This is a traditional style basket arrangement, in a symmetrical triangle shape. The basket has a high handle, which I have bound with lime-green paper ribbon. I have lined the basket with a double layer of tinfoil, as the plastic lining in such baskets cannot always be trusted to be waterproof, and used floral foam for the mechanics. To define the shape, I have used Eleagnus pungens maculata, a variegated green and yellow evergreen shrub. Other foliage used is Mahonia japonica, Viburnum davidii, Lonicera pileata, and Hedera helix. Flowers used are seven purple Dutch Iris for the focal point (some of these are not yet out in the picture), twelve pale yellow roses, five stems of yellow spray Carnations, and one stem of yellow spray Chrysanthemums for recession. A few of the Dutch Iris leaves have been looped together in bunches to add interest. Dutch Iris leaves are a beautiful silvery-green on the underside, and these have been looped with the underside of the leaves outwards, to show this off.