We have new flowers at home from yesterday. The flowers look similar to violet but after looking up on the net I realised the leaves quite don't match with the violets. Sorry your *mom* hasn't yet identified who you are exactly, but you sure are a beauty! Again I just bathed them in the cold water and fed them with a block sugar ..boy am I spoiling them or what. The florist usally provide us with their "food" (flowers preservatives) when we purchase them but this time I didn't get any; or she forgot, so I managed to make my own.As I'm writing this blog, I came across a shocking fact about how to make fresh flowers last longer....
"Fill a plastic bucket a third to half way with warm water. Warm water should be used as flowers take up warm water more readily than cold. "
Oh my good golly gosh, is this for real!!!????? All these years I've been arranging them in cold water.
This is a great example of making assumptions and believing they are the best when they actually may not be!
Hope I won't do this towards the kids at school next time. I will try to arrange them in warm water tomorrow.
I will see how it goes.
What lovely flowers! And so like you to try to figure out how to make them last longer. You are as sweet as the flowers, Mariko ;D xx
ReplyDeletePS: My new years resolution is probably going to be...to always have flowers in my apartment! I'll ask you for advice next year ;D
ReplyDeleteAwwww, thanks Kaori! You're very sweet too you know :) Yeah it definitely does make a difference to your mood to have lovely flowers at home...some flowers are high maintenance but they are gorgeous. I'd love to share anything I know with you (still in the learning process and I'm not an expert yet!) Thanks so much for your comments sweetie.
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