Vases and Planters

How Do You Make a Bouquet Look Like It Came Out of a Movie?

The secret is not only in the flowers, it is also in what they stand in. A tall bouquet in a short vase falls to the sides, and a round bouquet in a narrow vase gets squeezed and loses its shape. When the vase suits the shape of the bouquet, the flowers arrange themselves almost on their own, and the bouquet looks on the table exactly like it did the moment it was unwrapped.

How Do You Match a Flower Vase to the Type of Bouquet?

It all depends on the bouquet you chose. A gladiolus or lily bouquet, tall flowers with long stems, needs a tall vase or a slanted vase that will hold them upright.

A round, dense bouquet, like lisianthus or roses, looks best in the clear spiral-shaped vase or in a bubble vase, which give the flowers room to open. A rustic, low bouquet suits a goblet-shaped vase or a vintage jar. And if it is hard to decide, a clear glass vase goes with every bouquet and every color.

A Planter: The Vessel a Plant Needs

A plant that comes in a plain plastic pot looks completely different the moment you put it into a planter. The glass planters, in white, green, pink, purple and gray, suit orchids, kalanchoe, spathiphyllum and anthurium.

The ceramic planters, in red and white, come with a saucer that collects the excess water, so you water without worrying about the table. And if you want to put two or three plants together, you can choose a basket-bag planter in red or pink.

Porcelain Pieces for When the Vessel Is Part of the Gift

There are also designer porcelain pieces: a decorated jug, a blue vessel, a mustard-colored vessel, a dark pink vessel and a bicycle-shaped vessel. They look lovely on the shelf even with no flowers in them, and so they stay in the home long after the bouquet is over.