The color green is now very much in season and in vogue, it's the new orange! Look for green carnations, chrysanthemums and even roses.

To keep green or any color bloom fresh, use water tubes. Small water viles are very handy for the home floral designer. They keep flowers in place while also keeping the flowers fresh. Water tubes or water viles are available wherever you buy your flowers.

Use water tubes in bowls of fruit with flowers, adhere them to picture frames and even attach them to curtain tiebacks. Water tubes give way to many possibilities for flowers to brighten every space in the house.

Bowl 'em Over -

Materials:

• Any size bowl to hold a generous amount of green apples
• Enough green apples to fill the bowl
• Green blooms- Roses, Chrysanthemums or Carnations, enough to fill the spaces between the apples
• Water tubes- one for each flower

Step 2 - Fill each water tube with water and replace the cap.

Step 3 - Insert each flower into the individual water tubes and then fill the spaces between the apples.

Petal Perfect Frame -

Materials:

• Pictures with Frames
• Water tubes, enough for each picture frame
• Flowers- 1 for each Petal Perfect Frame. Green, blue, red, pink etc blossoms. Whatever color and variety personalizes the photo best. For example: If mom fills the frame and she loves iris, use an iris. Maybe 5 year old Patti loves the color pink. One pink gerbera daisy might be the perfect petal.
• Clear tape

Step 2 - Next decide how long each flower should be for each frame. Some can be left long and some blooms can be cut very short.

Step 3 - Now insert the flowers into the water tubes.

Step 4 - With clear tape, attach each water tube with flower to the back of each picture frame. The frames are now petal perfect.

Fresh Cuts for Curtains -

It's certain that curtains are for flowers. Just fill a water tube with water and a single flower. Then attach the flower-filled tube to the curtain tieback. Wire or cording may be just the right touch to keep the flower in place.