Okay…so it’s 2010 — wow! Time to re-think the flo­ral design options? Tired of green and red com­bi­na­tions? Well…here is one 2010 flo­ral trend idea. First, find a large glass cylin­der vase or an extra large brandy glass vase like the one shown above. Then, take about five or six suc­cu­lent blooms — prefer­ably dif­fer­ent types of echev­e­ria or large aeo­ni­um blooms. You can find these at your local gar­den cen­ter. If you are not famil­iar with the names of dif­fer­ent types of suc­cu­lents, ask for some help. Remove the soil from the suc­cu­lent plants and rinse off the soil so that the roots are clean before you add them to the arrange­ment. Check out our suc­cu­lent bridal bou­quet video for details. Fill the bot­tom of the vase with white and gray seashells. Make sure there isn’t any salt­wa­ter left on any shells. Care­ful­ly place the suc­cu­lent blooms in the vase in a pleas­ing dis­play. You can now accent with oth­er shell or fresh flow­ers like white orchids or ros­es. If you choose to use flow­ers, place them in water tubes or “vials” you can obtain from a flo­ral sup­ply com­pa­ny like the Flo­ral Sup­ply Syn­di­cate.  This design will look great for two weeks with­out any water! If you choose to keep it around longer, mist the suc­cu­lents every two weeks or so until they start to loose their firm leaf feelings…then you know it’s time to put them back in the ground or pot with some cac­tus mix. Don’t both­er re-cut­ting the stems before you plant them…they like the cal­loused treat­ment of the stem to pro­mote new roots.