We gathered an armful of garden roses in a tight range of soft pinks to form this arching dome, set in a 19th-century blown-glass compote. The stems were inserted one by one, steadied by a floral frog at the vase's base.

Jump-start spring by forcing branches of early-flowering trees and shrubs. Massed at eye level in a rustic trough, pink cherry blossoms join white dogwood and spirea to give armchair nature lovers a breath of fresh air. The branches stand in chicken wire that has been bent to fit the container's liner. Moss and lichen from a florist mask the wire support in sylvan style.

A yellow teapot, with ample room for water below a narrow opening, becomes the perfect vessel for clasping a generous bunch of red tulips, blue hyacinths, pink peonies, and, of course, forget-me-nots.

Even grocery-store roses look gorgeous when you snip off the stems and float them in glass votive candleholders, the perfect vessels for solitary blossoms.

Use the cheery Lilly Pulitzer color palette of pink and green to create beautiful arrangements. A variety of feminine flowers, including peonies and sweet peas, were used here.

These pink peonies are beautiful alone, but they can also be mixed with a variety of other spring flowers to create a magnificent arrangement.

Create an easy outdoor centerpiece using your favorite pink blooms and a basic white platter. Float flowers like these light pink peonies in small bowls, and arrange them with votive candles for a modern look. On a long table, you can place a few platters down the middle.

This unusual arrangement features five open pink and white peonies floating in a transferware punch bowl. When floating flowers in water, first cut the stems to less than an inch; if a flower has trouble floating, use a flower float -- or cut a circle of Bubble Wrap and thread the stem through the center bubble.

A vintage tole basket makes a charming container for these pink peonies framed by broad hosta leaves. Because the metal basket isn't watertight, we hid water-filled jars inside it to hold the flowers. Although built one stem at a time, this is a quick and casual arrangement: Start with the largest blooms, and tuck in the hosta leaves last.

Pink 'Charles de Mills,' 'The Reeve,' and 'Pearlie Mae' roses from Martha's garden were cut close to the bloom and the stems woven together for support in a mercury-glass cup.

These small arrangements are made up of burgundy-and-white dahlias, including 'Deuil due Roi Albert,' in a hand-turned porcelain pot next to a 'Cafe au Lait' dahlia.

This casual floral display features a freshly cut assortment of pink 'Emory Paul' and 'Andries' Orange' dahlias and Giant zinnias.

This oversize urn arrangement includes Kousa dogwood, mock orange, viburnum, mountain laurel, and garden roses.

The slender Juliska glass vase is a perfect container for long-stemmed pink Darwin tulips. Here, Martha cut the stems as long as the vase and lined them up as straight as possible.

Ubiquitous, inexpensive, and long lasting, carnations possess gorgeous petals -- and distracting sepals attached to the stems. Clustering the blooms, like we did here with monochromatic pinks, plays up the flowers' prettiest feature.

How to Make a Dome
Soak five blocks of floral foam in water. Line up three in a shallow bowl. Center another on top. Cut last block in half crosswise, placing half on each side of stack. Trim carnation stems to two to three inches, and stick into top block. Continue, from top to bottom, trimming as needed to fill out the dome.

A cake stand holds small dishes, a bud vase, and large saltcellars filled with pink dahlias, sweet peas, and sedum.

This Japanese bowl was given to Martha many years ago. "When I received it, I had never seen a yellow, peach, or mauve tree peony, but obviously the painter of the bowl had," says Martha. "Finally my tree peonies matured and now provide blooms of almost the same colors."

Arranging roses is a glorious task, especially when they are homegrown and scented. Pink David Austin roses make a beautiful display combined with ‘Limelight’ licorice plant, tiny lady’s mantle, puffy canary grass, and fuzzy, fragrant geranium leaves.