For a wide-mouth floor vase, you will need about 25 flowers. Use a work surface that can be brushed off easily because leaves and petals will make a mess. Select a few of the prettiest flowers.

The big cheat Fill your pots and window boxes with all white flowers for a classy look of restraint. Then just add small flags (check the dollar store) to all your container gardens or up the ...

Detail from Rachel Ruysch, Still life with flowers in a glass vase, 1716, oil on canvas, 48.5 x 39.5 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Here’s looking at Rachel Ruysch’s Still life with flowers in a ...