You just received a beautiful wrapped bouquet of flowers from the best florist in Austin, Verbena Floral Design. Now what? How do I make them last a long time? What do I do with this wrapped bouquet? Have no fear, we’ve got you! Follow these easy steps provided to you from our Austin Floral Design team at Verbena Floral Design:
Step 1: Unwrap Your Flowers
We wrap the cut part of your stems in a water source, in order to help keep you flowers hydrated during transportation. First things first, remove and discard the water source wrap. Then, gently remove the ribbon or twine and paper wrap. Your flowers are held together inside their wrap with a bind wire, ribbon, or twine. Leave this secured for the moment….
Step 2: Pick Your Vase
Find a vase that you think suits your flowers and the space you’d like to display them. When deciding on a size, it’s best to pick a vase with a 2”-4” diameter opening. This is where you decide if you’d like your flowers to stay in the position they are currently designed, or do you want to let them go wild? Remove the binding from the stems if you want them to be wild. Keep the stems bound if you want a more manicured bouquet. You also want to pay attention to your vase height. As a general floral design rule, you want the height of your flowers to be at least 1.5 times the height of the vase. Go ahead and move the vase to the side of the counter, hold your bouquet up to the vase to determine how long your stems should be.
Step 3: Cut Your Stems
Once you have determined where you want to cut your stems, use sharpened garden sheers or scissors, and give each stem a fresh cut at an angle. It’s important to cut your stems at an angle, as it increases the surface area for your flowers to drink, which increased longevity.
Step 4: Fill Your Vase
Fill your vase with fresh, cool, clean water. Do not add ice to the water and do not use warm or hot water. Place your flowers into the water and enjoy! Be sure to change your water on a daily basis and make sure there is not any plant material other than the stems in the water. Flowers last longer in clean, cool water.