Ikebana: Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement.
A. @Lotus Flower Arrangement, we do not use “floral foam”. Instead, we use natural wooden branches, bamboo branches, twigs, and leaves from the plants themselves as the bases for the flowers to stand and to support. This is challenging. However, it is the most important and interest part of the whole design. Moving forward “kenzan” is our next choice to use on Ikebana flowers.
B. In terms of color matching and contrasting: Example in good matching, lighter purple are easily matched with darker purple. In contrast, the most greenest plants and leaves are good contrast with flowers of all colors.
C. The following list of flowers have mainly used in our designs:
Amaryllises
Asparagus Densiflorus
Baby’s Breath
Carnations
Clarkia
Chrysanthemum
Callisia fragrans
Cetrus atlantica
Daisies, Gerbera Daisies
Dahlias
Dietes-bicolors (3 dot yellow)
Flamingo flower or anthurium
Geraniums
Gladiolus
Grindelia
Gerbera
Goldenrods
Hydrangeas
Jade Plants
Jerusalem artichoke
Kales, purple kales
Lilies, Tiger Lillies, Peruvian Lilies
Peruvian Lily
Pussy-Willows (white bubble)
Pyracantha plant (red berry)
Peacock cypress
Roses, Garden Roses
Spider Plants
Sunflowers
Succulents
Succulent Flowers
Statices (blue – purple)
Tulip
Tradescantia
Wandering Jew — Purple wandering Jew