How to Create a Faux Botanical Arrangement for Summer
Looking for expert tips on how to make your spaces bloom? Look no further! Here’s how to channel your inner florist and make a beautiful faux arrangement with some of our fresh-for-summer dahlias, roses, cosmos and lemon branches. Wilt- and worry-free, these will sit beautifully on a coffee table, next to your bed or on the kitchen counter all season long.
Start with a Ceramic Vessel
Depending on your style and assortment of blooms, you’ll want to pick a vase that suits both. Painted terra cotta alludes to the European countryside, and brings a rustic feel to your arrangement. A cylindrical vase with a tapered neck lends itself nicely to longer stems and lets the flowers spread out for a bouquet with volume.
Create a Foundation with Dahlias
Both delicate and dramatic, large dahlias make the perfect base for a mixed bouquet due to their scale and abundant nature. If you’re using our faux dahlias, bend the stems to fit your vase. The flowers should look sturdy and in place – and gracefully bloom out over the top without looking droopy.
Enhance with Rose Bundles
Soft and dreamy, rose buds and blooms are the supporting star in this bouquet’s cast. Work them in to fill in any gaps in the arrangement, and add scale where you need it with larger rose heads.
Add Variation with Cosmos
Smaller flowers give the arrangement personality and create small clouds of color. Here, we scattered in some white cosmos flowers to amplify the pink and orange tones of the dahlias and roses – but any smaller white bloosoms will do.
Contrast with Lemons
When life gives you lemons, put them in your floral arrangement. Whimsical and sunny, lemon branches are a bold contrast to romantic flowers, and add a pop of yellow that makes for a bright and happy bouquet.
Ready to create a wow-worthy arrangement you'll love all summer long?