Have you ever received a fresh flower table centerpiece and wondered how the stems were secured? If your centerpiece was well designed, the floral foam should be completely covered. This is one of the first things floral designers are taught. Peeling back the layers of the arrangement, you will see the floral foam. There are several ways to secure the floral foam into the container. You will probably see some tape crisscrossed in a lattice. This is the most often used technique to secure it down. The tape is called bowl tape. It is waterproof and was meant to be used with fresh flower arrangements.
Bowl tape is often used for another purpose. If you receive a fresh flower arrangement in a clear glass vase, when it is time to dispose of the arrangement, you might notice a tape lattice used as a grid to help arrange the flowers at the top of the vase. The tape lattice is made from bowl tape.
Bowl tape comes in two sizes (1/4″ and 1/2″) and three colors (clear, white, green).
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