guide to fresh cut flowers care
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Guide to fresh cut flowers care
There is nobody in this earth who just doesn’t love flowers. But the love you have for flowers is not just
enough. You need to go to the next step. You will have to take proper care of the flowers. It is a unique
technique that only the people in the Flower Delivery business are mostly master at. More than that, it
requires a passion for flowers. Flowers have a very mild fragrance, which brings a good odor to the
ambience when maintained at home. When we get Flower Delivery gifts from our loved ones, it is our
duty to take care of it to cherish the love.
Getting it right
The secret of maintaining good flowers lie with getting it from a good florists like Hout Bay Florist or
Cape Town Florist.
Conditioning of flowers
It is not enough if you can get good flowers in Flower Delivery from a reputed florist. But flowers need
conditioning on daily basis so that flowers like roses, daisies, delphiniums, and alstromeria lasts afresh
for even ten days in the vase. If proper technique is not followed, it will result in a shortened life of the
flowers. Do remember the following points while handling flowers that come in Flower Delivery:
Use disinfected buckets and vase to avoid bacterial infections to the flowers. Also, always use
non-metal vase
Use flower foods and flower preservatives so that the flowers are alive for longer time.
Cut off unnecessary foliage under the water to avoid rotting of leaves
Use fresh water (warm or cold) and top up the vase daily. Both Warm water and cold water are
useful in its own unique way and contribute to freshness for flowers in Flower Delivery
Always use knife to cut the stem and not scissors as scissors will damage the water conducting
cells in the stem
Keep the whole system away from heat and sunlight
Arrangement of flowers
There is a major part played by arrangement of flowers in Flower Delivery to keep it afresh. Even if only
on a day’s time the flowers starts to droop, then just re-cut and put it again in water. Then the stems
regain water and flowers will become fresh.
Though there are lots of techniques to be shared in common, there are specific methods to handle
certain flowers like to prevent tulips from drooping; you need to make a small prick at the top of the
stalk just below the flower. So, suggestions like this for specific flowers can be found from the local
florist from where you get the Flower Delivery.
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http://www.thecapetownflorist.co.za/
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