How to Hang Flowers for Tall Centerpieces
Create tall centerpieces with hanging flowers to allow for easy conversation between guests while benefiting from tall, dramatic centerpieces that won't be dwarfed by a large reception hall or tent. To achieve a look of hanging flowers, there are a few different options you have--although using silk flowers may be your best bet to avoid heavy, droopy, unhealthy looking flowers. Besides, it's much easier to bend the wired stem of a silk flower and make it stay than to manipulate a fresh flower.
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Things You'll Need
- Tall vases
- Long stemmed flowers
- Filler flowers and greenery
- Table decorations
Instructions
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Select the vases or containers you wish to use. They should be slender and at least 24 inches tall to encourage guest interaction while still making a statement.
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Place a small bundle of your greenery or filler, such as clematis or stephanitis. A few blades of bear grass coming out of the vase around the sides works well for some arrangements. Another option is to use a full arrangement of your favorite flower, then wrap or glue a matching flower head to the edge of a blade of bear grass hanging out of the vase.
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Add your flowers one stem or bunch at a time. Roses, carnations, lilies, orchids, freesia, anthuriums or cherry blossoms work well. Use a single flower or mix and match your favorite flowers keeping within a certain color scheme.
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Shape the outer flowers so that they hang over the vase. The flowers should almost resemble an arch or rainbow. Certain filler flowers, such as stephanitis, hang nicely since they come on a vine. Large bunches, like cherry blossoms, will have some hanging blooms as well.
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Tips & Warnings
Make arrangements far in advance of your wedding so you can tweak and alter it as necessary. Once you find an arrangement that you're happy with, make the rest.
Walk around the arrangement from all angles to make sure it appeals to you from all sides.
Create some sort of decoration on the table so it doesn't seem imbalanced. Loose silk flower petals, colored glass, low votive candles or small favors surrounding the tall vase will create a decorative look that doesn't seem empty once guests are seated.
Balance the vase with heavy stones or something in the bottom of the container so it doesn't become top heavy, otherwise you risk the arrangements toppling over on your guests.
