When an accessory is used, the design should be strengthened by the accessory, but the accessory should not become the feature. The floral components should still be the featured interest in the design, and in a rose show, the roses should be the dominant floral interest. The container sets the tone for the designer to be innovative. The container can be unusual, but should be simple in detail. Unexpected materials give this type of design a freshness.
Colors are very significant.
Notes Per the ARS Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements, arrangements from preceding eras of history are classed as period arrangements. The characteristics of these arrangements reflected the life styles, social customs, religious and political thoughts of their time. Occasionally, period arrangements are included in a show to commemorate an historical event or era. It is difficult to judge these arrangements by today's standards, as yesterdays accepted standards have changed and the components are often unavailable or are difficult to duplicate authentically. If period arrangements are to be included in a show schedule, the class descriptions should be prefaced by such terms as in the manner of, influenced by, in the spirit of, or adapted from.