General rules for cut flower care.
Keep your cut flowers in water whenever possible.
Tap water is generally hard water and has a lot of minerals in it which makes it alkaline, unfortunately alkaline water does not easily travel through the stems of your cut flower and can shorten their vase life tremendously. Distilled or de-ionized water can overcome this problem, or just put the flower food that comes with your gift in the water, which will acidify the water.
Cut the ends of the stems with a sharp knife, on a diagonal, while the stems are under water and remove any leaves that fall below the water level in the water as this foliage will help to promote bacteria, which is often the cause of leaves wilting or never opening.
Use a clean vase and luke-warm water and avoid metal containers which can neutralize the effects of flower food and always add the flower food you received with your cut flowers to the water.
Keep your fresh flowers away from any ripening fruit or vegetables, or dying flowers as these items give off ethylene gas which can damage your fresh flowers.
Keep flowers away from any draughts, direct heat or sunlight and remove any flowers or leaves that are wilting. |
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| Alabama flowers information |
| Major cities in Alabama
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| Birmingham
AL, Jefferson County, |
| Huntsville
AL, Madison County, |
| Mobile
AL, Mobile County, |
| Montgomery
AL, Montgomery County. |
| Major Cities in Alaska
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| Anchorage
AK, Municipality of Anchorage. |
| Major cities in Arizona
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| Chandler
AZ, Maricopa County, |
| Glendale
AZ, Maricopa County, |
| Mesa
AZ, Maricopa County, |
| Phoenix
AZ, Maricopa County. |
| Tucson
AZ, Pima County. |
| Major cities in Arkansas
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| Fayetteville
AR, Washington County, |
| Fort
Smith AR, Sebastian County, |
| Little
Rock AR, Pulaski County, |
| Springdale
AR, Washington and Benton counties. |
| Major Cities in California
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| Fresno
CA, Fresno County, |
| Long
Beach CA, Los Angeles County, |
| Los
Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, |
| Sacramento
CA, Sacramento County , |
| San
Diego CA, San Diego County, |
| San
Francisco CA, San Francisco County, |
| San
Jose CA, Santa Clara County. |
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| Major Cities in Colorado - |
| Aurora
CO, Arapahoe and Adams Counties, |
| Colorado
Springs CO, El Paso County, |
| Denver
CO, County of Denver, |
| Fort
Collins CO, Larimer County, |
| Lakewood
CO, Jefferson County. |
| Major Cities in Connecticut, |
| Bridgeport
CT, Fairfield County, |
| Hartford
CT, Hartford County, |
| New
Haven CT, New Haven County, |
| Stamford
CT, Fairfield County, |
| Waterbury
CT, New Haven County. |
| Major Cities in Delaware, |
| Wilmington
DE, New Castle County. |
| Major Cities in Florida |
| Hialeah
FL, Miami-Dade County, |
| Jacksonville
FL, Duval County, |
| Miami
FL, Miami-Dade County, |
| Orlando
FL, Orange County, |
| St.
Petersburg FL, Pinellas County, |
| Tampa
FL, Hillsborough County. |
| West
Palm Beach FL, Palm Beach County. |
| Major cities in Georgia |
| Athens
GA, Athens-Clarke County, |
| Atlanta
GA, Fulton County, |
| Augusta
GA, Augusta-Richmond County, |
| Columbus
GA, Muscogee County, |
| Macon
GA, Bibb County, |
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