
Bouquet of asters, dahlias, and garden flowers
Plus how long different cut flowers last
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Hydrangeas love to have their heads plunged into cold water as soon as they are cut out in the garden. Then immediately put the stem ends into the same cold water. Bring them inside And put wet paper towels over the blooms. Let sit for at least three hours or overnight. They will last at least a week to 10 days or more. I did this one morning when it was in the 90s. I made the bouquet and brought it out on the covered porch for a birthday party celebration, and even in the heat and high humidity they never flagged. I brought them in that evening and they held for another week and a half at least.
I have day lilies in a smaller bud vase. I cut them just as first was near to opening. It opened on day three, followed by second four days later. The first is now showing some wilt after ten days. Each flower is about 6" in dia..
That’s great to hear, Ken! Typically, daylilies struggle as cut flowers; we are pleased to hear that that was not your experience.
I'm just going to put some flowers in my new apartment. I don't know which one to choose yet. Will, for example, Hebe (a plant somewhat like a round hedge) also work well at home? It always grows into a ball, with small green leaves. I mean dense plants that are easy to grow.
Adam-
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thanks for sharing this tip I will surely try it
I am an amateur and I was wondering about some of the wildflowers I tried to pick. I don't know what most of them are called. But there's tons of what I think we're called black-eyed Susan's when I was a kid. I don't think they last very well in vases if I remember right. Then there's some strange yellow ones that have little yellow flowers at the top I was going to post a picture here but I don't know if I can. A tall little ones with yellow flowers at the top, and then there's like Goldenrod, and then there's some purple ones, and some white ones that eventually do a weird thing and look like they're evolving into a planet with lines from the North Pole to the South Pole and little pieces of fuzz, and then there's a thistle, big huge thistle bushes that grow purple flowers. Those can be a little bit hazardous. But I'm wondering if a nice Arrangements of these were put together would anyone actually buy them at some kind of sale or something? Some people just call them weeds of course. And or could they be dried for later?
Hi Randal, Yes, black-eyes susans are outstanding cut flowers. At farmers’ markets, there are often bouquets for sale! The price seems to range from $1 a flower to $7 a bouquet. Quite a range. Usually, they feature “cutting flowers” such as zinnia which last a long time in a vase. Other options are sunflowers and cosmos.
Add a tablespoon of sugar, I have heard of this before. thank you.
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