Influence of different flower vases on the impression of cut flowers

To improve comfort in artificial urban spaces in recent years, plants are increasingly being incorporated into indoor spaces, such as homes and offices, which is called green amenity.
It is thought that some of the effects of this include regulation of the thermal environment, improvement of comfort, and psychological and physiological effects.
In such circumstances, cut flowers are also considered one of the green amenities that decorate urban spaces, especially indoors.
Several studies have been conducted on the impression evaluation of cut flowers (Yamamoto et al., 2010; Fukui et al., 2013, 2015). However, these studies focused on the colors and shapes of cut flowers and did not consider the vase where the cut flowers are displayed.
Vases also come in a variety of materials and shapes.
There have been no studies that have evaluated the impression of cut flowers by focusing on the material and shape of vases.
In this study, we focused on several vases to investigate whether there is a difference in the impression of cut flowers when being displayed.
We conducted a questionnaire survey based on the semantic differential scale method as a subjective evaluation.
For this study, six different vases were prepared for the study, and roses were used as cut flowers.
As a result, in comparison by material and shape, significant differences were found.
It was thought that transparent vases made of glass, in particular, spherical vases made of glass can gave a strong original impression.

IV Asian Horticultural Congress – AHC2023

Y. Mitarai

cut-flowers, emotion, flower vases, impression, semantic differential scale method

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1404.196