Caring For Cut Tulips

When you buy Tulip flowers or 'cut Tulips', you will want to enjoy them for as long as possible. Here are some simple suggestions to help you do just that:

• Before placing flowers in their final location, wrap them up in an old newspaper and leave them for an hour in a vase with clean water and nutrients meant for cut flowers.
• Always use a clean vase and clean water as this prevents risk of harmful compounds or other factors that can reduce the life of the cut flower.
• With a sharp knife, cut the white end of the stem slantwise before arranging the flowers in the vase.
• When arranging, keep in mind that Tulips will continue to grow in the vase.
• Place the cut Tulips in a cool spot in the evening as warm rooms during the night will reduce the flowers lifetime.
• Narcisses or Daffodils should not be placed in the same vase as Tulips. Narcisses produce a toxic material which has a negative influence on other flowers if they are in the same vase.