Instructions for Flower Care

1. Clean your vase thoroughly after 2-3 days of receiving your flowers. Any lingering bacteria will make your flowers wilt faster

2. Fill the vase with fresh, lukewarm water and add your half or all of the flower food packet.

3. Remove any foliage that will sit below the waterline to avoid build-up of debris. If your flowers include roses, you may notice some discoloured outer petals. These are guard petals, which protect the inner petals. Gently remove 2-3 guard petals to reveal these

4. Trim about 2-3cm (or a fingernail length) from the bottom of the stems at a 45-degree angle. We recommend varying the stem length to give your arrangement a height range

5. Change the water regularly, around every 2-3 days. Just like us, flowers love clean water

6. Keep your flowers out of direct sunlight and any source of heat to prolong their life

7. Remove any wilted flowers. Besides not looking as attractive, they can spread mold onto the others

8. Avoid sitting your flowers beside ripening fruit or vegetables, especially bananas and apples. Ripening fruit gives off an odorless invisible gas called ethylene. This gas is harmless to humans, but rather deadly to flowers.