Flower Factor: A Lifestyle Blog From Aboutflowers.com

Oh, Halloween! It’s creeping up on us with gruesome visions of how we’d look as zombies or pirates, and dreams of nightmarish themes that will top last year’s Monster Mash.

Breathe life into your Halloween party by accenting the grim and gory décor with flowers. Surround a tombstone with a bed of roses or carnations or brighten up the mundane macabre of witch and vampire garb with striking orange floral arrangements that will pop amidst a sea of black costumes.

Bright green and purple are also great colors to add a ghouly atmosphere. There are lots of flowers in these color schemes to choose from:

For oranges, try roses, gerbera daisies, calla lilies, Asiatic lilies, dahlias. Read More

Before you know it pumpkins, gourds, ghosts and goblins will be everywhere and you’ll be planning your annual Halloween Bash. Here are five of my favorite floral ideas sure to wake up the dead at your party.

Bewitching Affair. A colorful witch’s boot makes a fun container to hold flowers.  It is a fun theme piece and will get your guests talking.

Pumpkin Patch Party. Keep it traditional and incorporate pumpkins into your floral arrangements. Ask your local florist what other fun gourds they have to make interesting floral arrangements for you. Read More