A Guide to Keeping Flowers Fresh
Its always exciting when you get a fresh bouquet in your hands. Maybe you received a flower delivery as a gift or you simply felt like treating yourself. Whatever the case may be, few things in the world beat the look and smell of fresh flowers.
If you’ve gotten your hands on a bouquet you love, you may be wondering how to keep those flowers fresh. In this article, we’ll share a few plant care tips and tricks that can help you extend the life of your flowers.
Prepare Your Flowers for the Vase
Have you recently received some gorgeous Mother’s Day flowers that you want to keep around for a while?
To make your bouquet last as long as possible, you’ll have to place it in a vase. If you let them sit out in the open, they’re sure to dry up in no time. But keeping your flowers in a vase will ensure that they stay properly hydrated. Before placing your fresh flowers in a vase, though, there are a few simple steps you must take.
Prune Extra Leaves
Take your garden shears and prune any leaves on your flowers that would drop below the waterline of the vase. If you recently received a bouquet of anniversary flowers that included roses, you can remove the guard petals to allow the flower to fully bloom.
Pruning can help prevent harmful bacteria from forming and negatively impacting your flowers. Continue to check your flowers every day for dead, dying, or wilting leaves and petals, and prune these as needed.
Did you Know?
Interesting Ways to Make Flowers Last Longer
Looking for unique ways to keep your flowers fresh longer? Check out the following methods for keeping your flowers looking fresh and crisp:
- Refrigerate your flowers: Keeping your flowers in cool temperatures helps to preserve them and prevent wilting. Place your bouquet in the fridge each night before bed and you’ll end up with flowers that stay looking fresh for longer.
- Add a little soda: While soda may not be the healthiest choice for us humans, it has a different effect on flowers. When you pour about V, cup of soda into a full vase, the sugar will help the longevity of your flowers.
- Break out the vodka: Vodka doesn’t seem like it’d help flowers stay healthy—but, miraculously, it does. Add a couple of drops of vodka to a vase full of fresh flowers to inhibit ethylene production and minimize the wilting of your bouquet.
While it is true that you can’t make fresh flowers last forever, there are certain steps you can take to increase their lifespan—like following this guide on how to keep flowers fresh. Can’t stand the thought of throwing away your beautiful bouquet? Now you don’t have to. Order same-day flower delivery today to try out one or all of these tips on how to keep cut flowers fresh. See for yourself how long you can make your bouquet last!
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