Cut Flower Care

Cut flowers have a much longer vase life if you follow a few basic guidelines. 

• Always ensure that your vase is clean.
• Change the water every couple of days and re-cut the stems.
• Add either a sachet of flower food or alternatively about a teaspoon of bleach to the water, don’t spill it on your clothes. I have also heard that adding an aspirin to the water prolongs the life of the flower.
• Cut flower stems on an angle preferably with a knife so the stems are not crushed. Remove all the foliage from the stem that is submerged in water.
• Keep you flowers out of the direct sunlight, away from heaters and drafts if possible.
• Flowers with hairs on their stems eg; gerbera’s and poppies should be kept in shallow water about 5cm.