Plum peonies, blackberries and foliage of the same tonal colour-way… gosh doesn’t that all sound a bit complicated? Often an image of a vase comes to me and I’m asked what
coloured flowers would you chose to display into this container? The quick answer it – look for the primary or strongest or heaviest colour in the container. The one I’m demonstrating with, has a teal turquoise base colour – one problem solved! It’s a bit hard to find flowers in that colour-way, so I can rule that colour option out. The next colour I see is the burgundy plum tone, which is derived from the primary red – but it’s got black in the mix to give it that plumy tone. The decision is almost complete!
Next question, is it a busy pattern? Do I want to complicate matters by finding as many flowers as possible to pick up all those colours or do I just want to stick with one colour harmony. Sometimes
this is the best solutions. The patterned detailing on the exterior surface becomes as equally as important as the flowers, but they are united or connected visually. The eye hits the detailing on the vase, then will float up and rest on the weighted plum blooms displayed in the vase – the easiest flower to reach for was the plum coloured peonies. I selected the blackberries because I thought it gave more depth and for the foliage, I hunted down something in the same colour – to further connect!
- I used 8 plum peonies,
- 4 blackberry picks/stems
- 2 bunches of burgundy red foliage – this also acted as my base on which to place flowers.
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