First time floral design students all learn how to wire their flowers. The wire can serve many purposes such as helping keep the stems straight as the flower ages or creating a certain aesthetic design line with a flower that wouldn’t be achievable any other way. Since flowers come in so many shapes, sizes, and bloom weights, wire is made available in different thicknesses. If you use too fine a wire with a particularly large and heavy headed rose, even the wire won’t prevent it from drooping or leaning. So, it is important to buy the right wire thickness.

Wire thickness is designated by what “gauge” it is. We sell wire in gauges ranging from 16 to 28. One of the first questions usually asked is, “Which way does it get thicker?” The answer is simple. Wire gets thicker the lower the gauge number. This means that 16 is our thickest and 28 our finest.

See our full line of Wire Products.
See other Tips of the Day.

Hope this helps!