . . . . . . . 444
Preserving with a Desiccant . . . . . 444
Silica Gel Processing . . . . . . . . 446
Pressed Flowers . . . . . . . . . . 448
Flower Pressing . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Dried Materials Glossary . . . . . . 453
Chapter 17
Maintaining and Decorating
Potted Arrangements 461
Benefits of Living Plants . . . . . . 462
Types of Floriculture Plants . . . . 463
Foliage Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Succulents and Cacti. . . . . . . . . 465
Purchasing Plants . . . . . . . . . 465
Maintaining Plants . . . . . . . . . 466
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Repotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Pruning Tropical Plants . . . . . . . . 470
Insects and Plant Disease . . . . . . 470
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