Lasting Quality: Expected vase life is more than 8 - 12 days. Football Mum is known for long lasting vase life
Design Techniques: the Football Mum is the largest of the Mum family. Each stem has a single head with long petals and no center button. Soft to the touch, our Football Mum is known for its award winning premium quality and long lasting vase life. This attractive assorted color package would add a unique bundle of color to any wedding bouquet, table centerpiece or flower arrangement.
Preservation Quality: Usually delivered with protective cover
How Packaged: Football Mum Flowers are shipped individually
Size: Approximatelly 8" diameter. Average stem length is a minimum of 50cm/20 inches and a maximum of 70cm/27.5 inches. Each stem has a single head with long petals and no center button and soft to the touch
Available colors: Bronze,Yellow, White, Lavender
When you purchase fresh flowers in bulk...They come to you just as the Florist receives them, and they
usually don't look like the ones in the Florist's cooler
Your Florist may go through several bunches to select the "Right flowers" for a specific arrangement
As a Florist for over 25 years, I believe each flower is beautiful and has a place somewhere in your flower arranging plans - the bouquet, corsages, cake flowers...
Enjoy your flowers!
The HOW TO SHEET... Prepare & Care for Freshly Cut Bulk FOOTBALL MUM
Bulk flowers are cut and shipped directly from the grower or distributor to your door overnight. They come to you just as a Florist receives them
* Dry cut
* Packed tight
* Blooms vary within bunch
* Sometimes a bloom or two is broken off within a bunch
* By buying "in bulk" you do the work the Florist must do to get your Field Packed flowers to look like the ones they sell in their shops, saving you money!
When Your Flowers Arrive, You Need To
* Remove the plastic sleeve from the bunch
*Remove the rubber band or twisty-tie from the bunch
*Now you can work on one stem at a time...
To prepare ALSTROEMERIA
* Remove the leaves from the bottom of the stem so they won't be submerged under water--the leaves carry bacteria and if submerged in water, the bacteria will grow and shorten the life of your flowers
* Do NOT remove too many leaves because they help support the life of your flowers, remove only what is necessary
* Cut 1 inch off the stem using a sharp knife or scissors
* Place each stem in a large container filled with 6 inches or more of warm water with a packet of flower food for every bunch (Clean trash cans work great!!)
* Keep container at room temperature for 2 to 4 hours to 'HARDEN' ** see below
* If blooms need to open fully, leave out in room temperature
* If the stems are not going to be used immediately as a hand-out or in an arrangement, you can place them in a regular refrigerator... CAUTION: One Rule MUST be followed!!!
No fruit or vegetables are allowed in the refrigerator with fresh flowers
WHY? Because fruits and veggies emit an ethylene gas that 'puts the flowers to sleep'!!
Droopy heads are NOT pretty!
**HARDENING YOUR FLOWERS... ABOUT YOUR WATER...
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Means getting them to drink water and food immediately, since they haven't had any since the dry cut procedure in the field.
This 'hardens' / prolongs the life of the flowers to their optimum. The flower life support needs water and food constantly. They are always thirsty!!! |
Distilled or bottled water is best for your flowers. Avoid using tap water from your sink or commercial water softner. We have tested tap water in our city (we have good drinking water) and were surprised at how a flower's life differed from one part of the city to another. When we had the water analyzed, it had different concentrations of chemicals and the flower's life span was shorter than when using distilled or bottled water. |
