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Summary: Learn important flower stem tips when making Christmas flower arrangements in this free holiday video.
Pooja Jain works at Face of Ferns and Petals. The company is India's biggest flower chain.read more
"Hi this is Pooja from Belia F and P, today on behalf of Expert Village. The stems that you're cutting please cut them tilted, do not cut them straight otherwise the flower will not be able to last for long. An arrangement like this would last for around three to four days very easily if properly taken care of. Whenever you want to water this arrangement, which has to be done on a daily basis, you need to pour the water right from here and not from the top, because that might damage the candle. Candle arrangement when soaked in water it has to be wrapped with the cellophane first and then the candle can go on the arrangement. Any kind of foliage, any kind of green can go and look good on a candle arrangement. Especially when you do an arrangement, these arrangements can surely be kept below the Christmas tree as well, but not too close to it. Because the flames of it, the fumes of it just might harm the work and the Christmas tree arrangement which is there. Now all that you need to take care of that when you're lifting it up, you have to lift it with the base. Once the arrangement is lifted, there is no water dripping, nothing. It should be able to take the weight of it. Once you're presenting it, kindly use the basket or a nice hamper to present it to the person you gifting it out to. Thank you so much."
eHow Article: Stem Tips for Christmas Flower Arrangements