How To Make Cut Flowers Last Longer

This is a video by Rebecca Cole, a Floral and Interior Designer, showing you how to make cut flowers last longer.

Instructions from the video

When you bring home your blooms, before you arrange a bouquet, they need to spend an hour being conditioned.

Start with a clean container of water. Add flower freshener if you have it, or add a tiny amount of bleach, but don’t use bleach on flowers that have deep color, as it will fade the color.

Prepare your flowers for conditioning by removing excess stem and leaves. Make a sharp diagonal cut on the stem of each flower.

The more exposed the inside of the flower at the stem, the more water gets in to nourish the bloom.

You can get rid of extra leaves and thorns, only a clean stem should go into water.

Place the stems in the conditioned water. Leave them there for a full hour.

Then, you can begin making your arrangement. If you condition your flowers properly, they will last at least a week longer.

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