Preserve Flowers Longer

Flowers, flowers and more flowers. Each year, millions of flowers are dispersed during the Valentine's Day holiday. For many, however, improper care of the floral arrangement leads to an early demise. To ensure beautiful floral bouquets remain beautiful, over an extended period, consider these quick tips to preserve the beauty of the Valentine's Day gift.

Water:
While this is, for the most part, common sense, many Valentine's Day bouquets show evidence of quick wilting and demise due to a general lack of water. With most Valentine's Day bouquets created from beautiful cut flowers, the key to prolonging the life and beauty of the flower is found in a basic element; water. Because the cut bouquet flower is no longer attached to a rooted system, the floral bouquet will rely on human interaction to ensure the proper amount of water is provided to the cut root stem.

Food:
As with water, the floral bouquet, when created with cut flowers, will also be deprived of essential floral nutrition, or "food", without a natural root system. To provide the floral arrangement with a replacement in missing nutrition, it is recommended that a preservative be used to protect the life of the root stem. While many Valentine's Day floral bouquets are subjected to home remedies, such as the addition of aspirin, it is important to note these remedies will not provide the full effect for prolonging floral bouquet life. Instead, purchase a small quantity of floral preservative from your local home improvement or home gardening store. The nutrients found in these floral preservatives will provide for many additional days of floral bouquet enjoymen.