Red Roses – Garden – 10 stem bu

Specific Flower Care

Receiving Your Roses

• Your roses will arrive looking tired, they’ve been on a journey! Don’t worry, with some rest and water, they’ll perk up.
• We ship our roses in bud form. Once the rose is processed and hydrated, the bloom will open to a much larger size. It takes 1-2 days for them to open up.
• We ship our roses with guard petals intact to protect the roses while travelling. These petals might cause the rose to look distorted, discolored and/or bruised. Once you are ready to process your roses, you may need to remove up to 8 guard petals per rose to reveal the pristine quality rose bloom.
• When your boxes arrive, it is important to get your flowers in water as quickly as possible.

Unwrapping

• Count the bunches as you are pulling them out of the box. Get in contact with us right away if anything is awry.
• For roses, leave the cardboard on for 2-4 hours while they are hydrating. After that, remove cardboard and place roses in a sunny spot so they will open to full capacity. If you’re not ready for them to fully open, keep them in a cooler, darker area. Note that once they open up, there is no going back!
• Give everything a fresh cut (about 1 inch off), at an angle, with your snips and put them in fresh water (don’t use scissors). Make sure everything has elbow room – no crowding.
• Your roses will have lots of foliage on the stem, remove any foliage that falls below the waterline of your containers. When removing foliage, be very careful and gentle to not damage the stem. Removing any foliage that falls below the waterline will help prevent the growth of mold or bacteria which could cause premature wilting.
• Start arranging your flowers that evening or the following morning. Your flowers will need time to perk up and open.

Quantity Help

Recipes are made to be tweaked, but here is a general rule of thumb for quantities of roses:

• Bridal Bouquet: 3-5 stems
• Bridesmaid Bouquet: 1-3 stems (consider using standard roses in bridesmaid bouquets to cut costs)
• Boutineers: N/A – too large  (consider ordering spray roses in a complementary colour for boutonnieres and corsages)
• Corsages: 1-3 stems
• Centerpieces: 5-7 stems
• Large Arrangements: 15-20 stems

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