I'm also a florist or was before i had to give it up for health reasons. I cant stand dahlias, i remember as a saturday girl i had to clear out the buckets that had had dahlias in all week. The stink was awful, even thinking about it i can smell them. I love flowers but they are better in the garden.
Surely if you change the water it doesn't stink & also make the flowers live longer? Im not sure I would want to buy flowers knowing they had been standing in the same water a whole week..
Does anyone know what goes into those little sachets of flower food that come with some bunches of flowers? As discodave says, you want to change the water frequently, but you then need more flower food. A scientific friend suggested ; sugar, aspirin and some plant food (baby bio?) Any ideas?
I love cutting my own flowers for the house - just a few of everything as they come into season - specially sweet peas from the veg patch.
Not keen on lilies though - the smell is too strong and a bit sickly.
I don't like Amaranthus ('Love Lies Bleeding') but anything else is pretty much welcome - including wild flowers, ferns and grasses that I also pick for the house.
Did someone call me plastic? I think I like all flowers except ones with artificial colouring in them. There were some very bright blue orchids in the GC which looked plastic. I'm sure they weren't meant to be that colour.
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I'm also a florist or was before i had to give it up for health reasons. I cant stand dahlias, i remember as a saturday girl i had to clear out the buckets that had had dahlias in all week. The stink was awful, even thinking about it i can smell them. I love flowers but they are better in the garden.
Surely if you change the water it doesn't stink & also make the flowers live longer? Im not sure I would want to buy flowers knowing they had been standing in the same water a whole week..
Does anyone know what goes into those little sachets of flower food that come with some bunches of flowers? As discodave says, you want to change the water frequently, but you then need more flower food. A scientific friend suggested ; sugar, aspirin and some plant food (baby bio?) Any ideas?
Not keen on chrysanthemums in house, the smell I think .
Crushed up asprin basically, or you can use sugar, a couple of drops of bleach, lemonade, vodka, copper coins, apple cider vinegar..
Although I assume not all together
I love cutting my own flowers for the house - just a few of everything as they come into season - specially sweet peas from the veg patch.
Not keen on lilies though - the smell is too strong and a bit sickly.
I don't like Amaranthus ('Love Lies Bleeding') but anything else is pretty much welcome - including wild flowers, ferns and grasses that I also pick for the house.
Did someone call me plastic?
I think I like all flowers except ones with artificial colouring in them. There were some very bright blue orchids in the GC which looked plastic. I'm sure they weren't meant to be that colour.
I went to a garden centre yesterday and saw some hellebores for the first time in the flesh & nope, don't like em..
Heathers in lurid colours!
Joe the G, I agree about weirdly coloured heathers