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How To Check If Cut Flowers Are Fresh  by: Gerry Belvedere Fresh flowers should feel crisp or firm. Before you buy, run your hand under the flower heads from stem to petal tip. Proceed gently under the petals so as not to bruise them. If the flower vendor objects, give them a withering look and enquire in a loud voice, "Are these flowers fresh?" If the flowers feel soft, cool or damp, don't buy them. Keep testing the other bunches until you find a good one. Often there are only one or two bunches older than the others. Look and listen. Really fresh flowers will make a soft rustling sound as you stroke them. As flowers age: the foliage will start to yellow from the bottom upwards the stems will discolor from the bottom up as bacteria spreads from the cut seeds or pollen on the flower head will open and shed spores the petals will fade in colour, lose moisture, dehydrate and eventually collapse Remember: Change the water daily, recut the stems often and enjoy your flowers longer. About The Author © Gerry Belvedere Gerry Belvedere is a former artist who now runs her own online florist service at http://www.rosaflora-flowers.com. Rosaflora delivers flowers Australia wide and overseas and offers tips on getting the most out of your cut flowers. This article was posted on February 02, 2005 Read More Articles from the "Recreation and Sports" Category: The New Avenue for Hockey Tickets to Know it You Must Read On by Timothy Symonds World Bowls – A History by Peter Joyner Strap Into Fun And Free Falling While Tandem Skydiving In New Jersey by John Ewing Win At Video Poker Reviewed by David Corey Which Ring Tones Can I Get For My Phone? by Mike Yeager History of Netball in the UK by Lee Bandoni Flatwater Kayaks by Jakob Jelling 5-hour Energy Drinks For That Needed Boost Of Energy by Low Jeremy Do's And Dont's In Playing Golf by Brian Kendall Nine Hints For Taking Great Digital Photos by Christopher Thomas << Back to "Recreation And Sports" Index

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