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5 Pro Tips to Keep Flowers Fresh

Tips to Keep Flowers Fresh- Flowers in a vase at a special corner in your house can liven up your space a lot without even having to try too much. Well, as easy as it is to decorate your house with flower vases, it is not easy to take care of the plants, which leads them to die out very soon. But we are here to help like always. If you want to learn how to keep your flowers fresh for a longer time, we have prepared a list of some helpful tips that are going to help you do the same.

Just make sure that you follow these tips religiously, and we are sure that your plants are going to have a long and happy life and are going to remain fresh for the longest time.

How to Keep Your Flowers Fresh for Longer Time?

Cut the Stem Before Placing Them in Water

A Woman Cutting Flower Stems is the Useful Tips to Keep Flowers Fresh

When you get a bunch of flowers online, make sure that before you put them in a beautiful vase with water, you cut the stems from the bottom and then put them in the vase. Even if you buy the flowers with the stems already cut, it is important to cut them and clip them every few days so that they remain in good health and fresh for a long time. If the stems are cut off your followers every few days, the water will be able to penetrate through the stem in a better way which will allow it to stay fresh for a longer time than usual.

To cut the stem, you can take a pair of sharp scissors or pruning shears and cut the stem of the flower at a 45-degree angle. If you are unable to be so accurate, you can cut the stem diagonally instead of cutting it horizontally. Do the same every three days to ensure the good health of your flowers. This way, the flowers will be able to absorb more water easily. If doing one stem at a time is difficult, then you can also cut all the stems together by holding them all together as a bunch. However, make sure to cut them diagonally. If you are a beginner, it is recommended to cut the flowers individually to avoid mistakes.

Tips to keep Flowers Fresh-Get Rid of Extra Leaves

A woman cutting leaves from a rose stems

After you have cut the stems of the flowers, you also need to cut any extra leaves that you find on the flowers. The leaves in the flowers have more chances of getting deteriorated before the flower does, and once they start getting affected, they can harm the flowers, eventually making them dull, and ultimately, the flowers will die out. So, it is always better to cut any extra leaves in the flowers so that your flowers can stay fresh and healthy for a long time. Plus, if there are any leaves at the stem of the base of the stem of the flowers, make sure to trim them so that there is nothing between the stems and the waterline of the container. If you eliminate the foliage of the stems, there is less chance that they will get affected by any bacteria that can harm your flowers.

This way, your flowers will bloom freshly for a long time. Make sure you find time to prune the leaves and cut the stems of the flowers regularly as a part of their care routine.

Tips to keep Flowers Fresh-Change the Water in the Vase Regularly

A woman pouring water in a glass vase for flowers bunch in kitchen

It is of utmost importance to dip your flowers only in clean water if you want your flowers to stay healthy and fresh for a long. If the water is dirty, it will deteriorate the health of the flowers, make them infected with bacteria, and eventually, the flowers will die out. So, make sure that along with cutting the stems and extra leaves, you also pay attention to changing the water in which the flowers are dipped. Every two or three days, follow this routine of changing the water and don’t put the water in the vase without washing the vase.

Make sure you rinse out the vase completely and wash it clean. Once it is clean, then add water to it, and if you want, you can also add plant food to the water at the same time. This will ensure that your flowers keep fresh for long and in the best of their health.

Bonus Tip: You can also place these flower arrangements in the fridge as they will extend the life of the flowers. It is a nifty trick that can change the health of your flowers, especially if it is too hot.

Tips to Keep Flowers Fresh -Remove the Dead/ Dying Flowers

cutting dead rose from a rose plant

If any of the flowers in your arrangement show signs of infection of bacteria, make sure you instantly remove them, as the infection can spread and affect the health of other flowers as well. However, if you keep removing such flowers, the other flowers will remain intact in the arrangement. The same goes for infected leaves and stems as well. Also, if you find any flowers in the arrangement that have dying petals or if the flowers have completely become dull or bent, it means that they are not going to survive or might even have died, so it is always a good idea to trim them from the arrangement as well so that they do not harm the other flowers in the arrangement around them.

No matter how much you try to keep your flowers healthy, of course, some of them will give up because of seasonal changes, etc. So, it is always better to remove them as soon as possible when they turn dark, or their petals start to fade.

The Location of the Flower Vase Matters

Colourful Tulips in a Jug in a Table

One of the most important things to remember while you are placing your flowers in the vase is to find a place for the vase in such a way that they get enough sunlight but not too much as well. So, you must find a place that has shade and stays cool but also receives some amount of sunlight so that your flowers can stay in their optimum health. This will help in preserving the blooms for a longer time and make them stay fresh too!

Other Bonus Tips

1.       Add apple cider vinegar to the water in which you dip the flowers.

2. Soda and vodka (weirdly enough) also tend to keep your flowers fresh for long.

3.       Don’t forget flower food.

Takeaway

A little hard work and effort are required to keep your flower arrangements in the best of their health. If you want your house to look bright and pretty all day, every day, then flower vases are the best way to do it. You can easily order flowers in a vase online from our website, UAE Flowers, for your home or to gift to other people as well. We have a wide variety of amazing flower arrangements that you can order for yourself and your loved ones so that they can have fresh flowers in the special corner of their home.

We have different variety of flowers that you can choose from, such as roses, carnations, orchids, and many more. You can also order luxury flowers such as stargazers, anthuriums, sunflowers, etc., and keep your house looking beautiful with them.

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