Fresh Cut Garden Roses
Cut roses will live a lillle longer if stored in the refrigerator over night, this will help preserve your cut roses for an optimum amount of time, roses are a favorable flower to cut.
Nothing is better than fresh cut roses for a bouquet of lovely fresh sweet smelling roses. Few other plants can be displayed as beautifully as roses. The aroma and buds bursting in to existence will give a lift to the grayest of days. A vase full of red, yellow, blue or any other color of freshly cut roses on a table as a center piece or mantle will add grace to a room. Fresh cut roses will fill your living space with positive energy.
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Keep your fresh cut roses for as long as possible by cutting them properly. You don't have to be a grand gardener to cut roses. It doe's help to know there is a procedure to cutting roses that will give better results than just snipping them and tossing in a vase. Follow a few easy steps to keep your fresh cut roes alive longer. First before you head out to the garden, find a bucket and put ample hot water in it. Take a holding container with hot water along. Put cut roses in the water about ten seconds, remove them to the holding container there till the water cools to room temperature. Flowers with longer stems should be chosen so you can trim again to fill out an arrangement. Use clean shears that are very sharp for precise cuts. Always cut above the bud to ensure new growth is not stunted.
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You want to be able to cut roses again in the future. The best time to cut roses is when temperatures are cooler. So you need to roll out very early or wait till late afternoon to cut roses. This is the time when the bloom and upper cane of the rose will have the most plant sugar in it.
The worse time to cut roses is midday or when ever temperatures are hot. Pick buds that are opening but not completely in bloom. Don't cut to many leaves on a rose stem or you will starve the plant. Discard any leaves that will end up sitting below the water line in the vase. Your cut roses will need more than water to maintain their stellar good looks. Be sure to add a floral preservative. If you don't have any, mix a bit of lemon juice and sugar together and drip into the vase. Cut roses need a tidy vase to live in. Change the water every time it begins to get dirty.
Store the cut roses in a shady low temperature area before you show them off
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and when ever you leave the house. If your cut roses start to wilt don't get upset. Try cutting the ends of the stems again and place them in clement water for and hour or so. This will help water travel through the stems and put off wilting for awhile.
