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20 Beautiful Flower Arrangements

By Midwest Living editors Updated August 27, 2022
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Prairie palette flower arrangement

Garden blooms take on fresh looks in these displays. See how to show off your flowers in gorgeous displays.

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Prairie palette

Prairie palette flower arrangement

We included a few surprises in this display of field flowers from your cutting garden. Bursts of complementary orange and salmon break up the golden monochrome, and formal, old-school gladiolas add a disparate structural element. Guests at a dining table would view this arrangement from the sides rather than from above, so be sure to check all the angles as you design a display.

Plants in this arrangement:

Gladiola, yellow
Dahlia, blush
Black-eyed Susan
Coreopsis 'Pumpkin Pie'
Dahlia, yellow
Dwarf marigold, yellow
Zinnia 'Profusion Double Fire'
Sunflower
Hosta, green variegated

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Garden variety 

Garden variety flower arrangement

An unexpected strand of tomato vine adds shape and character to a casual display that will evolve as the fruit ripens.

Plants in this arrangement:

Cherry tomato
Coneflower 'Cheyenne Spirit'
Queen Anne's lace
German garlic

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Artfully ombre

Artfully ombre flower arrangement

A horizontal display is an inventive variation on the traditional bouquet and plays beautifully on a dining table. In our display, we grouped blooms by hue and framed them with feathery ferns. To use a wooden vessel, wrap floral foam tightly in several layers of plastic wrap, leaving the top exposed. Then place a sheet of foil beneath the plastic.

Plants in this arrangement:

Delphinium
Fern
Dahlia, burgundy
Sweet pea, blue
Cosmos 'Sonata', dark pink
Zinnia, magenta
Celosia spicata
Zinnia, red
Dahlia, light pink
Dahlia, white
Sweet pea, pink
Dahlia, white
Cosmos 'Snow Sonata'

Related: 12 of the Easiest Flowers to Grow in a Midwest Cutting Garden

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Lushly layered

Lushly layered flower arrangement

For a full, textured display, start with a foundation of subtle greenery (or our brushy pink astilbe). Add soft tendrils that drape over the brim. Place a large, eye-catching flower (or three, if you don't have any giant ones) in a central spot. Tuck in accent blooms or foliage to fill and balance the arrangement. A crumpled ball of chicken wire secures these cuttings.

Flowers in this arrangement:

Astilbe 'Younique Silvery Pink'
Nigella, white
Dahlia 'Snowbound'
Sweet pea, pink

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Bare minimalist

Bare minimalist flower arrangement

A simple-yet-chic arrangement proves that, yes, less can be more. Oversize foliage and one focal bloom create a stylish (and super-easy) display.

Plants in this arrangement:

Fern
Caladium, tricolor
Peony, magenta

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Three in a row

Three in a row flower arrangement

It takes no more than a few flowering stems to create a pleasing arrangement in a small vase. But grouping several similar arrangements results in considerably more impact.

Plants in these arrangements: 

Catmint (Nepeta)
Cosmos bipinnatus
Celosia spicata, magenta
Globe amaranth, purple (Gomphrena globosa)

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Long-lasting dried bouquets

Dried floral bouquets in beer cans
Credit: Courtesy of Karina Castellon

Karina Castellon brings her creative garden prowess to her Chicago floral design business, Gypsy Alley. She arranged dried flowers in repurposed beer cans for this display. 

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Playful arrangement

Wildlflower floral arranging
Credit: Austin Day

Des Moines flower shop owner Maya Boettcher likes to make loose, improvisational bouquets. Here, she uses chicken wire, summer cutting flowers and greenery for a striking display. 

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Marigolds and roses

Marigolds and roses

Mix an elegant flower like roses with the humble marigold for a striking mix. Here, a stoneware pitcher holds 'Yves Piaget' roses, 'Durango Red' and 'Red Gem' marigolds, and a few Persian carpet zinnias (Zinia haageana) that are marigoldlike in appearance.

Related: 7 Gorgeous Ways to Show Off Your Marigolds

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Sunny side

Sunny side

Combine different colors of the same flower for a striking bouquet. From yellow to orange to black, all sunflowers bring bright summer sun inside.

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Dairy-fresh blossoms

Dairy Fresh peony bouquet
Credit: Rob Cardillo

Peony blossoms on short stems fill old cream bottles in this antique wire carrier. Even when the stems are cut short, the blooms still look extravagant and smell heavenly.

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Teatime

Teatime peony bouquet
Credit: Rob Cardillo

A dozen magenta peony buds and snippets of soft yellow honeysuckle in a stoneware teapot make a charming bouquet.

Related: 6 Ways to Show Off Your Peonies.

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Color guard

Cut hydrangeas

Unify three containers of three colors of flowers by including one that blends the other two shades. This scheme transitions from white to dark pink via the white-and-pink hydrangeas between.

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Berries and blooms bouquet

A purple garden bouquet

This cast-stone urn holds a sultry arrangement, including a wine-hue succulent as the focal point. Farmer-florist Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm in Columbus, Ohio, shows how to create this design.

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Miniature arrangements

Porcelain doorknob

An upside-down porcelain doorknob holds just enough water for a few blooming stems, such as flowering quince and dogwood.

Related: 8 Adorable Miniature Flower Arrangements

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Mix it up

Mix it up

Add variety to your bouquet by mixing herbs with flowers. Fresh snipped herbs top off a sweet collection of dianthus, spirea, purple pansies, pink rose geranium and purple violas. Read about easy herbs to grow at home.

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Old-fashioned display

Old-Fashioned peony bouquet display
Credit: Rob Cardillo

Tufts of chestnut flowers peek out of a peony bouquet in this cobalt sap bucket. The bouquet is actually in a Mason jar inside the bucket; the jar helps stabilize the bucket.

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Casual ease

Even the simplest of containers can make for a charming vase. Here, stems of herbs (try fennel or mustard seed) stuck in Mason jars communicate summertime ease.

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Casual country

Casual country

In this casual country arrangement, we combined 'Patience' and 'Juliet' roses with fresh-cut lady's mantle, hydrangea and coneflowers in a wide-mouth white enamel bucket. Read step-by-step instructions on how to create this display. 

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Fresh-cut flower bouquet

Finished Fresh-cut bouquet

Spotlight the variety in your garden by creating a stunning fresh-cut bouquet in minutes. Here's how we made this one.

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    15 of 20 Miniature arrangements
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