Let the beauty last

One of the major factors for any bouquet or flower to last longer is how it has been conditioned. Each flower has a different science to it so when your flowers first arrive at your door step, all they need is a bit of pruning and fresh water to perk up! 

Anuja Joshi, marketing director and creative face of Interflora India lists the reasons on keeping flowers fresh—

• Remove the flowers from the box and wrap the bouquet. Fill a vase 2/3rd with room-temperature water.
• Empty the entire sachet of Interflora flower food that’s provided and stir to mix. Trim one to two inches of the stems at an angle using scissors or a sharp knife. Place the bouquet into a vase. Tweak the arrangement as needed and watch your flowers perk up before your eyes! 
• Since flowers continue to drink water after they’ve been cut, it’s important to keep fresh flowers in water always. Exposing the stem to air, even briefly, can cause the water-absorbing cells to shrivel.—IANS