Few things are as lovely as a bouquet of freshly cut roses. Roses can fill a room with fragrance and beauty. If you grow your own roses, or if you buy cut roses from a florist, you know sometimes roses seem to last longer than other times. Here are some tips to make sure your freshly cut roses look their best and last as long as possible.
Roses need water—lots and lots of fresh water. Once they’ve been cut, they need it even more. As soon as possible, get your cut roses into some water, even if it’s only a temporary home.
Wash your vase completely before you put the roses into it. Washing removes any bacteria from the vase.
Use warm water for your roses. Warm water is easier for roses to process. Fill the vase about two-thirds of the way with water that’s between 100°F and 110°F.
Add the flower food that your florist gave you with the roses to the warm water. If you grew your roses in your garden, you can make flower food by adding three teaspoons of non-diet lemon-lime soda-pop to a quart of warm water. Then add one teaspoon of regular bleach to remove the bacteria from the water. The bleach will kill the bacteria, the soda feeds the roses and maintains the water’s pH level.
When you arrange the roses in the vase, make sure to remove any leaves or buds that would be beneath the water line. That will prevent bacteria from growing in the water. Another trick is to add an aspirin to the water.
Cut your roses under water before you put them in the vase. Hold the end of the rose's stem beneath warm water and cut it about an inch from the bottom on a long angle with a kitchen knife or sharp scissors. That way, the rose absorbs water immediately and air bubbles don’t get a chance to form in the stem of the rose. Put the rose in the vase as quickly as possible after cutting the stem.
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Subject: Cut Rose Care & Management 
Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:35 pm