An easy way to add green and new life to your surroundings is to accessorize with green flowering blossoms. Perhaps surprisingly, many flowers are now grown green in order to keep up with new design directions. Green roses, green carnations and green chrysanthemums are some of the most popular green varieties.

To compliment these unique blooms combine them with green fruit. Fruit and flowers have long been paired. Miniature bobbing green apples combined with either floating green 'spider' chrysanthemums or lime green standard carnations make delicious duets on the dining table. These arrangements are simple and inexpensive to create and will make all your friends, who admire them, "green with envy."

Green flowers can be purchased all year long, but you may be especially inclined around St. Patrick's Day. Red flowers, apples and candles are all you need to light up the Fourth of July!

• Condiment dish or trifle bowl
• Floral preservative
• 2 Pale lime green 'Spider' chrysanthemums
• 1 'Lunch bag size' green apple
• Floral clippers

• Trifle Bowl
• Floral preservative
• 3 Green 'standard' carnations
• 'Lunch bag size' green apples
• Floral clippers

Step 1 - Fill the container three-quarters to almost full with fresh water that has been treated with a floral preservative.

Step 2. Cut the stems of all the flowers very short, leaving just the gorgeous green blossoms.

Step 3. Float the blooms on the surface of the water.

Step 4. Add the apple(s) and you're done!