This way they will last longer in the vase

With the right location and good care, you can enjoy your cut roses at home for up to 14 days, sometimes even longer. To do this, you should shorten the woody stem of the rose and cut it diagonally about five centimeters long. Choose a clean vase made of a smooth material (for example, glazed ceramic, glass or porcelain) and fill it with fresh, lukewarm water. Immediately place the freshly cut roses in the water so that the ducts do not close again in the air. The roses do not like cold water, but if they already look a little limp, they can be revitalized by briefly immersing them in hot water.

Why should the stems be cut at all?

Trimming the roses is so important for two reasons: On the one hand, it makes it easier for the plant to absorb water and, on the other hand, it removes the nutrient medium for microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi, which prefer to settle at such interfaces and thus accelerate the ultimate death of the rose can. For this reason, you should cut off a piece of the rose stem at an angle every day.

Caring for roses in the vase properly

For a long shelf life of the cut rose, you should change the water every day and clean the vase carefully so that no bacteria or fungi can settle there. Also place the vase in an airy, but warm and light location. Fresh-keeping agents such as sugar, detergent, aspirin & Co. should not be added to the water, as the plant cannot absorb any nutrients anyway due to the lack of roots. By the way, you can make roses really durable, by preserving them.