Detailed Explanation of 8 Methods for Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh in a Vase

① Lotus: Plug the air holes with mud, then place in lightly salted water.

② Chrysanthemum: Add a trace of urea or filtered fertilizer-mud solution to clean water; this can extend the blooming period by one half compared with ordinary clean water, extending it to 30 days.

③ Autumn chrysanthemum: Apply a little menthol crystal to the cut end before placing in the vase.

④ Gardenia: Add 1 to 2 drops of fresh meat juice to the water.

⑤ White magnolia: Wrap in a damp cloth at night and uncover during the day.

⑥ Dahlia, hibiscus, tree peony: Dip the cut end in hot water for a moment, then place in a vase of cold water.

⑦ Rose: Singe the cut end with fire, then place in the vase.

⑧ Narcissus, camellia: Keep in one-thousandth lightly salted water.

⑨ Lily: Place in sugar water.

10 Tulip: Tie several stems into a bunch, wrap the outside with newspaper, then place in the vase.

11 Azalea: Flatten the cut end by striking it with a heavy object, soak the whole branch in water for 2 hours, then place in the vase.

12 Plum blossom: Split the cut end into a cross shape, soak the whole branch in water for 9 hours, then place in the vase.