Don't forget to add the salt. The execution date was Feb. 14 - the pagan holiday of the goddess of love. Despite the unromantic roots, the US celebration of Valentine's Day is one showered with tokens of friendship and love. Over 900 cards will exchange hands. Either place the cut flowers into a vase with this mixture, or use it to water your arrangement.
Cut flowers last longer in clean water.
If water is not changed frequently, bacteria will build up and give off a stench. The bacteria, acting on the cut stem ends, creates a slime that blocks the capillaries through which water is drawn up to the leaves and flowers. The blockage causes the flowers to wilt. Check the water level every other day. Flowers will die quickly with only a tiny bit of water in the vase.