How to Keep Floral Bouquets Looking Fresh

Whether you cut your bouquet from your garden, or purchased from the store, you will want your bouquet to last more than a day. Here are some tips on how to keep your floral bouquets looking fresh.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Fresh cut flowers
• Sink
• Water
• Vase
• Garden scissor
• Floral preservative

1. Cut the stems diagonally with a clean and sharp garden scissor. Allow the flowers to have adequate stems.

2. Trim off the leaves from the stem, and remove-spent blooms.

3. Fill your kitchen sink with room temperature water. Add preservative to water. Swish the water with your hand to make sure that it preservative dissolves.

4. 
    
   Flowers in sink

   Place your fresh cut flowers in the sink. Leave the flowers in the sink for 30 minutes. The water will perk up your flowers for a fresh cut appearance.

5. Fill your vase with room temperature water. Add a half teaspoon of floral preservative.

6. Arrange your flowers and enjoy your floral display.

Tips & Warnings

• Change the water every other day
• Always add floral preservative whenever you do a water change
• Cut stems diagonally every time you change the water

[e-Rambler]

on 8/3/2009 Simple but effective ways on keeping floral bouquets looking fresh. Thanks for the tips!

[ljbinkop]

on 6/18/2009 When I get fresh flowers I love to keep them fresh as long as possible, thank you for the tips!

[jpwriter]

on 2/11/2009 The advice about sharp scissors is great. I have cut flowers only to struggle with getting them clear cut. Thanks.

[hdubs]

on 2/11/2009 Great tips and I love all the photos! Thanks for the ideas, especially with Valentine's Day coming up :)

[tylamac]

on 1/28/2009 These are great tips for keeping cut flowers fresh. I never knew about the sink trick before. I'm going to have to try that one with my next bouquet.