How To Show Love To Your Flowers

Showing Love To Roses

Believe it or not roses need a lot of love as do people. If you receive an arrangement of roses, which are prearranged in a vase the best placement is in your home or office away from the sun light at a cool temperature between 34 and 65 degrees.

Change the water daily by carefully dumping out or removing the water from its vase. Add fresh water up to the rim of vase. The temperature of the water ought to be cold by touch.

If you are bold enough and want to maximize the life of your roses you ought to cut the bottom of the stems with a sharp knife (preferably a sharp pocketknife or a designer floral knife).  When cutting the bottoms of your stems, make sure your cuts are angular not flat.  In other words, a slant cut.  This is because it makes it easier for the roses to drink the water.  I know it might sound a little bazar but take it from an expert the roses will appreciate a slant cut.  One may use a sharp clipper as an alternative to a sharp knife.  Make sure your clips are done quickly and a with slant cuts.  When using clippers do not cut slowly and make sure the clippers are sharp and made well. 

You may add a flower solution such as Floral Life to prolong the life of your roses. You may ask any florist to give you a free sample of the powder or solution. Usually, the free sample is only good enough for one or two uses.

If you receive individual roses that are not arranged, the procedure is the same.  If you receive very tight buds, you may raise the temperature of your water a little so that your buds will open a little better or faster.
Never place roses or in hot water or in direct sunlight where there is a lot of heat.

Showing Love To Other Types of Flowers

At this point, I hope I conveyed that all flowers need love. In general, other types of flowers can be treated like roses with a few exceptions. Other type flowers do not have to be recut with a slant cut as do roses.  It is still a good idea to cut the bottoms of your stems as often as ounce per day.

Then there are tropical flowers. Tropical flowers such as Ginger must be store or place in a warmer room with higher humidity than other flowers. Ideal temperature is between 75 to 85 degrees. With Tropicals you may place them with simi direct light.

The final type of flower or plant are cactuses. Cactuses do not require so much attention. They can be place in direct sunlight with very little water.  They do thrive in sun light so make sure they do receive that.  Ideal temperature is 80 to 110 degrees.  They can be left at cooler temperatures too.