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1 Comment To "cutting gardenia flowers for bouquet"
#1 Comment By JeffreyGardener On 04/19/2016 @ 5:35 pm
It’s really doesn’t matter where you cut your gardenias. Generally speaking you’ll want to cut the stems to a length of around four inches. Keep some leaves on the stems when you cut them. Bring them into the house and cut the tips again, but this time at a slant (so that they can better take up water). Some people go further than this step by stripping the stem tips and then searing the stem tips in boiling water. I personally don’t, but some say it prolongs their life. Put you gardenias in a small vase filled with water and maybe a quarter of a teaspoon of bleach to keep fungus down. Keep them out of direct sun and change the water at least every other day.