Fresh Flower Care Day One

Three Days to Beautiful Designs

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One of our employees was nice enough to work with us from her home. Since she is unknowledgeable in flower care and not a florist we felt this would give our brides a common ground to see what to expect. These pages will show you how your flowers will arrive and how they will look. We chose a variety of flowers and will give tips as we go. We did not force any open and they sat in a house at 72 degrees with no cooling or special care for the duration of these pictures.

Day One:


Your flowers arrive! As you start opening remember, your flowers are tired and thirsty and need to be treated with care. They are at their most delicate time.

The Alstroemeria buds are all closed and will need to be watched to make sure they open in time.

Bouvardia is almost all closed these are hard to open and will need some warm water baths to open them in time.

Freesia will also need warm water baths to open in time.

Gerbera daisies come with a cup to guard blooms while in transit. These will need no special attention after the initial care with hydration and a warm drink.

If you forgot to purchase the gerbera sleeves that fit on the stem to support the head, you can use a thin wire. Piercing the wire through the center of the bloom and feeding it carefully down the center inside of the stem about 2" making sure not to let the wire exit though the stem and stays hidden. Snip the wire as close to the bloom as you can so the wire is not seen. This will give the stem extra support that cannot be seen.

Iris can be deceiving, even though they look hopeless for day three you will see them open with no special steps to open them. Matter of fact you will be keeping them cool so they do not open too fast!

Larkspur will feel very wilted but no worries just follow our steps and they will come back beautifully!

Liatris will need to be misted on the second and third day.

Stargazer lilies are allot of work! They will need to be warm and have warm water baths to get them to open in time.

Asiatic lilies are deceiving they open much faster then the Orientals!

The stamen consists of two parts the stalk and the anther. The anthers need to be gently pulled off the stalk as the bloom opens. If left, a yellowish pollen substance forms on these and once this happens it stains everything it touches including the flower, fingers and the wedding dress! So do not forget this important step.

Lisianthus is getting to be a very popular wedding flower and easy to open and care for.

Poms are so easy! Give them a drink and place them in a cool spot.

When you see and touch your roses, it will be hard to believe that in a couple of hours they will be happy again... Guard petals can be removed just before designing to insure the roses are not damaged while being moved.

Guard petals are the outside petal that protects the rose. Gently pull the petal off to show the beautiful bloom underneath.

Stock is also easy and fragrant! Keep them close while you are working and experience the aroma of these beautiful flowers!

Sunflowers - another easy group! Give them water and keep in a cool place until the designing day.

These field tulips have arrived beautifully. These are one flower you are going to want to keep cool so they do not open! To help keep them from opening a think wire can be used to pierce through the stem. First one way pull out and then again in a crisscross design. Do not leave the wire in. Do not use floral food on these, just fresh clean water.

This seeded eucalyptus is beautiful. Greens do not need hydration or floral food. Just give them clean clear water and they will be happy. Greens do love to be misted just like your house plant!

Make sure you leave plenty of room in the buckets so the flowers can drink and rest from their trip. It also helps keep damage to a minimum as you work with your flowers.

Time for the flowers to drink and rest. A cool dark place is the best for the first night. If they came in early in the day you may want to check water in the evening and refill buckets as needed. They will drink allot of water the first day. Don't forget to mix your water with floral food per the directions.
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