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How to make your fresh cut flowers last longer, learn these easy tips and tricks!

We love decorating with fresh flowers. There’s nothing like fresh cut blooms to make any home feel alive and that much more stylish. Of course, fresh flowers come with their own set of challenges if you’re not sure how to take care of them. Here’s how to make your fresh cut flowers last longer, so you can enjoy them for twice as long.

How to Make Your Fresh Cut Flowers Last Longer

How to make your fresh cut flowers last longer, trim them weekly and refresh the water! Click to read even more tips and tricks.

Trim Appropriately

Whether you’re gathering flowers from your garden or headed to the flower market, you’ll want to make sure your fresh cut flowers last as long as possible. The first thing you’ll want to do when you get your flowers home is to trim them at an angle and at least 1/4″. Be sure to also trim any leaves and excess foliage that may be dipping into the vase and in the water. You’ll want to repeat this process on a weekly basis, refreshing the water and re-cutting the stems at an angle to help your fresh cut flowers last longer.

How to make fresh cut flowers last longer, click to read these simple tips and tricks!

Refresh The Water

When you take out your flowers for their weekly trim, be sure to freshen up the water as well. You can do this every 2-3 days and should do so at minimum on a weekly basis. While you’re at it, clean the vase as well with mild soapy water or a tiny bit of bleach.

How to make your fresh cut hydrangeas last longer, click to see the rest of the tips in the post!

Feed Your Flowers

After trimming and refreshing the water for your fresh cut flowers, add in some more flower food. If you picked up your flowers at a florist or flower market, your bunch of blooms probably came with a packet of flower food. You can purchase additional flower food online or make your own concoction by adding 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of vinegar. The sugar will act as flour food while the vinegar will prevent bacteria from growing.

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How to make your fresh cut flowers last longer. Click here to read more on how to double the life of your flowers!

how to make your fresh flowers last longer, click to see these easy tips and tricks in the post!

Store Them Overnight

Have you ever noticed how florists keep their flowers in chilled environments? That’s because while the sunlight will help them bloom, heat can also cause flowers to wilt faster. If you have the space, consider storing your fresh cut flowers in the refrigerator overnight or find another own cool space to help make your fresh cut flowers last longer.


With a bit of help and some TLC, you can easily make your fresh cut flowers last longer. Trim and water them weekly and remember to feed them so that your beautiful blooms last as long as possible!

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About Leslie Hendrix Wood

Leslie Hendrix Wood is the founding editor of the luxury lifestyle and design blog, Hadley Court and an has her own interior design firm, Leslie Hendrix Wood Interiors in Midland, Texas.

Leslie received her undergraduate degree in business. She worked briefly in banking and returned to school to earn her MBA.

Upon graduation, she moved to Washington D.C. to work on a Presidential campaign and received a Presidential appointment to a position in International Trade.

At the end of the administration, Leslie returned to her hometown and joined the family oil and gas business, although her first passion has always been, after raising her children with her husband, business and interior design.

When she saw her children were closer to leaving home, she decided to start the blog, Hadley Court. in 2012, which won the Design Bloggers Conference Hall of Fame award for Best New Design Blog in 2013 - a prestigious honor granted by her peers.

In 2014, she is, in addition to blogging, beginning to build the family friendly luxury lifestyle brand: HADLEY COURT, based on her values of Gracious Living, Timeless Design and Family Traditions.

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