Here are my favorite tips for enjoying your flowers now that you have them in your home: First, change the water - if you don't want to drink the water, neither do the flowers. Did you know it's the bacteria in the water that kills the flowers well before them just fading naturally?
Second, keep them out of direct sunlight. While most plants enjoy sun, and even need sun to bloom, cut flowers will mature more quickly, or get over-heated when in direct sunlight, and blow open or grow limp. Third, keep excess foliage out of the water - the small leaves and textures that look wonderful at the top of the stems in your arrangement are a happy home for flower-killing bacteria.
Fourth, use the flower food provided - it is a scientifically balanced formula of flower food and anti-bacterial. In laboratory and 'regular people' tests, flowers have been shown to last 40-70% longer in water that has flower food. Fifth, when you receive a taller arrangement, after a week or so, cut the stems shorter, give your bouquet a different look, and help the blooms last longer by giving the water a shorter distance to travel up the stem. Click here to see our owner, Karin, show how during one of her monthly flower segments on Channel 3's 'Your Life, A to Z' 'Like' our Facebook Fanpage for more flower tips and to see more segments of Karin's TV appearances.
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