HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
line flowers are used in floral design to:
A
Add mass and weight
B
establish height and width
C
draw attention to accent area
D
fill empty spaces
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -LINE FLOWERS: used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton outline height or width of an arrangement. FORM FLOWERS: Used to create focal point with unusual and distinctive shapes. MASS FLOWERS: Are usually single stem with large rounded heads used inside or along the arrangement to fill in.

Detailed explanation-2: -ACTUAL LINE Leaves edges (curved, or straight) create line. Bands of color-such as a row of red roses amongst white ones creates line. Keep track of these little features in all your arrangements and you will train your eye to instantly see them.

Detailed explanation-3: -The height of the arrangement should be at least one and a half times the height of the container. For example if a container is 25cm tall then the height of the arrangement should be at least 37cm high. An arrangement can be much higher than this, but for correct balance it should not be lower.

Detailed explanation-4: -A line arrangement may be defined as one in which the lines are of foremost importance and the plant material is sparse. In a flower show an entry is a class entitled line arrangements must not have much plant material at the base or it will be classified as a line-mass arrangement.

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