Flowers are used to make special occasions beautiful. But they can also form an integral part of day-to-day beautification of the house.

Arranging flowers can be a really fun activity. There are some basic patterns in an arrangement. They include vertical, horizontal, triangular, crescent, and oval arrangements, S and free-standing arrangements.

The basic raw material used can also vary from one design to another, like 1. line materials, which are the first pieces placed in a design to establish the overall width and height. 2. Dominant flowers which can be flowers, such as lilies, irises or peonies. 3. Filler flowers or mass flowers, placed in between the dominant flowers, such as moss or vines.

Tape, clay, and floral wire, floral tape covers wire and flower stems, Clay anchors foam, Wire supports flower heads help in completing an arrangement.

A suitable vase is also important. It need not be expensive but simple and elegant will do.

Decorating a Living Room

Bright flowers in yellow best suit a living room, as yellow color is associated with the sun, the source of life and warmth. Sunflower, Daisies, Gerberas etc. add cheer to a living room space. Anthuriums symbolize hospitality, happiness and abundance and are a lovely flower. A Birds of Paradise flower arrangement looks exotic and adds a tropical ambience.

A square shaped table can have a circle shaped flower arrangement, whereas if it is a rectangular shaped table, it an arc shaped flower arrangement would be suitable.A fireplace in a living room, can accommodate 2 mini topiaries on the mantle, or even a corner of a living room can have a topiary.

Decorating a Bedroom

A bedroom is a very special, personal intimate place. To decorate the same, a lot of factors need to be taken into consideration, like a person's likes and dislikes in colors, and shapes.

Roses are considered as the symbol of love. Though roses are universally used for almost all occasions, they are highly preferred for adorning bedrooms. Peonies can also be used as they symbolize a happy life and happy marriage, good health and prosperity. A dressing table can be adorned with an arc shaped or circle shaped arrangement, with Roses and Peonies. Mini topiaries on side tables create a romantic atmosphere.

Decorating a Dining room

A dining table can accommodate different types of arrangements, but especially broad based arrangements with distinct colored shortly arranged flowers are most suitable. A round or a square dining table can have a rounded flower arrangement while a rectangular table calls for a an arc shaped flower arrangement at the centre.

Decorating a Kitchen

Windowsills can be adorned with lush greens. One can place terra cotta pots on a windowsill planted by combining herbs and sun loving plants like primroses, African violets and kalanchoe. Even old pitchers, teapots or clay pots can substitute a proper container in a flower arrangement.

Next we will talk about Doâ??s and donâ??ts in arranging flowers.

Now that my bee balm's blooms are fading away, I'm keenly aware of just how much I enjoy their "spiky hairdo." But if you have a wet area in your yard where whatever you plant struggles mightily, bee balm might also be the solution to one of your biggest landscaping challenges.

Bee balm has culinary and medicinal uses, as well as being an attractive plant. You can brew a tea with bee balm and, as its name suggests, this herb can be used as a balm to treat such things as bee stings. Combine all this with the plant's tolerance of wet conditions, and it's clear why bee balm is such a popular perennial flower.

Now that my bee balm's blooms are fading away, I'm keenly aware of just how much I enjoy their "spiky hairdo." But if you have a wet area in your yard where whatever you plant struggles mightily, bee balm might also be the solution to one of your biggest landscaping challenges.

Bee balm has culinary and medicinal uses, as well as being an attractive plant. You can brew a tea with bee balm and, as its name suggests, this herb can be used as a balm to treat such things as bee stings. Combine all this with the plant's tolerance of wet conditions, and it's clear why bee balm is such a popular perennial flower.

Do you know the safest plant to grow indoors?

It is the Norfolk Island pine foliage plant. This plant is a bright grass-green plant with branches appearing in regular whorls, making a very decent, pretty and symmetrical plant. It is one of the most popular house plants and a great, very formal looking plant for house decoration.

Growing plants outside the house is common and easy, but growing them indoors is not so common and a different ball game altogether. With their constant presence in the house and care and supervision required to grow them, they are almost are like children of the house.

Some houseplants can go days without any water. For e.g., Aroid family of plants which include Philodendrons, Pothos, Chinese Evergreens, and the Peace Lilies, which are well adapted to the low light conditions of most homes and offices. This Aroid family has a wide variety of foliage forms and leaf variegation patterns. Most of them are quite easy to grow, requiring evenly moist soil and moderate light levels.

Houseplants are preferred for the following reasons:

• They do not need water everyday.
• They do not need too much direct sunlight
• They do not need fertilizer often
• They do not need to be trimmed often

You can in fact have your plants match your lifestyle. These styles include,

• Contemporary style - plants having slender shapes and clearer lines
• Victorian in style - plants having feminine, frilly ferns.
• Southwestern style - plants belonging to cactus family.
• Southseas style - plants having a casual and informal look like palm trees

Types of Houseplants that can adorn various living areas within the house:

Patio and Decking area - There are 4 categories that can be grown in the patio area. They may be thrillers, fillers, spillers, and accents.

Thrillers are usually upright and add height to the plant. They also add flair and can be either foliage or flowering plants. Some of the thrillers are Salvia, Variegated Grasses, Dwarf cannas, Rose mallow, Snapdragons, Coleus, Smoke bush or Butterfly iris.

Fillers are those with fine texture foliage or small flowers. They fill in the combination in the arrangement. Some examples of fillers are: Dusty miller, Blue daisy, Scented geraniums, Pansy, Flowering Tobacco, Ageratum and Verbena.

The spillers soften the edges of the planters in the patio. They provide fullness to the container and may spill over, onto the adjacent pot, like Bacopas, Licorice plant, Ornament sweet potato, Greater periwinkle, Fan flower, Ivy or Dianthus.

The contrast or accent plant adds an extra feature to combinations and often feature very bold foliage. Leaves may be variegated and large flowers like Petunias, Marigolds, Cosmos, or Heliotrope.

Living room - A stimulating room, can have the more spiky or spiny plants, like snake plants, palms, aloe, and yuccas. They can be placed along the corners of the room.

Bedroom - Bedrooms are relaxing rooms where jade plant, rubber tree, schefflera, or peperomia suits better. They can be placed opposite the beds or to the sides where there is a chance of looking at them more frequently.

Restroom - In a corner of the room, colored foliage plants can be placed.

Balcony - In the balcony, hanging or trailing plants can be grown in for hiding, draping over, or otherwise softening sharp corners.

The first unknown flower is

1. Is Cockscomb (Celosia)

2. I think, some kind of periwinkle type of flowers