Category Archives: Tips and advice

Getting the most from your Cut Flowers

Always recut the stems of your flowers when you get them home and place them straight into water.  Do use the flower food supplied with the flowers, it will give them a good feed and keeps bacteria and disease at bay.  Remove dead heads and leaves as soon as they are noticed.  When changing water, which [...]

Drooping Tulips

Always place a 1p or 2p coin in the vase when arranging tulips, this will help them to stand tall and prevent them drooping.  Tulips continue to grow, even when cut from the bulb, so give them minimum water and top up regularly.  The more water you give them, the more they will grow!

Lily Tip ..

Tip of the week – when trying to get those stubborn lilies open for the weekend, simply drop some pollen from one of the open lilies into the vase water.  This will encourage the other flower heads to open …