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Keeping your Christmas Flowers Fresh
Silver Lining
Flowers are a lovely gift to receive for Christmas. When you do get such a wonderful gift, you want to take the extra measures to keep your Christmas flowers fresh for as long as possible. To keep your Christmas flowers fresh for an extended period of time, follow these easy steps:
Check your Christmas flowers daily to ensure it has proper water. Your Christmas flower vase, container, or liner should always have fresh room temperature water. Even floral arrangements with Styrofoam liners should have adequate water to keep your Christmas flowers as fresh as possible. When ever you completely change the water in your Christmas flower arrangements, makes sure to clean the container as well. Use the fresh flower food the florist provides on delivery with all flowers. Use as directed. Improper use can actually cause more damage and premature aging of your flowers.
Every few days trim the stems of your Christmas flowers back to give them a better drink way to intake fresh water. Cutting the steam at an angle also gives the flowers the best chance of taking up fresh water. Remove any spent or damaged blooms or foliage that falls below the waterline in the vase.
If you are concerned of disturbing the Christmas flower arrangement order, simply tie a piece of twine around the stems just above the vase line. While holding your Christmas flowers from twine tied location gently turn over, cut stems with sharp scissors, and return to vase, arrangement unharmed.
Be sure no debris is floating in the water (such as leaves and stem parts) as this could promote the growth of bacteria, which can shorten a flower’s life. Most flowers prefer temperatures between 65 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit (18 to 22 degrees Celsius) and are best displayed away from direct sunlight, heating or cooling vents, directly under ceiling fans, or on top of televisions or radiators, which give off heat and can cause flowers to dehydrate.
Following these few simple steps will help extend the life of your Christmas flowers while keeping them fresh.
Long Distance Gift Exchange
Bright Basket of Plants Planter
Sadly enough, not all loved ones can gather for the holidays. Some families are spread so far apart that when the holiday times come around, they have found other avenues to share some sort of normalcy in holiday traditions. One of those is drawing name for gift exchange. Rather then passing a hat that most families would do over eggnog or hot cider the previous year, families separated by the miles count on the Internet and the good old postal system to “draw names”.
Once the names are drawn, each purchases a gift for the name they received. However, with distance also come a similar distance in familiarity with what the others may need or want for the holidays. Children for the most part are simple to gift during the holidays – the latest fad toy, video games, etc. Adults however can pose more of a challenge. Gift exchange over the miles in turn can become impersonal with gifts of gift cards or trinkets that collect dust over time and discarded. If you are in a long distance gift exchange the challenges it poses can be easily lightened and made personal by a gift of a holiday flower arrangement or a holiday gift basket. Flowers are always a welcomed gift in any home. They bring joy and smiles to all. They can be easily personalized from those things that do not change in time, such as favorite color, birth flower, or even favorite types of flowers. Gift baskets can incorporate your loved ones favorite snacks, fruits, or other gourmet items. You can add flowers, a green plant, stuffed animal, and more to them. Don’t let the distance turn your holiday into impersonal trinkets. Give a gift that goes straight to the heart – a gift from Brant Florist.
Perfect Gift for Kids to Give to Grandparents
Candied Christmas Bouquet
More times then not, grandparents have “everything” and when it comes to holidays, making it difficult to decide on what to get them during the holidays. Christmas time, grandparents are gifting their grandchildren, and most good little boys and girls love to return that generosity. A great way to do that is to help your child pick out the perfect flower arrangement or gift basket to send their grandparents. That takes care of the gift for the grandparents for all your children making it very cost effective.
Brant Florist has so many gorgeous Christmas flower arrangements, vase flowers, and gift baskets that will bring the festive joy into grandparent’s homes. It can be a new family tradition with your children and just think – when your children have children, they just may be sending you flowers and gift baskets for the holidays too!
Here are a couple suggestions to get you started! Click on any of the pictures and it will take you right to the item on Brant Florist.
Colors of Christmas Basket
Sparkle of the Season Bouquet
Poinsettia Color Choice
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