How to Arrange Flowers in a Bubble Vase
Bubble vases---essentially, round vases that mimic the shape of a bubble and have a wide, ruffled mouth---are the perfect container for ruffly, multi-stemmed flowers that need plenty of room to be displayed to their best advantage. Some flowers, such as sweet peas, can develop mold if they are bunched too tightly in a vase, but a bubble vase gives them room to breathe, letting the flowers in your bubble vase live longer. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Flowers (such as gloriosa lilies, sweet peas, delphinium or poppies)
- Bubble vase
- Scissors or floral shears
Instructions
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Fill the bubble vase about halfway with cool water.
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Trim the flowers so that they are a variety of heights, ranging from just above the mouth of your bubble face to about 2 inches higher than the mouth of the bubble vase.
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Gather the flowers together into a bunch, holding them loosely by their stems.
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Continuing to hold the stems lightly together, lift the stems so that they are directly above the mouth of the vase.
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Gently release the flowers so that the stems fall at the same time into the vase and the flowers fall loosely, spreading out around the top of the vase.
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Tips & Warnings
You can make an even simpler arrangement by floating a single magnolia or rose in a clear bubble vase filled with water. Transfer your flowers immediately to the water-filled vase after trimming the stems, or your flowers might begin to droop and fade. Between uses, clean your vase using a mixture of water and bleach to keep bacteria from growing. Trim any leaves from the stems that will be underwater---they can promote the growth of bacteria in your vase.
