Want to learn how to care for your flowers?

7 easy care tips

1. Start with a clean vase

Make sure your vase is squeaky clean. Because any lingering bacteria can make your flowers wilt faster.

2. Add flower food to your water

Empty the first flower food packet into your vase. Then fill with cold tap water, about two-thirds of the way up.

3. Prune the leaves

Gently take off any lower leaves so none are in the water. Submerged leaves will muck up the water faster.

4. Trim your stems

Cut 2-3cm off each stem at an angle and repeat every few days. This stops the ends getting hard and helps your flowers drink more easily.

5. Change the water regularly

Just like us, flowers love clean water. So make sure you keep the water topped-up. And when the water looks dirty, change it.

6. Keep them nice and cool

Direct sunlight, draughts and even ripening fruit can make your flowers droopy. They’re happiest somewhere cool.

7. Get rid of any wilted flowers

Your flowers will naturally wilt at different times. Besides not looking as nice, wilting flowers can spread mould onto the others.

Why we send our flowers in bud

We think it’s better to send our flowers while they’re still in bud because it’s the freshest way. It means you can enjoy the full life of your bouquet too. It can take a day or two for your flowers to bloom - they’ll do it quicker if their stems have been trimmed and they have lots of fresh, clean water to drink.

Some of our favourite flowers to send in bud are freesia, lilies, alstroemeria as they burst open so dramatically. We hope you love seeing them open to reveal their colourful petals too!

Simple tricks to stop your flowers looking droopy

Flowers and foliage use water to prop up their stems. So if they look a bit sad, they most likely just need a quick drink. You can use some of the other stems as support too. Trim and place your stems in water as soon as possible. Over a day or so, they'll perk up and begin to bloom.

To give your alstroemeria a little bit more support, we suggest leaving the netting on these blooms for the first couple of hours.

The reason we send our roses with ‘guard petals’

You may notice some tougher, greener (and sometimes curled or dark) petals around

the outside of your roses. But don’t worry - we’ve done this on purpose! We leave on these

'guard petals' to protect the delicate inner petals while they’re in the post.

Before popping the stems into your vase, gently remove the guard petals by pulling them

at the base. To learn more about caring for your roses, have a look at our article on rose care.