Caring for your Flowers and Plants
As with all perishable goods flowers are very fragile.
How you care for them will make an important difference to the length that your flowers last.
Hand tied bouquets are carefully arranged by the florist so they can be placed straight into a vase – by you – on arrival.
You should remove all external packaging, but if you want to keep the shape of the bouquet it is best to leave the string tied around the stems.
Trim the stems by 3cm at an angle with a knife or secateurs.
Remove any leaves below water line as leaves in water promote bacterial growth.
Fill a clean container with clean luke warm water and use the flower food supplied.
Your hand tied bouquet will usually arrive Aqua-packed with a reservoir of water secured at their base.
To remove, simply hold your bouquet over a sink and cut off the bottom of the film.
Your should place your bouquet away from draughts, direct heat or sunlight; so not on top of the television, radiators or sunny windowsills.
Place your bouquet in a cool location and top up the vase water daily.
Lily pollen may stain, remove stamen from opening blooms.
Cutting the stems every 3 days also prevents bacteria blocking the stem.
Hard and woody stems such as roses should be cut at least 3cms (approx 1 inch) at a sharp angle. This is particularly important with roses.
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