Tulips - tender spring flowers

The closer to spring, the more insistent the desire to plunge into the delicate, but such an optimistic scent of spring flowers. This is just the tulips - tender spring flowers. And for a long time, not stopping, touch the tip of his nose with a furry fringe of petals.

Already forgotten and becoming a stranger is the aroma of oriental spices, citrus and fiery oriental roses. I want to see the game of sun bunnies, touch the first grass and hug a bouquet of tulips ... necessarily tulips - gentle spring flowers. Their fragile petals of tender, almost pastel colors combined with the "enthusiastic" stalk make the heart beat faster. Only here insistent February drafts and an endless minus outside the window trying to destroy the beauty and hope of spring.


The first communication . Once you brought home a bouquet of tulips - tender spring flowers, do not rush to put them in a vase. First, gently, under a stream of water (so that the air does not fill the pores) cut the stem, wrap it in moist paper and put the flowers in a cool place. Depending on the future composition, you can remove leaves that quickly rot in water. While the tulips will get used to the new "habitat" temperature, pour water into the vase to stand. Delicate spring flowers suffer a severe temperature change, as well as direct sunlight, drafts and dry air. From cold air or low humidity, they darken and quickly fade. Therefore, carefully choose a place for a vase with gentle spring colors: away from batteries and heater, as well as windows and doors.

However, at night, the temperature of the air in the room where the tulips stand should not exceed eighteen degrees. Spraying or short-term (!) Immersion in hot water will help to avoid the drying of the petals.

Water is important as life. To tulips long pleased the eye, special attention should be paid to the water in the vase. Firstly, the water temperature should be at room temperature (you can not put flowers in cold water), filtered, that is, contain a minimum of chlorine and other harmful substances. Secondly, you need to take care of disinfection. Everyone knows that in the vase, where tender spring flowers are, water quickly turns. There are many popular and scientific ways to avoid this. For example, in the water you can add the usual (without additives !!!) detergent, literally at the tip of the knife. Or a rough table salt in the calculation of a tablespoon per liter of water. It is also a good disinfectant. Some throw aspirin, and in the old days they threw a silver coin or charcoal in a vase. Modern florists use special products that are sold in flower shops. By the way, in many shops-salons puncture tulips, as however and other flowers, a disinfectant. Buying bouquets, be sure to consult about this.


Important food . Tulips are very fragile and delicate flowers. Unlike the autumn "tough", they can not keep fresh for a long time. So, special attention must be given to feeding. If you use professional disinfectants, they already have the necessary substances. If not, then the best remedy is ordinary sugar. A few cubes of refined sugar extend the life of your flowers. To cheer up the tulips, you can take emergency measures, for example, remove stamens. Or wrap the whole flower in a paper and put it in cold water for several hours. If you are presented with a bouquet in which besides tulips, there are other flowers, you should be on your guard. First, in a vase tulips continue to grow, and threads or scotch can squeeze the stem. Secondly, different colors have different "service" terms. And thirdly, do not rush to throw out pine needles from the decor, as it helps to keep your tulips fresh for longer.