AU Gardens
Great & Small
by
York Co.
Horticultural Agei
Tom Becker
CARE OF FRESH FLOWERS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
, Best wishes for a blooming
f holiday season! It’s time to fill
; each room in your house with
fresh flowers. Bought from a
florist, farmer’s market or plant
i farm, a fresh arrangement lasts
j longer with extra care. For
J example, chrysanthemum last
; up to two weeks, carnations
| about one and roses about five
i days.
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Select only roses and carna
tions that are not more than half
open. The tighter the rose, the
longer it will last. A warm room
at 70 degrees or higher causes
tulips, daffodils and iris to open
too quickly. Buy them tightly
closed as well. Gladiolus last
longer if the top bud is snapped
off. Removing the bud promoted
flowering up and down the
spike.
After arriving home with
your fresh flowers fill a vase
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with water at room tempera
ture. Before adding your flowers
add a commercially available
flower preservative to the water.
Often, these preservatives are
provided with a fresh flower
from a florist. Look for flower
preservatives at craft stores or
flower shops.
Remove the lower foliage
from all flower stems. Foliage
left in water speeds up stem
decay and causes a fowl odor as
well. Recut the flower stems
(about 1/2 inch) using a very
sharp shears or knife. Put the
freshly cut stems immediately in
water. To keep roses fresh, recut
the stems every other day.
Keep your flower display out
of the direct sunlight. Keep
them in the coolest rooms away
from radiators. Heat from a
television can shorten flower
life. To keep flowers crisp, place
your flowers in your coolest
room at night or in the refriger
ator. Add water daily to your
flower arrangement^.
When purchasing fresh flow-
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ers, avoid flowers with 'petals
blemished by soil or water. The
flowers’ colors should be bright
and clear. The foliage shomd
look fresh with a bright shade of"
green. Stems should be straight
and strong enough to support
the flower bud.
To add variety to your fresh
arrangement be creative and try
something new. Here’s several
ideas. Add blue or purple pastel
colors to your arrangements
using a fragrant lavender spike
Lavendula angustifolia, blazing
star, hatris spicata, glove this
tle, echinopsritro, or delphini
um, Delphinium species.
Delphiniums produce tall stems
of blue, purple, white and pink.
Heliotrope flowers are purple
with a pleasing vanilla scent.
An endless assortment of col
ored carnations make holiday
flower arranging easy. Mix with
filler plants like baby’s breath,
spall daisies or fluffy asters.
The best filler colors are pale
pink, blues and yellows. White
fillers are best when making
arrangements combining cool
and warm color.
Try a fun arrangement using
many bold colors, sizes and
shapes of flowers. Sprigs of fra
grant herbs or mints add an
attractive scent to a bouquet.
Or, use oregano or basil.
All questions concerning this
article can be directed to Tom
Becker, 840-7408, at Penn State
Cooperative Extension, York
County.
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