Comments on: Florist 101: How to Keep Your Plants Alive

By: Bryon Aiello

Bryon Aiello — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 04:06:38 +0000

We usually tell people that buy orchids from us to put a few ice cubes at the base of the orchid to provide a “drip system” every few days. Is that what you do? Oh and thank you for sharing about not putting the leaves in the water to avoid bacteria growth. Great share. Thanks… Bryon

By: Vincent Burns

Vincent Burns — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:26:10 +0000

The problem I always run into when getting flowers is keeping them alive for a long time. I am getting my girlfriend flowers every month and I have noticed that they will go bad within a few days if she doesn’t take care of them right. I heard that if you take out the dying flowers you can keep the rest of them alive for a long time. I got to tell her this so that I am not constantly buying flowers.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:22:18 +0000

Do you have any information on potted hydrangeas? I love the bouquets my husband usually brings me for Valentine’s Day, but I really wish they lasted more than a week or so. We’re buying more of the actual plants to spruce up our garden. I would love to be able to point to a plant on the patio and say that he got that for me on Valentine’s day.

Oh. Are they annuals or perennials?

By: Vicky Durrant

Vicky Durrant — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:20:01 +0000

My fiance recently sent me some flowers, and they are so beautiful! I want to make sure that they stay looking nice for as long as I can, so I’m happy that I found your tips! I learned a lot, like that I should trim at least a half an inch off of the flower’s stem before I put them into a vase. I never would have thought to do this! I thought that you could just put the flowers into a vase full of water and be done with it! From now on, I’ll be sure to trim a little bit of stem off of the flower before I put it in the water. Thank you for the advice!

By: Kairi Gainsborough

Kairi Gainsborough — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:32:34 +0000

I always make sure that my fresh flowers get enough water, but I didn’t realize that I should be changing the water regularly. I should also try adding sugar to the water! Hopefully this will make the blooms last a lot longer. I’ll have to stop by the florist soon so I can buy a bouquet to test it out on!