Caring For Your Flowers

Caring For Your Flowers

High quality fresh cut flowers, conditioned to last, is our promise to you with every bouquet or display we create. Once home, there are one or two simple things you can do to maximise the life of your blooms.

Getting The Most Out Of Your Display

Your flowers will arrive ready to display, but will always benefit from fresh, clean water, mixed with the sachet of flower food provided.

Display the flowers in a cool, light location away from draughts, radiators, direct heat, sunshine or fresh fruit.

Refresh your flowers after 2-3 days. Remove from the vase and re-cut stems by 1-2cm at an angle using sharp scissors or secateurs and replace in fresh water in a clean vase.

As time goes on, remove wilting or dead flowers to avoid contaminating those still going strong or consider removing the happy blooms to create smaller displays around your home.

Seasonal Flower Care

The variety of flowers in season change all year round. Here you’ll find specific care advice to enjoy those fleeting flowers while they’re at their best.

CARING FOR ALSTROEMERIA

Alstroemeria flowers are really long-lasting if cared for properly. Trim and get them in water as soon you receive them and place them ideally somewhere near a window.

They like light, but not too much, so a room
that perhaps has morning sun and afternoon shade would be ideal. They are extremely sensitive to ethylene gas, naturally given off by ripening fruits and vegetables, so steer clear of the fruit bowl!

CARING FOR SUNFLOWERS

Keep your sunflowers for longer by recutting stems and putting them in fresh water, ideally with flower food, every two days. Cut the stems under water to prevent air bubbles from entering the stem.

When you’re ready to harvest the seeds from your sunflowers, remove them from water and leave them to air dry before hanging upside down to completely dehydrate. The seeds are ready when plump and beginning to loosen from the flower head.

CARING FOR DAHLIAS

In order to maximize the relatively short vase life of Dahlias, dropping them into warm or hot tap water is ideal when you initially get them home. Let this cool to room temperature, then refresh every couple of days using tepid water.

Use the other stems in your bouquet to help support them and avoid them wilting prematurely due to the size of their beautiful heads.

CARING FOR CHRYSANTHEMUMS

As a flower with a leafy stem, it is important to remove all leaves that may sit underwater when displayed in your vase, as these can rot quickly and affect the health of your bouquet as well as turning prematurely yellow.

As with many flowers they are sensitive to direct light and heat so think carefully about the placement of your Chrysanths.

CARING FOR HYDRANGEAS

When cutting these blousy blooms, cut the stems at an angle, then cut the again, up towards the flower head. These are thirsty flowers so need as much surface area as possible to drink.

Once cut, dip the tips in boiling water for 10 seconds to stop the sap from seeping which can clog and prevent the hydrangea from being able to take up water. Hydrangeas are also able to drink through the blooms! Mist them every day to keep them extra hydrated. Told you they were thirsty flowers!

ACCLIMATISING HOUSEPLANTS

In Autumn, houseplants need to adjust to the drop in temperature and reduced sunlight hours. Reposition your plants to get the optimal amount of light and water less frequently, checking the soil first to
see whether your plant actually needs it.

Up humidity levels to combat the central heating by giving them a regular mist and leave out the plant food as their growth starts to slow. Finally, don’t fret if they start to drop a few leaves as they adjust, this is a normal part of a plant life cycle.