You received a beautiful flower arrangement for mother’s day – good! This means your husband took onboard the subtle hints from our previous article on the matter. Ideally, you’d like to prolong their lifespan and enjoy their beauty for as long as possible. Here’s how to care for your Mother’s Day flowers.
We consulted our resident florist on how to care for Mother’s Day Flowers. And they gave us a few tricks to keep Mother’s Day Flowers fresh looking for as long as possible.
How to look after Mother’s Day Flowers?
1| The vase.
Make sure to thoroughly wash and rinse your vase. You don’t want dirty water in it. Nor weird little things swimming around in your vase, right?
2| The water.
Fill the vase with fresh water. Stir in flower food which is a mixture of minerals and other nutrients missing in tap water. You will need 1 liter of water to one sachet of flower food. Be careful not to drop flower food on your clothing and do not use metal containers as the nutrients will be destroyed.
3| Keep the bouquet’s design.
Remove all the packaging but keep the twine in place if you want to retain the design of your bouquet.
4| Trim your flowers.
Using a sharp, clean knife, scissors or secateurs cut at least 2cm off each stem at a 45° Flowers with woody stems should be cut at an angle and split. Do not crush stems. Otherwise, that will destroys their molecular structure and prevents water from being absorbed. Remove any foliage which may be in the water as it will decompose and the water will begin to smell and discolor, spoiling your flowers.
5| Know where to put them.
Place in a cool position avoiding direct sunlight or draughts, do not place near ripening fruit.
6| Fresh water means fresh Mother’s Day Flowers.
Make sure to refresh the water daily. This way your flowers will stay fresh looking and smelling amazing.
You can always be a little extra!
As beautiful as flowers are, and as much as every mum loves a beautiful bouquet. Eventually, and sadly, they are going to fade. We suggest you throw in a little something next to the flowers. This will make your gift even more special.
