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Extending the life of your bouquet: Part2

At the beginning of October, we delivered you a few floral tips to help you extend the life of your flowers this Spring. While a clean vase and fresh water are super important for those of us wanting the most from our flowers in Wellington, there is one other factor that plays a vital part in prolonging a bouquet: the stems.

Think of the stems of your flowers as the bloom’s vital straw: it sucks up precious water and nutrients and keeps those flowers chugging for as long as possible – as if they were still in the soil!

Healthy, well-maintained stems make for healthy flowers.

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Peonies in Wellington - it’s now or never!

Peonies in Wellington - it’s now or never!
Like sunsets, rainbows and cherry blossoms, peony flowers are as beautiful to behold as they are brief. Peonies have become a beloved favorite bloom of many an Instagram icon, gracing the desks of lifestyle bloggers the world over. Peonies come in a glorious range of colours – from brilliant blue to blushing pink – and their thick clusters of petals are so full that they almost look cuddly!

In New Zealand, we only have a small seasonal window in which to enjoy the thickly cloaked petals of a peony blossom, and this window sits between late October and the beginning of December.

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Tips to extend the life of your boquet

If you’ve been lucky enough to receive a bouquet of gorgeous flowers in Wellington, then chances are you’ll be looking to see those beauties last as long as possible! To do so, you’ll need to offer your blooms a little TLC, but the rewards of seeing your flowers bloom for (sometimes) up to two weeks will be well worth the extra effort here and there.

Here are a few floral housekeeping rules to see your bouquet thrive well past the third day! 

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Shopping for tulips in Wellington - Find out their colourful meanings!

With the exception of a few rainy ones, spring is definitely kicking in across the country now. With spring comes an array of the world’s most brilliantly colourful flower: tulips. Tulips are wildflowers that have travelled all around the world from their original home in Persia. They were so named for their resemblance in shape to turbans worn by the men in their mother country.

Because there are so many colours, we couldn’t possibly label all tulips with one unified meaning, so let’s take a look at the symbolism behind each individual colour in this Wellington florist’s blog post:

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Send some happy flowers this Summer!

Sunflowers (also known as the ‘smiling’ or ‘happy’ flowers) lift someone’s spirits more than any other flower on the market. Their bright, cherry petals and large, fuzzy brown stigma appear to smile at us like a brilliant beaming face.

Sunflowers are humble creatures. They borrow their name from the shining sun itself: their shape suggests a big round sun, and their petals it’s golden rays. Their scientific name (Helianthus) is equally sweet and simple, as it quite literally combines the two Greek words for sun and flower.

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