How to Care for Your Flowers

Change the water every two days and recut the stems, keep removing dead flowers to stop bacteria spreading.

There are lots of myths out there about keeping your flowers fresh, and most of them are nonsense! Pennies don’t keep flowers fresh, and adding baking soda won’t make the flowers last longer either!

No – sugar will help bacteria grow. Use flower food instead, it’s got the perfect balance of things to keep your flowers happy. Salt water isn’t good for flowers either.

Don’t use vinegar or bleach for flowers, both could harm the blooms. Instead make sure they have a vase at least two thirds full of clean water and stems trimmed by 2cm at an angle.

Once the blooms have faded or wilted, there’s not much to be done unless you’d like to dry them – read our guide on how to dry flowers. You can compost them if you don’t want to dry them, and their nutrients might even help more flowers grow in future!

Treat it like a bouquet, pop it in a clean vase filled with fresh water and trim the stem. Refresh the water and trim the stem every two days.

If your roses have petals on the outside that look brown or a little worse for wear, don’t panic. These are guard petals, nature’s armour for roses to protect the more delicate inner petals. Our florists leave them on so the blooms don’t get bruised on the move. Once they’re safely with you, you can remove them – just give them a firm tug at the bottom and they’ll come away from the stem.