flower care guide
While flowers’ beauty is fleeting, there are some things you can do to help extend their vase life. Here are some steps you can take to make your flower delivery last longer.
Water is key. Make sure there is always ample water in the vase so all the stem ends are submerged. Most of our arrangements are made with chickenwire structures inside the vessel. You can put your arrangement in the sink and find an opening in the middle to add more water. Every few days, you can change it out completely by carefully tipping the vase while bracing the flowers on that side. Then refresh with clean, cool water.
Keep away from the fruit bowl on your kitchen counter. Certain fruits can release harmful gas that can speed up the aging process of your flowers.
Keep away from direct heat and sunlight. Cut flowers generally don’t appreciate these two things.
Mist your flowers lightly with clean water 1-2x per day, especially if your home is dry in the winter months. Flower petals can absorb water through their surface in addition to drinking through their stems. This misting method can work well for evergreen wreaths and garlands that don’t have any water source.
Some flowers age faster than others—it’s just a fact of life. Pull out any wilted blooms and no one will be the wiser. Get creative and rearrange blooms with a fresh trim as they age and shift. You can move your flowers into smaller vessels or bud vases as time goes on.
The Afterlife
We encourage you to compost your flowers and foliages like we do in our studio. It’s the most responsible way to dispose of them. In an effort to promote sustainability, we will reuse any vases and chickenwire that you don’t want anymore, and we will give you a small posy in exchange. Please get touch with us to coordinate an exchange!
Some flowers and foliages are great for drying and pressing, so you can enjoy pieces of your arrangement for a long time. Certain flowers are better for these preserving processes than others. Flowers with only 1 layer of petals with a naturally flat shape are great for pressing, such as pansies or daisies. I’m certainly not an expert in pressing flowers but you can read more about the actual process in this article.
Some flowers dry naturally better than others and you will likely notice that some flowers in your arrangement are practically ageless. Thistle, brunia, statice, strawflower, eucalyptus, yarrow, and certain hydrangea dry beautifully on their own.