BRING SPRING INDOORS

Tips help
cut tulips last

LONG A mainstay of the outdoor
flower garden, tulips are becoming
more and more popular as cut
flowers for indoor arrangements.

This is due in part to the wide
tange of forms and colors in which
tulips are available, and also to the
long period over which quality cut
blooms can be purchased.

Thanks to technical progress,
tulip flowers are now available for
six full months — November to
May — quite an achievement when
you consider that they normally
bloom outside for, at the most,
about a month and a half in the
spring.

GREAT BEAUTY

The tips below will help you en-
‘joy the great beauty of the tulip.

one of ‘Holland’s greatest
treasures. To keep them in bloom
for as long as possible with little
care, just follow these few simple
steps:

® When you take your bunch of
tulips home, don’t leave them in
rear window of the car, wilting ir
the sunshine; on the other hand,
don’t let them freeze.

* Cut off the white section from
the bottom of the stem with a
sharp knife as soon as possible
after purchase.

®Wrap the tulips firmly in
paper and stand them in a bucket
of water in a cool spot for an hour
or so (causing the stems to stiffen
and, thus better support the
flowers). Do not tet the paper
touch the water. This treatment
can be repeated if the tulips hang
their heads after a couple of days.

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FLOWER FOOD

* Add cut flower food (available
at garden centres) to the vase to
greatly extend the life of the
blooms.

e Always use a clean vase and
clean water and change it
regularly.

© If possible, keep the tulips in a
spot slightly below 20 C (70 F) and
put them in a cool spot for the
night. This will help them last an
extra day or two.

Tulips continue to grow in the
vase, so always place them deeply
into the container to prevent them
from growing crookedly.

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