How to Get Longer Lasting Flowers on Real World Gardener

 TALKING FLOWERS Tips For Longer Lasting Flowers in the Vase <p>Flowers are so uplifting and whilst they’re lovely in the garden, in the home, you’ve got them to enjoy for longer. After all, you’re not watching your flowers that are in the garden for very long.</p> <ul><li> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg4GUuWC0THV9h9pOv1Qk8qLqB2EIRMiQkbZDBk3NLPbgCHInM660mRnTvfwF35HQoqfM8RHESD9cUoNxxFUv1guFPHPpSKQN2GB2pPeoOSHdWLMhj8w9sHrNDnxGY8v3cArq-R9pQis2U72Y68xThFgbvkboGa7kzKbb40AvLIrPTC_DtO1Uqk8xrA/s880/bouquet-white-rose-flowers-roses-lush-pink-celebration-bloom-birthday-bouquet.jpg'></a> There are plenty of 'old wives tales', and just plain outright myths about  what to do to your flowers to make them last past 3 days in the vase. </li> <li>Ever heard of putting a copper penny in the vase water? Well it's sounds like it could work but in reality, it doesn't do anything for the flowers.</li> <li>What about dissolving an aspirin in the water? That's sheer nonsense.</li> </ul> <ul><li>So how can you make the most of your cut flowers?</li> </ul> I'm talking with Nadine Brown, florist, floral designer and educator of <a href='https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/91150702456773281/6403199809264353597'>www.wildflorastudio.com.au</a> who shares her tried and true tips from over thirty years of experience in the flower business. <ul><li>Some of those tips you may have heard before on my Real World Gardener program and one of them is that flowers are ethylene sensitive.</li> <li>That means flower sellers on the roadside are not just selling your flowers, but a whole bunch of ethylene laden flowers that have been covered by exhaust fumes. </li> <li>That also means that your fruit bowl of bananas, apples and pears are also emitting ethylene which hasten the demise of your precious flowers if they're nearby.</li> </ul> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPJPjz_UbKYJ5CtwJQxkw_TVIRgcSFM7bKT52ASTD6cMkO3ZLsBodzuhkevmgv8YPKcF5AI4ExZwbvX4qgLupN8UvTxJXMAPs1Oh