Rose Care

A Really important aspect on roses is the care
they receive from the beginning.

Roses are first harvested from the plants in
the fields by the growers at the farm.

The Roses are then sorted by size and
grade, cut, and placed in some water with
either a hydrating solution or in a
container with some floral food and
left to hydrate slowly. Then refrigerated
at a temperature of 34-38 degrees Fahrenheit.

The hydrating solution opens the vascular
system in the rose stem and prepares it
by killing bacteria for the uptake of good
flower food which helps feed the flower
since the roots are no longer feeding the rose.

Some old wives tales suggest using aspirin
in your vase water or Sprite to
help the vase life of the rose. If you had
to pick, Sprite would be the
best, but it really doesn't do much.

Aspirins seem to do nothing whatsoever to
further a rose's vase life. However, we have
found through experimentation of various
methods to prolong rose life that a spoon full
of sugar added to tap water in a bud vase
does seem to prolong the life of a rose in the
event that you do not have the actual floral food.

The proper thing though, is to use a flower
food such as Floralife flower
preservative. Which is available in a
liquid or powder form.

It is unimportant which is used as to
the powder or liquid, just so long
as it is mixed properly according to the
label directions.

Generally we always cut the stems and
immediately placed them in containers with
lukewarm water with the proper amount of
flower food already dissolved in the water.