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‖ pot-et-fleur|pɔteflœr|
[Fr., lit. ‘pot and flower’.]
A style of floral decoration using pot-plants together with cut flowers. Also attrib.
[1960V. Stevenson in Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 11/2 There's a new mood afoot in flower arrangement—to combine cut flowers with indoor pot plants. I have been using this style of arrangement for ages, without finding a name for it. Can readers make any suggestions?] 1963― Decorating with Flowers & Plants vii. 71 When I wanted to describe this style of decoration about which I am writing, I invited the readers of the Woman's Page in the Daily Telegraph to coin a name... Our new style became pot-et-fleur, a term already recognized by the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies of Great Britain, who have included a class in their national competition. Ibid. 73 You will have made your first pot-et-fleur arrangement. 1968Flower Arranger Sept. 125 There were strong line arrangements in the tall slit windows behind the choir-stalls; soft arrangements, mostly pot-et-fleur, found here and there. 1972Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. XCVII. 375 Bonsai and pot-et-fleur are her two main techniques. 1978T. Taylor Flower Arranging 66/1 A pot-et-fleur is a decoration that combines plants and cut flowers. The plants can be grown permanently and the flowers can be added from time to time. |