Here are some tips for keeping cut flowers alive longer. All cut flowers have a finite life span once harvested. • Clean, green leaves. • Unbroken stems and petals that are neither battered nor ...

Many people overlook location when trying to find ways to keep cut flowers fresh. This vase placement mistake is all too ...

A: Fresh-cut flowers can brighten up a room. Some simple steps can help prolong the display. Try to buy your flowers from a vendor with high turnover, to ensure they are fresh. Flowers with brown ...

A bouquet of cut sunflowers can easily brighten up a room. However, most sunflower bouquets will only last a short time in a vase before they begin to wilt. That is, unless you know how to correctly ...

I never planned to transform my entire yard into a cutting garden. It happened gradually. A few callas would find their way into a vase in early spring, then some daffodils would turn up on a hall ...

Bring a bit of your fall garden indoors. Many of your fall flowering perennials make great cut flowers to enjoy in arrangements for your home and bouquets to share with others. Harvest your flowers ...

I now have a new garden duty that I really look forward to every Friday. I get to go out into the magnificent, mature perennial beds at Colette’s Bed and Breakfast and harvest whatever cut flower I ...

To display cut poinsettia flowers in a vase, cut the stem the desired length, and quickly sear the cut end with a small pocket lighter. Put the poinsettia in a deep bucket of water that covers most of ...