Cutting Roses

Do you like cutting roses for a vase? Do you know how to cut your roses?

Improper cutting will injur your rose bush.

Use only sharp tools.

Sterilize your cutting tool in some water with a small amount of bleach, every time you cut from a different bush, so you don't transfer any diseases from one bush to another.

If you want your rose bush to grow to it's full potential, it would be best not to be cuting roses from it the first year.

When you do cut flowers.. Cut stems only as long as necessary.

For advice on Cutting Roses to stimulate the plant to produce more flowers. The best time to cut roses is either early morning or late afternoon. (The experts disagree on these times, so you decide).

It is best if the bush is well watered, and not dryed out at all.

Before heading out to the garden to cut some roses: Bring along either a bucket (or) a large pitcher (depending on the number of blooms you intend to cut.) The bucket/pitcher should be filled with luke warm water. To get the most life from your roses, cut buds that are just about to open.

Place them immediately in the warm water.

Tips for Preserving Cut Roses

When you have cut all you want:

Take them into the house and recut the stems at an angle under luke warm running water. Remove thorns (to keep from pricking your fingers), and remove all leaves that will be below the water line. Leaves add nothing to the value of the bouquet, and in fact, as they decay, they will pollute the water.

Condition

Best ideas to make cutting roses , and making arrangements a snap!

First fill the vase with a floral preservative.

Make your own Floral Preservative

To 1 gallon of water,

add 2 tablespoons vinegar,

and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Another Floral Preservative

Mix equal amonts of lemon-lime soft drink (soda)

with water (not diet)

Or.., you could buy some floral preservative mix at the store.

Be sure to add water daily as it evaporates, and replace it every 2-3 days to keep it fresh.

For ways other ways to preserve your roses

Tips For Arranging Roses In a Vase

After cutting roses;

Arrange them to give the roses a more controlled look.

Floral Foam

After preparing the rose by properly cutting it (see above)insert as much of the stem as possible into the foam, this will keep the rose standing upright where you want it and also well hydrated.

Floral Wire

It can be crumpled and shaped to fit in the rim of your container.

After preparing the stems (see above) you insert them through the wire to keep them in place where you want them. You can then fill in your arrangement with more roses, other flowers, or foliage to your liking.

Frogs

A popular one is a needle type. (looks like the top half of a pincushion).

After first preparing the roses (see above) You would place it in the bottom of your container, and insert the roses onto the needles.

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The sweet fragrance of roses, and the sheer beauty of the elegant blooms are unsurpassed by any other flower.

Creat beautiful bouquets with colors that harmonize and blend into each other.

Complete the bouquet by adding greenery, such as: Ferns, Iris leaves, Hosta, artemisia, Holly, and even Pine.

Other flowers from the garden can be added to suit your taste, as well as the ever-popular Babys Breath.

Enjoy your flowers inside as well as out in the garden by cutting roses, and bringing them inside!