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 ...

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 ...

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Your beautiful blooms will look fresh longer if you maintain them properly. Chanie Kirschner is a writer, advice columnist, and educator who has covered topics ranging from parenting to fashion to ...

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 multiyear study identified patterns of postharvest responses to commercial hydrator and holding floral preservatives among 121 cultivars of specialty cut flowers. Cut stems were pretreated with ...

Cut flowers are a wonderful way to brighten any room. Bringing cut flowers into your home can cheer up the rainiest summer days and the coldest weeks of winter. But how do you make sure they stay ...

Whether you have a cut flower garden that you harvest regularly or you've been gifted a bouquet from loved ones, flowers in the home are always a welcome sight, brightening up even the most boring ...

Cut flowers can look beautiful on a dining room table, sideboard or coffee table, however, they don't always last as long as people hope. After a couple of days, cut flowers can start to wilt and turn ...

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 ...

Designers share which small comforts they add to give their homes an easy lift after the frenzy and excess of the holidays.