Stock Flower Centerpiece
Find everything you need to know about fragrant, fluffy stock flowers! This charming, ruffly old-fashioned garden flower is one of the most underrated blooms around - learn how to make a white stock flower arrangement.
Cost $20.00 or less
Equipment
- Floral clippers
- Clear Florist Tape
Ingredients
- 20 stems of stock flowers
- Your favorite vase
Instructions
- Fill a vase with water.
- Create a taped grid across the top of the vase. This allows the blooms to rest at different points within your container.
- Measure your stock stems to equal length to set just above the vase at opposite angles. Cut stems at an angle and remove any leaves that will fall below the rim of the vase.
- Continue with your stems of stock around the edge of the vase, and repeat to fill.
- If working with more than one type of flower, add a third flower in to fill at three points in the vase, creating a triangle until your vase is full.
Notes
- Choose dense stems with no yellowing on the stem or leaves to ensure freshness.
- Check closely to see if any of the bottom blooms on the stem are dying. Stock tends to show its age with the lowest blooms since those bloom first on the stem.
- You can create a stock centerpiece using only stock flowers, but they make great filler, so don’t be afraid to mix them with other blooms.
- Stock are happiest and freshest when well hydrated. To allow the woody stems of stock to take in plenty of water, be sure to cut their stems at an angle and use clean water.
- Recut your stock flowers each day and change the water in your vase - this always leads to a longer vase life no matter the bloom!
- The smaller the neck of your vase, the less stems you'll need!