Fresh flower arrangements always give a person pleasant emotions, decorate a room and exude a pleasant aroma. If a person does not know which colors to give preference to, it is better to choose roses or lilies. The latter option is more preferable, since the flowers are persistent and with proper care, water lilies in a vase will delight the eye for a long time. To make lilies stand longer, you should pay attention to the tips below.
How much are lilies in the water
The advantage of this flower is that it retains its attractive appearance for a long time. Many are interested in the question of how to keep cut lilies longer. There are care secrets, but it is equally important to check how fresh the flowers were bought.
When choosing a bouquet, you need to pay attention to the following important points:
- Freshly cut flowers have a fresh look, that is, the color of the leaves is rich green, there are no third-party spots and dents on the buds. A clear sign of long-term storage is a slimy and dark place of cut, if the stem is already suspiciously short, then it can be assumed that pruning was carried out repeatedly.
- For flowers, the level of humidity is of great importance, it should be high. It is simple to make sure that the storage is correct, it is enough to crumple the sheet a little, if it did not immediately return to its former form, then the storage rules were violated.
- If, on the basis of the lack of foliage, or there is little of it, then perhaps this indicates that the florist, thus, hid the traces of wilting.
- Particular attention should be paid to the study of buds. It is best to refrain from purchasing fully expanded plants and pollen. Fresh buds should be half-open and firm, not firm.
- The selected units need to be shaken a little, so you can make sure that there are no toothpicks, needles and other restraining elements in them.
Lilies in a vase
How to keep lilies in a vase longer
What to add to the water so that the lilies stay in the vase longer, how to properly care for them - these and many other questions regarding the preservation of cut flowers are of interest to women.
The main recommendations to extend the life of a bouquet are presented below:
- Do not leave cut plants without moisture. The longer the lilies are kept without water, the less they will stand. At the same time, it is not always possible to save and reanimate them.
If the road is long, then it is worth listening to three tips that will allow you to deliver a bouquet of lilies to the addressee in integrity and safety:
- the florist should be asked to pack the flower arrangement in an individual container with water;
- take with you a container with clean water, after purchasing, immediately put flowers in it;
- you can wrap the cut points in damp paper towels.
What to do with withering petals and leaves?
- You need to remove all fading fragments yourself. This must be done so that the water in the container remains clean for much longer. Particular attention should be paid to the part of the stem that will be under water. Leaves located in water quickly rot, which contributes to the development of pathogenic microflora, which has a detrimental effect on flowers.
- The stem should be trimmed as often as possible. Before placing the bouquet in a vase, you must carefully examine the cut points of each lily. To prolong the life of the bouquet for a long time, you should prune dried out places.It is recommended to shorten the stem by 3-5 cm. It is better to do this under a tap with open running water or in a container with clean water. Otherwise, the air will block the cut points, which will block the flow of moisture. To increase the suction surface, the stem should be cut at a 45 degree angle.
- The water in the container should be changed as often as possible. At the same time, the question becomes important, in which water is it best to put lilies? Many are accustomed to using tap water for these purposes, this is permissible. But, in order to contemplate for a longer time how flower arrangements bloom, it is necessary to use water purified from salts.
- Adding nutrients to the water also helps to prolong the life of the lilies. To do this, in any flower shop you can buy a special mineral complex designed for flower arrangements. A small amount of soda can be added to the nutrient mixture, thanks to it, the formation of pathogenic microflora will significantly slow down, the water will remain clean and transparent for a long time. It is important not to overdo it with soda, otherwise everything will be hopelessly ruined.
- The composition must be irrigated with a spray bottle. The optimal frequency of the procedure is 1-2 times a day.
- It is recommended to store the bouquet in cool rooms. The vase must be kept away from direct sunlight, heaters and heat sources. The temperature during cutting of flowers is even more important. If a person is engaged in cutting on his own, then it is better to do it in the morning, when the air is still cool.
- Flowers are very susceptible to different variations of ethylene, so the vase should be located as far as possible from the fruit, since they emit a fairly high concentration of this gas.
- Lilies have a pleasant, but intense and specific aroma, which not everyone likes. To eliminate the likelihood of unpleasant consequences, the bouquet is best stored in large rooms, where the aroma will diffuse and will not be so concentrated.
- Bouquets must be kept away from drafts, they do not like them very much.
Lilies are beautiful flowers that girls, girls and women simply cannot but like. They can be given with or without reason. Their advantage is that, subject to the above-described care rules, the storage time will be more than 10 days. Of great importance is not only compliance with storage rules, but also the quality of the acquired "material".
