Heather: Cut flower care Heather has an average vase life of 6 to 10 ...

Heather: Cut flower careHeather has an average vase life of 6 to 10 days. It comes in red, pink, red-violet, lavender, purple andwhite.There are many species of Heather and heath; but, in general, they are spikes of tiny, densely clusteredbell-shaped or tubular flowers. The woody stems have needlelike leaves.Heather's are heavy drinkers and the water level in storage an arrangement containers should bechecked frequently. The flowers and leaves dry out easily and or often drop prematurely. This is normaland there is little that can be done to prevent it.Heather can be air dried in a warm dry airy dark room, simply ties and bundles and hang upside down.Remember that all cut flowers need to be rehydrated whenever they have been removed from theirsource of water for any period of time.To rehydrate your cut flowers first prepare a holding container for your flowers while they hydrate. Billthe bottom of the holding container with water to a depth of about 3 to 4 inches. The water used forrehydration needs to be warm water of about 100° to 110°F. Allow the holding bucket of water to situndisturbed for a few minutes while the gases that are normally trapped in the water are allowed toescape. If you have a cut floral preservative, floral food, you should dissolve some in the water of theholding bucket.Once the water in the holding container is ready, and still 100° to 110°F, you can begin rehydrating theindividual stems by cutting off the bottom 1 to 1 1/2 inches and placing each individual stem as it is cutinto the holding container.Once all stems have been given a fresh cut and placed in the holding container set the holding containerto the side to allow for rehydration. To speed the hydration process and to open the flowers morerapidly placed the holding container in a sunny bright location. To slow the hydration process and tokeep the flowers in their current state as long as possible placed the holding container in a dark cornerof a room away from sunlight. In either case, the flower stems should be allowed to hydrate for at leastone to two hours.If you don’t want to miss any of the future articles on cut flower care, and you have not yet subscribedto these articles on floral design, remember that you can subscribe for free by simply clicking on thesubscribe button at the top of this article. Subscribers get an email every time I publish a new article.For more information on local floral design courses in Delaware and additional floral design information,kindly visit www.DelawareFloralDesign.orgIf you have questions, suggestions or just want to contact me you can do so through email to;examiner@DelawareFloralDesign.org

Picture comment:.Though there is a botanical different between heather and heath, the two words are generally usedinterchangeably. The botanical difference between heather and heath, are virtually indistinguishable toanyone other than a trained horticulturalists or botanist.