Caring for your Fresh Cut Flowers

At Upper Village Blooms we aim to keep our arrangements fresh. From visiting the flower wholesalers several times a week, to cleaning stems and keeping flowers cold and in the cleanest water possible — we take many steps to ensure your flowers are as fresh as possible. That way, you will enjoy their fragrance and beauty for many days!

To prolong their time in your home, we recommend you empty and re-fill the vase with fresh, cold water as soon as you receive them. Before each arrangement leaves our shop we change the water and trim the stems, however we deliver with the water level a little lower than preferred.

• Change water and trim stems every 2-3 days.

• Use cold, clear water and trim the ends of the flower stems at a 45 degree angle with a clean knife.

• Remove any leaves that are under the water line.

• Use only a pinch of the enclosed flower food to fresh water.

• Avoid placing your flowers in a warm or sunny spot.

• Prune out less hardy flowers while keeping the longer lasting ones in the vase.

• Flowers such as roses, waxflower, mums, & carnations will last longer than freesia, lisianthus or ranunculus.

If your flowers are wilting and browning within 3 days of receiving them, please call us.

Some flower arrangements are designed with floral foam. Add cold, clean water to the container regularly, and when the flowers are done, discard the floral foam.

We accept clean, used vases of clear glass for recycling and reuse. Leave them at our front door if we are closed.