Clematis 101: CUT FLOWER Tips, Tricks and Secrets!!!
This week on FUN with FLOWERS and J... the star of the Show is Clematis!I'm Amazed at How Hardy and Long LASTING this Gorgeous Cut Flower is.... Roseville Farms in Apopka Florida is the World's Leading Clematis Grower... and they now are supplying Cut Clematis all over the World!When you look at Clematis with it's STAR Shaped Blossom... delicate leaves and tiny "Fragile-Looking" wire thin stem... you think...NO WAY!... But I'm here to tell you... Clematis is one of the TOP PERFORMING Flowers I have ever used!You can use Roseville Farms Clematis in Foam TOO... for Wedding Bouquets... or Centerpieces... with 30 inch long trailing stems... (that's the standard)... and in A HUGE Variety of Colors.. Lavender, Purple, Blue, Red, Pink, White and Variegated... it's wonderful cascading romantic garden-like appearance is a Show Stopper!
Roseville shipped bunches of every color to Michigan for our Filming... from Florida... FED-EX Overnight... then we simply took the flowers out of the box... cut the ends... (NOW Remember these are LONG STEMS... so I used TALLLLLLL Buckets)... with shallow ICE COLD Water with Chrysal Professional #2... and kept the sleeves and bindings on the bunches...I left them out for 24-48 hours to open up... and there was a DRAMATIC Change over those 1-2 days... the flowers are tight when they arrive... to prevent bruising... and the flowers increased in size... about 2-3 times... the center of the flowers opened and got larger... the petals increased in size and the colors became more vibrant...Then into the cooler to hold for our Filming... just like you would do for your event... Get them to the Stage of openness you desire and Cooler them... (it's also amazing to note how LITTLE Water they use... they're not like Roses or Hydrangeas... They don't drink alot)... BUT use caution... if they don't have water... they wilt quickly...so make sure they remain in WATER...Then... came the test... we filmed... and the flowers continued to get bigger... fuller... and lasted for a FULL TWO Weeks... I mean... I couldn't have been more amazed... I also love the way they perform when they begin to fade... Constance Spry said her favorite day with flowers was when they began to drop petals on the table... it proved that they were fleeting and the memory would last forever... I LOVE That TOO... and two weeks down the road...the lovely petals begin to drop... and it's Constance Spry Fabulous-ness... Indeed!So... Join me this week on FUN with FLOWERS and J.... Preview the show... Download the show for $2... or if you're a CLUB uBloom Member... watch in Streaming Video... as many times as you like!I'm a Believer... and a LOVER of Roseville Farms Clematis... Contact your Local Flower Seller (Roseville Farms Clematis is available through Wholesale Florists Only)... and ask for Roseville Farms Clematis... it's amazing... Long Lasting... and So WONDERFUL!