Saturday, December 26, 2009

How to look after your cut flowers

How to Look After your Cut Flowers




















Tips good for all flowers


Fill a vase 3/4 full with water. Take each flower and remove leaves which would be submerged below the water level, then put them in the vase.


Change the water often.


Snip off any dead, diseased or dying flowers, or remove the flower completely from the vase.


Flowers Sao Paulo Florist


Flowers with soft stems


Flowers with soft stems (daffodils, tulips, lilies, freesias, etc) like having a little stem cut off after the water change. You will notice after they've been standing in water that the bottom of the stem curls. Snip this off with sharp scissors and replace in the fresh water.
Beware of the pollen on lilies, it stains skin and clothing.


Salvador Flowers Bahia Florist


Flowers with hard stems


Roses - Use a blunt instrument to bach the cut end of the stem and add an aspirin to the water. If rosebuds start to droop before they open, remove the stems and plunge them into boiling water for a few seconds. Arrange with gypsophilia and greenery (like fern) for a beautiful arrangement.



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