Where to cut Carnations or Pinks to condition

Cut the carnation stems between the nodes (the knobby part) to make sure the flowers will condition well and continue to take up water.

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Tutorials

Conditioning poppies for floral arrangements.

Quick and easy design... perfect for something tiny to celebrate spring.... everywhere!

The trick of this Tutorial is to create a flat top platform to display Spring blossom twigs- the way it would look on moss in a forest.

Suspend flowers over a water filled container by weaving a natural grid.

An easy to do and quick to add decorative detail to dress up contemporary floral designs.

Related Designs

Sweet spring design to hold some buds

An early Spring design with a twist on using an old favourite: composite flowers.

Weave an all natural net to place over a vase to keep your flowers above water.

Skewer a few leaves to turn a single carnation in a bud vase... into an occasion... all by itself!

Weave an invisible grid to float the plant material on

Favourite Flowers

Detail of my Pink floral art design