Therefore we place a cluster of our sabel palm leaves into the rear center of the foam, as shown in the illustration. You can see from the start that the sabel palm immediately creates impact in the design. There are some designers who insist that one must follow the rule of creating a height that is 1.5X the height or width of the container. Contemporary floral artists tend to break the rule, and extend the height of designs even higher. While we have used sabel palm here any tall or branchy material would also work quite well.
Lets start to fill in the stucture of the design a bit.
Note the three giant leaves that have been placed in the design. These are called sea grape leaves. They are brought in from the Carribean and painted all kinds of colors. The folks who import these, glue heavy wire to them, so that they are easy to work into your floral designs. Place two to the left of the design slightly to the side of the sabel palm.