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Buds &
Blooms Florist
(516) 759-0432 Tips and Tricks Roses:
aftering buying roses, place in cool place for a few hours Cut the stem at a very sharp angle under the water and than let the water to flow over the stems for 3 minutes For bacteria to be destroyed, add a drop of disinfecting substance in flowers water The roses need to stay in tall vases, filled with warm water You have to change the water daily Add some lemon drops into flower’s water or a little salt Iris: Being tall, the iris cut flowers will be disposed in big vases filled a half with water. They love the cold fresh water, so change it ones at 2 days. Daisy: It’s very alike the chrysanthemum, therefore the scientific name is Chrysanthemum leucantheum. Daisy is a resistant cut flower, though it’s fragility. As the best care, cut the stem till the green part, put it in tall vase, filled just for 3 quarts with water and add a drop of whitening substance.
The carnation is a very resistant flower and is usually used in the arrangements that have no water supply. Some cultures consider the carnation a funeral flower, maybe for its resistance. It’s important for it to be cut between the stem nodules for the best hydration. The carnations love the fresh water and the sweetmeat, thus put some sugar in the water. You can also add some lemon drops.
Peony: The peony will be as fresh as the beginning into the vase from 7 to 10 days. The cut flowers are conserved in a cold place for 24 hours without water and thereafter you’ll cut 1 centimeter from the stem and put them in vases filled of warm water. Sunflower: This is a long life flower. As a cut
flower, it last
6-12 days, but it’s a wonderful dry flower. There is a trick to avoid
the blight: add in flower’s water 2% of liquid detergent.
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