Home + Garden Garden Flowers How to Build a Rose Bouquet By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 27, 2022 Trending Videos Create a nontraditional bouquet from the bounty of your garden. 01 of 06 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. 02 of 06 Step 1: Choose flowers Pick colors that work well with each other and the container, paying special attention to scale and texture. 'Patience' and 'Juliet' roses are wide and dense with petals. Hydrangea and lady's mantle are ideal companions to the roses because of their big heads that fill space and provide textural contrast. 20 Beautiful Flower Arrangements 03 of 06 Step 2: Prep vases Place a vase into a bucket with a wide opening. Fill both vessels with water to make two arranging rings, which will hold stems in place without a frog or florists foam. 04 of 06 Step 3: Fill with greens Loosely fill the rings with stems of greens, such as our hosta and lady's mantle, until you have an airy but full base of greens evenly distributed in the bucket. There should be just enough greens to allow flowers with stiffer stems to stand up when you add them. 05 of 06 Step 4: Add roses Cut each of 12 rose stems to a different length. Position roses evenly, putting shorter ones in the outer ring and taller ones toward the center. Accent your design with flowers such as green hydrangea and white coneflowers. 12 Top Midwest Perennial Flowers 06 of 06 Step 5: Fill the bucket When the bucket looks full with the flowers lightly touching, take a step back and admire your beautiful new rose bouquet. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit