Did you come back to this blog to see if I bought my
wife flowers or planted a tree for her for Valentine’s Day? Or, were you one of the fortunate ones that
received a bouquet of roses or other cut flowers for Valentine’s Day and want
to know how to prolong their beauty?
Here are a few tips will help your flowers last longer,
maybe even a few weeks!
First, recut the stems at least 1 inch shorter than
when you got them. Use a sharp knife and cut at a 45-degree angle. Immediately submerge the stems in warm
water. Even better is to cut the stems
while they are under water.
Be sure and strip off any leaves that would otherwise
be immersed in the vase water. Add a packet of flower preservative to the
water. Often this comes with the
bouquet. If not, you can purchase these
from a florist or from the floral sections of some discount stores. If you do not have or cannot find the floral
preservative packets, change the water daily in the vase.
Avoid displaying your bouquet in a hot room or in
direct sunlight. You can make your
bouquet last even longer is to put the whole thing, into the refrigerator every
night before you go to bed and then take it out in the morning. Putting the bouquet in a cooler part of the
house will work to some degree as well.
Remember, cut flower bouquets do not last forever, so
take a picture of you with your bouquet so the memories will last long after
the flowers have faded. Or you can press
a few of the flowers between pages of newspaper to dry them. They might not be as colorful but the will be
a reminder of the good times.
As for my wife, I bought her a pot of yellow orchids. And she is very happy!
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