Question
A wholesale flower supplier told me that I need to buy expensive french tulips in order to arrange the tulip in the fishbowl.  Is that true or can I use less expensive local tulips?  Also if I want my bouquet to be tulips, how do I coordinate my bounieers and corages?

Thanks

Answer
No, it is not true that you would need to buy the French tulips ... personally speaking, I believe that the buyer is paying more for the stem and the word "French" than anything else.  If you are to use a fish bowl vase, you would be cutting the size of those French tulips a little more than half its length anyway.  I would suggest tulips with plumosa, ming, or salal leaves.  Leather can over power the delicacy of tulips.  Bouts can be made by using 1 tulip for the focal flower, some filler, or even a secondary small flower with a small background of greens.  To add creativeness, I often wire it all together with a matching or contrasting colored wired.  Corsages are pretty much the same as the bouts ... just with a few more flowers added to create a fuller effect.  I hope this helps.  Thanks for asking!  :-)