Flower Care: A Home Guide
Farm grown flowers have many unique habits and often continue to grow in the vase more so than commercially grown flowers. We generally say our bouquets last up to a week, although we have had reports of bouquets lasting 2 weeks.! This varies with different flower types and the season.
To help get the longest vase life from your flowers we’ve compiled a few tips for keeping your new bouquet fresh and lively, for as long as possible:
Remove wrapping - When first receiving your flowers, take off all wrappings and dispose of responsibly ( we use as many biodegradable materials as possible)
Trim stems - with a sharp knife, scissors or flower shears trim at least 1 cm off the stems
Cool clean water - Immediately place your flowers in a vase or container of cool water, making sure there is no foliage under the waterline. (greenery in the water will decompose and spread bacteria in the water). At this point you can choose to cut off the raffia tie to your bouquet to have a more open display of flowers. This is all depends on your preference and container choice.
Avoid direct sunlight - Display flowers out of direct sunlight in a cool area. A warm environment will encourage the flowers to open and blossom more quickly, reducing their lifespan.
Change water -Every couple days check the water levels of your container and replace with fresh cool water.
Remove spent blossoms- If you see flowers fading its best to snip them out of the bouquet with scissors. If there are any closed buds on the stem removing spent flowers will encourage the lower buds to open.
We hope you enjoy your flowers and would love to hear what you think! Drop us a line , comment below or tell a friend : )
Top Tip: If for some reason you notice a flower is wilting prematurely., its often just really thirsty. So boil the kettle! Yes, it sounds odd, but if you pull the stem out of the arrangement and give a fresh cut then dip the stem end into just boiled water for around 10 seconds, then right back into cool water- It may revive! The idea is that hot water moves more quickly up flower stems and re hydrates the flower. More often than not this method works. We’ve revived everything from roses to hellebore. Even anemones, ranunculus, mint foliage, jasmine, geum and many other flowers have bounced back!