Bouvardia is a beautiful flower that keeps for over a week. Bouvardia does require some attention and if you wish to enjoy this special flower as long as possible, you can take the following measures:

1. Cut all stems at a slant. Use a very sharp knife for this or use the special Bouvardia knife.
2. Put the flowers in a vase. Add sufficient water and the provided flower food. No flower food enclosed with your bouquet? Use Chrysal Clear, available from your florist.

Further tips:

Bouvardias have a good vase life, provided you look after them. The following tips will help you enjoy your Bouvardias for a long time:

• Do not put the flowers in a draughty location, near the central heating or in direct sunlight.
• Bouvardias do absorb a lot of water. Make sure that the vase hold enough water at all times.
• Make sure that there are no leaves in the water. If necessary, remove a little more of the leaves from the stems. This way, the water remains clean longer and Bouvardia retains more energy for its flowers.

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Are the leaves of your Bouvardia drooping? Give it a helping hand! Provided you do not leave it too long, the following measures may do the trick:

• Remove as many superfluous leaves from the stems. Cut the stems at a slant once again.
• Wrap the Bouvardia stems in a newspaper and put them back in water with flower food.
• Leave them standing like this for half a day.

This way, Bouvardia releases less water through its leaves and thanks to reduced evaporation it has the strength to recover.