The eternal flower is made of real flowers in nature, which is non-toxic and harmless. The eternal flower is rich in colors and can be made into colors that are not found in nature. Generally, the flowers that can be used to make eternal flowers are roses, hydrangeas, calla lilies, carnations, orchids, lilies and starry sky.
Eternal flowers can be preserved for a long time and kept fresh for a long time. Yongsheng Baohua lasts for a long time and blooms all year round. The storage time varies with different processes. At present, domestic technology can keep flowers for about 3 to 5 years. The advanced technology in the world can keep flowers alive for about ten years.
Second, flowers suitable for eternal flowers
To be an eternal flower, it is best to choose those flowers that have just opened, have thick petals, are not easy to break and disperse, and have low water content, such as roses, carnations and hydrangeas. It is best to choose leaves with rough feel, good elasticity and easy shaping, such as eucalyptus leaves and beech leaves. Other materials, such as branches, should also be selected according to the works you want to make eternal flowers, and the quality and shape should be appropriate.
1, floral material
Features: Block flower material, also known as areal flower material, usually presents a regular cluster, block or approximate circle, which, as the name implies, is relatively large.
Representative: Common flowers are roses, carnations, gerbera, eustoma grandiflorum, sunflowers, peonies and dahlias.
Matching: this kind of flower material has regular flower shape, eye-catching flowers and diverse colors. It can be inserted alone or used with other flowers. In a painting of eternal flowers, it is the most prominent and often the brightest one.
2. Linear flower material
Features: The strip-shaped or linear flowers with upward overall shape are linear flowers.
Representatives: lavender, violet, snapdragon, verbena, silver bud willow, Oncidium, delphinium, etc.
Matching: The linear flower material is matched with the slender flower device, which enhances the sense of lines in the visual effect and is full of modern atmosphere. As a simple and easy-to-make table flower arrangement, it is gorgeous and natural, and often plays a skeleton role in the composition of eternal flowers, which is often the main flower material that determines the proportion of works.
3. Scattered flowers
Characteristics: Scattered flowers are usually large, fluffy and light inflorescence branches composed of many small flowers.
Representatives: Mantianxing, Limonium sinense, Dianthus bracteata, Xiao Ju, Acacia, Cotinus coggygria, Lace Flower, etc.
Matching: finely divide scattered flowers and insert them between other flowers to play the role of filling, setting off and contrasting. Scattered flowers are often inserted in the surface or gap of the main flower of the immortal flower because of their shapes like clouds or veils, which can set off, set off and fill the works, and can increase the layering of the works, just like the veil on the head of a beautiful girl, adding a dreamy feeling. Often used in wedding flower arrangement.
4. Irregular flowers
Features: irregular flowers. They usually have strange flower shapes.
Representatives: Anthurium andraeanum, Iris hebei, Calla lily, Celosia cristata, Phalaenopsis, Lycoris radiata, Illicium verum, Radix Puerariae, Yinhe Leaf, Penglai Banana, etc.
Matching: Irregular flowers are generally strange in shape and large in size. 1~2 flowers are enough to attract people's attention, and they are often used as focus flowers to attract people's attention. In the process of flower arrangement, in order to highlight and maintain its unique shape, there are often gaps between or around them. Generally, it belongs to advanced flowers, which are often used as focus flowers in the composition of eternal flowers and become the focus of viewing.