Care and Handling of Cut Flowers

Once you have your flowers home, there a few simple tricks you can use to prolong the life of your arrangement:

• Always keep your flowers in a clean, non metal, container.
• Use fresh water, adding cut flower food to increase vase life.
• Strip all leaves below water line.
• Cut approximately 1-2 cm at an angle from the stem
• Keep flowers from draughts, direct light and heat.
• Change water and recut stems every two days.