1. Fill your vase 3/4 full with tepid water. To improve the longevity of the roses, mix an additive for cut flowers into the water. The warmer the...

2. Arrange the greens by holding your one tall green in middle of your hand and work around the edges building a hand held look with your greens. T...

3. Pick your tallest, straightest, tightest closed rose for your first placement. It should be 1 to 1 1/2 times again as tall as your vase. This wi...

4. Select your next 5 roses based on tightness of head, height, and straightness of stem. Remove any large thorns before inserting roses into green...

5. Measure the six remaining roses to be about 4 to 6 inches (10.2 to 15.2 cm) shorter than your tallest rose. The roses will land the same distanc...

6. Fill between the five roses aiming towards the bottom of the vase, so roses will be seen from every angle around the vase, once the arrangement...

7. Pick the prettiest, fullest, most open rose to be the center of the front of your arrangement. Even though it will be arranged "all around", you...

8. Fill in the holes with the filler flowers. Divide your filler and make sure you fill in all around the vase pretty much equally. You do not want...

9. Move away from the arrangement and squint your eyes to make sure you do not see any "holes" that need a little color. Look at your arrangement f...

10. Fill in with extra greenery to make sure no mechanics (tape, rose stems, etc.) are showing, making sure to leave airholes.