General rules

• All flowers brought from the frost must be slightly adapted to heat before being placed in water. Unfold the package and let "keep warm".
• Water should be used separated from room temperature.
• stems better under running water and a sharp knife, after pruning, immediately put flowers in the water.
• A vase with a bouquet should not be in the sun,draft and near heating devices, otherwise even the freshest flowers will instantly wither due to the intense loss of moisture; The coolness for the bouquet is optimal.
• If you want the buds to open more quickly, add ammonia or camphoric alcohol (1/2 teaspoon per 1 liter of water) to the water.
• To extend the life of flowers, add water a little ammonia (few drops) or salt (1 teaspoon to 1 liter of water).
• Beginning to wither flowers can be brought back to life with the help of sugar - 1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water.
• The water needs to be changed regularly, cutting the stem by 2 cm.
• Several times a day, the bouquet should be sprayed.
• Plants with several flowers on the stem will live longer if you remove dried flowers. In this case, all the buds will have time to open.

Now consider the features of individual flowers that can be found in flower shops in February.Photo: Getty Images

Roses

Giving an armful of scarlet roses, your young manHe gave you a lot of trouble. As you know, a rose is very capricious, even with proper care it will stand for only a week. But beauty requires sacrifice. So:

• Before you put the roses in the water, gently break off all the lower leaves and thorns, and it is best to do it under running water.
• Cut as long as possible and oblique.
• To better water passed into the stiffened stems, you can split the end of the stem with a knife (about 5-7 cm in length) and crush it with a hammer.
• In a vase, pour the distilled or boiled water, and so that the flowers are in the water at half the length (and better - two thirds).
• Roses are very sensitive to air bubbles and bacteria that clog pores and make it harder to absorb moisture, so cut them and change water regularly.
• For better preservation, add an aspirin tablet or a little sugar to the water (so that you get a 10% solution).

In order to prolong the life of “frozen” roses for a little, you need to put them in hot water. In this case, you can see how the flowers bloom, but, alas, they will stand for only a couple of days.

Freesia

Very moisture-loving flower, so stay tuned.so that the water level in the vase does not drop to a critical point. At the same time, the maximum height of the immersion of the stem should be only 5 cm, otherwise it will begin to rot.

Tulips

Tulips love very cold, sweetened water.(1 teaspoon to 1 liter of water). Ice cubes thrown into the water, they will only benefit. Before you put the flowers in a vase, lower the tips of the stems for 10 minutes into the granulated sugar. .To prevent the long stems of tulips from drooping before placing flowers in a vase, fix the stems by wrapping them with thick paper. And only in this form, place in a vase. After some time, the paper can be removed - the stems will stand vertically. If you want the tulips to not open any longer, chop sulfur into the water from the match heads.

Orchids simbidium

These flowers are sold in a test tube with a specialsolution, so that even without any care, they will be able to stand for 10 days. However, practice has shown that if the branch is divided into separate flowers and placed in ordinary water, they will not fade any longer. Just make sure that there are no water droplets on the petals - otherwise brown spots may appear on them.

Irises

Irises love moisture, so they need to be cut underwater stream and immediately put in a vase. At the same time pour water not too much, otherwise the stems may rot. The water must be cold, you can even throw ice cubes at it. In the cut form are up to 10 days.

Daffodils

Absolute singularities. The juice extracted from the stalks of the narcissus is harmful to other flowers, so it is better to put them in a separate vase. Narcissus likes cool water, which needs to be changed daily. If you still want to combine these flowers, for example, with tulips, pre-hold the daffodils in a separate vase for a day, so that poisonous juice comes out. And only after that put daffodils with tulips in clear water.

Anthurium

Wonderful "long-playing" flower. Most often sold in vitro with a solution. If you see that the stalk cut has become brown, just prune it.

Gerberas

The long stems of these bright colors are very flexible,therefore, before making a bouquet of them, the base of the flower is often wrapped with tape. It is unlikely that this method can extend the life of flowers. Therefore, it is better to buy non-fixed stems and use the same method of straightening, as is the case with tulips (paper winding for several hours). Before putting gerbera in water, rub the cuts with salt. The water in the vase should be no more than 4-5 cm.

Lilies

Surprisingly, but this royal flower is absolutely undemanding in the care. It is enough to wash the stems under running water and change the water every few days. Lilies will please you up to 10 days.

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemum stalk is better to break off, and not cut. After that, split the tip with a sharp knife and insert a piece of the match into the crevice so that you can get water to the flower. In general, chrysanthemums are very long (up to 20 days in a sugar solution!), So that with a favorable set of circumstances they have time to give roots. As a result, a pleasant surprise for a mother who breeds flowers at a dacha is provided in a month or two! Before putting them in a vase, be sure to tear off all the leaves falling on the water level, as they rot very quickly. .

Eustoma (Lisianthus)

Flowers are very resistant, can maintain their decorative effect up to three weeks. Just change the water, regularly prune and wash the stems under the tap.

Carnation

Bloom up to two weeks with minimal care. It is enough to change the water every two days, cut the stems and rinse them under running water. To make the flower soak better, it is better to cut the cut over the knot. To make the carnation more decorative, add an aspirin tablet or a little sugar to the water (so that a 15% solution is obtained). To preserve flowering, while not dealing with the earth, put them in the water as it is, along with the bulb.

Color compatibility

Some flowers can not be in one vase due to the fact that phytoncides and metabolic products emitted by some flowers are toxic to others. Remember that:

• roses, poppies, orchids, sweet peas and yellow primroses accelerate the fading of other flowers;
• dark red roses are detrimental to tea roses;
• roses and carnations are antagonists: in a bouquet, they plot a duel in which both are killed;
• lilies and daffodils can not tolerate the presence of other flowers;
• lilac, tulips and forget-me-nots quickly die if lilies of the valley are put in a vase (it turns out that other flowers do not tolerate the strong aroma of the forest beauties);

However, a branch of thuja, put in a vase with roses, lilies, nasturtium or tulips, can work wonders - due to the stimulating substances it contains, the thuja prolongs the life of these flowers.

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