Do you have much luck with your supermarket roses? Here are my top ten tips for looking after them.
Pack your roses into your bag at the very end of your shop, so they don’t get squashed.
Your roses won’t like being out of water and on a hot day will overheat if left in their cellophane wrap.
Grab your scissors and cut away the plastic wrapping.
Peel off your flower food sachet. Don’t cut it off, as you may pierce the sachet and be left with a sticky mess.
When you have time clean your vases with a drop of bleach, water and a scrubbing brush. Or, if your vase is dishwasher safe, put it through your next wash.
Cut open your flower food sachet and pour the contents into your vase. Read the instructions on the packet. Do you need to add half a litre or a full litre of water?
Remove any dead or damaged leaves from the stems of your roses. Peel off any other leaves which will fall below the level of the water in your vase.
Take care as your roses may have thorns! Leave the thorns on – and don’t handle the stems too much, otherwise it’ll hurt – or, pare them off with a vegetable knife.
Peel off the guard petals.
With a sharp pair of scissors cut off the bottom 2cm from each of your rose stem ends.
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