Topiary Tree: Flowers Decoration DIY

Posted by dodo

Once a tree base has been made, you can use it over and over again, so it is a good investment! You will need a 15cm (6in) flowerpot and some quick-drying cement. Cover the hole in the bottom with card; fill the pot between half and two-thirds full with cement, and place a twig or piece of dowelling, some 45cm (18in) long, into the centre of the cement. Support the twig until the cement is dry enough to hold it in position. Leave the base to dry for a couple of days before you use it. You will also need about 30 red roses, 20 small sprigs of holly and of variegated box, three or four trails of ivy, and some moss (here, bun moss, soaked in water).

INGREDIENTS

• Flowers and foliage
• Moss
  Tree base
• Green florist’s foam ball, 15cm (6in) in diameter
• Half a block of green
  florist’s foam, for the base
• 1m (3ft) of chiffon ribbon
  4cm (11/2in) wide, and one
  0.56mm (24 gauge) stub
  wire

1 Cover the cement base with soaked foam. Push the ball onto the twig, until the twig is at least half way through. Twist the ivy stems around the twig to soften it, and push the stems into the foam. Cover the base with moss.

2 Cover the ball with sprigs of holly and place some in the base. In place of the variegated box, you could use variegated holly, if this is available, and a plainer foliage. Large ivy leaves would also cover the ball well.

3 Put the sprigs of box between the holly, taking care not to stab yourself with the prickles of the holly. Make sure that the foam is completely covered — bald patches or glimpses of foam between the flowers are not very attractive.

4 Finally, put in the roses. Make sure they have been well conditioned so that they last well, and cut the stems to a length of about S cm (2in). Place the roses evenly all over the ball, and also put some in the base. Although this example uses only one variety of red rose, you could mix these with some deeper red roses or some brighter, more orange roses if you wanted to add more colour variations. Make the ribbon into a bow with streamers, and push the ends of the stub wire securing the bow into the foam at the top of the ‘trunk’.

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