Tips and Tricks - Flower Care - Your Special Moment

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Tips and Tricks - Flower Care

Flower Care

Here are a few simple care suggestions to help you obtain maximum pleasure from your flowers

Hand tied posies and bouquets

Carefully unwrap your flowers. The stems of your bouquet will be enclosed in a wet wrap to maintain freshness during delivery â€“ this should be removed.
With a sharp knife or scissors, cut about 3cm off the flower stems. Always cut flower stems on a sharp angle to produce a larger area for water a absorption.
Place your flowers in a clean vase filled with fresh water.
Every 3 or 4 days the stems of your flowers should be re-cut and the water in the vase refreshed.

Arrangements

For flowers which are already arranged into a container it is important to add water daily.

Roses

Remove the water source from the base of the Rose stems.
With a sharp knife or scissors, cut about 3cm off the Rose stems. Always cut flower stems on a sharp angle to produce a larger area for water absorption.
Place your Roses in a clean vase filled with fresh water. This should be topped up on a daily basis.
If a Rose should wilt, re-cut the base of the stem and place in 3cm of boiling water for about 30 seconds (no longer). Then place the Rose in a deep container or lie in a bath filled with fresh cold water.

What flowers dislike

Dirty water in vessel.
Sitting on top of the T.V, it gets too hot.
Being placed in a draught or in direct sunlight.
Leaves left on stems which will be under water. This can promote growth of bacteria which pollutes the water.
Fruit. The ethylene fruit produces seriously reduces flower life.

By: The Wild Bunch

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