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Fresh Flowers
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Fresh flowers
Fresh flowers should always feel crisp or firm. Run your hand under the flower heads from stem to petal tip. Proceed gently under the petals so as not to bruise them.
If the flower vendor objects, give them a withering look and enquire in a loud voice, "Are these flowers fresh?"
Don't buy flowers if they feel soft, cool or damp.
Keep
testing the other bunches until you find a good one.
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Most of the time there are only one or two bunches older than the others. Look and listen. Really fresh flowers will make a soft rustling sound
while you stroke them.
As flowers age:
- the foliage will start to yellow from the bottom upwards
- the stems will discolor from the bottom up as bacteria spreads from the cut
- seeds or pollen on the flower head will open and shed spores
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- the petals will fade in colour, lose moisture,
dehydrate and eventually collapse
Remember:
Change the water daily, re-cut the stems often and enjoy your
fresh flowers longer.
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