Jillian raised her hand. "First, you should see if they're healthy, then look at the blooms, the shape and color of the petals, and at times, you should care about the size. When arranging flowers, the colors should blend in naturally with each other but that doesn't mean all the flowers must be in one color only. The flowers need to look beautiful individually and compliment each other when they are grouped together."

She smiled, satisfied with her answer.

Melina grinned as she got some points, raising her hand immediately once the professor asked yet another question. "I believe we should search for those with the most beautiful colours and try to pick the ones that suit our needs. I mean, if we're going to a wedding then we'll pick a certain kind of flower, if we're going to a party, then we'll choose another kind," She said. "Obviously, we always have to choose those that fit better with each other and we have to try to avoid the ones that are somehow damaged."

We're gonna learn what? Steelsheen scowled. Ah great, I knew this day was too good to be true! she thought sulking. She raised her hand lazily and replied The petals and the bloom? The bigger the better? she guessed.

crystal thought for a moment, How about which type and colour of flower goes best together?

Astrid really didn't have a lot of experience with flowers but her mother had a lovely garden back home so she tried to draw off of that knowledge. She raised her hand and said, "Professor, I think that you would want to find a flower with healthy looking petals and a sturdy stem. Also the leaves of the flower should be a wonderful green color."

Tommy mouth dropped open. Flower arrangement!! For all the brooms in London! Are we muggle flower shoppe owners of witches, she thought angrily. She was not going to answer this question. She was so upset at this whole term she didn't know if she could contain herself much longer.

"Very good, everyone! Two points to each of you!" She smiled brightly. What bright students these girls were! She was certain the boys wouldn't understand at all.

She reached down as Jimmy brought her a cup of coffee. She took a sip of it before continuing. "Bigger isn't always better of course. But I'll give you one point for the rest. After all, who can resist the cuteness of babies' breath flowers?"

She smiled to the rest of them. "You will each have a pair of safety clippers, made so that it will cut the flowers but not you. Pick out some of the best flowers out of my collection. But remember to leave a few good blooms on the plant. Never ruin a plant for the sake of the arrangement. There's always good replacements. Put them into one of the pitchers of water. Then you will pick a vase and a packet. These packets contain powder that will turn the water into a colorful potion which will freeze the flowers' look as they are for about a week."

Jillian smiled. Yes, two points! Not much, but it was helping keeping the Gryffindors up top.

She took another look at the packets. So that's what they were for! Some sort of charm to keep the flowers' beauty for a week! Her mother would love that for their garden, so long as Eadric, her frog, wouldn't mess up the flowers.

She took out her gloves from her knapsack and put them on. Then she took a safety clipper and approached the rows of flowers, carefully studying them and picking colors that would blend together. Earth tones were a safe pick.

Once she had got her safety clippers Crystal went over to the flowers and started to choose her flowers. Professor where abouts on the plant should we clip? Crystal asked not wanting to ruin the flowers

Korvis looked over at Crystal. "Keep the stem as long as possible. You can always trim it later, after all." She walked around, looking about, then it occurred to her she'd forgotten something. Well, after Jimmy followed her around a few minutes tugging on her and changing to different colors. "Oh! I almost forgot! Make sure that your colors work well together." She waved her wand and a color wheel appeared on the board. "Something about colors next to each other and across from each other. Either way, if in doubt, hold the flowers next to each other."

Color Wheel

Ah, flower arranging. Not quite what Hermy was expecting from a Herbology lesson, but she was sure there could have been far worse. Plus in theory she might have a chance of doing well, since she was planning to go into an art based career and had a good idea of how colours worked together. Okay, these were flowers, but surely it was no different to setting up a composition, getting the small details in the right places and leading the eye to the focal point.

She scanned the selection of flowers, and two main colours came to her attention. The first was an obvious choice, it was her favourite colour, and the second was yellow, for a certain somebody. Perhaps if she chose more orangey shades of yellow, she could combine the two, since blue and orange were complimentary colours. With that thought in her head, she went on a hunt for her main focus flower.

Okay Professor thank you. After looking at the colour wheel for a few moments Crissy decided on flowers that were between the colours Blue Violet and Violet Red. She the proceded to clips some of the prettiest flowers and went to an empty space to begin arraning them

Jillian looked around for something red. AH-HA! Roses! Perfect. Very classy. She trimmed three roses, making sure the stem was of good length and the petals were not wilted. Now something to contrast it's elegance.

Yellow daisies. Casual, and yet very fragrant. That balances out the roses, plus they make wonderful Gryffindor colors. She picked the ones with sturdy stems and snipped out three yellow daisies.

Okay, to contrast the fiery colors, we need something mellow...violet-colored. She walked around in search for dark-colored baby's breath.