Gardener's Yards All About Gardening Sunflowers represent adoration, loyalty, and longevity, so if you’ve received one, you want to learn how to make sunflowers stand up in a vase.
Even though they have been cultivated for years, they still hold a unique charm because of their festive look and positive characteristic.
They are one of the best centerpieces in floral arrangements.
However, once you cut the sunflower, you must take reasonable care if you do not want it to wilt.
There are a few tips that you can follow to keep your sunflower fresh and standing up in a vase.
How To Make a Sunflower Stand Up in a Vase?
You can prepare a sunflower bouquet, put them in a vase, and enhance the look of your room or kitchen.
However, before you do this, you will need to know how to properly care for them so that they stand up in a vase.
Here are some tips that you might find helpful:
1. Water It Regularly
Sunflowers need water to keep them from wilting even when they are still in the ground.
The same goes for when the sunflower has been picked and put in a vase.
It is best to keep it watered even before the picking.
The sunflower will absorb much water from the ground, making it look fresh for longer when picked.
2. Add Sugar to the Sunflower’s Water
If your sunflower starts drooping, add a couple of teaspoons of sugar to the lukewarm water in your vase.
This will make them perk up immediately!
3. Pick It Up Early in the Morning
During the night, the sunflowers tend to rejuvenate their water supply.
If you want them to look fresh as long as possible, picking them up early instead of any other part of the day is best.
4. Cut the Stem at an Angle
Once you have the flower in a vase, cut the stem correctly.
If the flower has a flat cut stem, that will prevent it from soaking up the water from the vase.
So, first, take a pair of sharp scissors, clean them up, and disinfect them.
Then, take the flower and make an angle cut on the stem.
Doing this gives the flower more surface on the stem to soak up water.
5. Change the Water Every Day
As said before, sunflowers will need water at all times.
You must change their water daily to keep them fresh as long as possible.
Also, make sure that they have enough water at all times.
This will lessen the shock of them being picked and keep the flower from getting a bad smell.
6. Make Sure You Are Not Overwatering the Flower
While I have stressed the idea of the sunflower needing a lot of water, I do have to mention that you should not overwater it.
It might be time to change the watering schedule if the water starts drooping.
It is best to water the sunflower at night to rejuvenate overnight and be fresh and vibrant throughout the day.
7. Provide Good Support for the Sunflower’s Heavy Head
Unlike other flowers, sunflowers do not need any fertilizing, so you do not have to worry about that.
However, what they do need is support.
Strong stakes and canes are the best options for sunflower support, while you can also use garden twine to tie the sunflower stem to the stake or cane.
Other Tips for Keeping a Sunflower Alive in a Vase
Expert florists often mention that picked sunflowers can live up to two weeks if appropriately taken care of.
In addition to what’s already mentioned, there are several other things that you should pay attention to:
- The first is never to give the plant warm water.
Sunflowers require cool water to reach their full potential. - Another thing to look out for is the state of the stem.
Even though I have mentioned that it should be cut at an angle, I did not say that it should be recut now and then. On the contrary, it is best to recut the stem every two days to give the flower a new and fresh area for absorbing water. - Yet another thing to keep in mind is that the flower’s stem should be cut underwater.
Doing this prevents air from getting into the stem’s vascular system. - To add to that, you should keep the stem in the water at all times.
To this, even when you are cleaning the vase.
In this way, the flower will feel that it always has the proper living conditions.
Other Tips To Make Your Sunflowers Stand Up in the Vase
The key to keeping your flowers fresher for a longer period is to re-cut the stems.
We also recommend that you use a clean vase.
In case you did not know yet, the large heads on your sunflowers will cause them to be big and bulky.
Choose whatever vase suits your sunflowers.
The key here is to use a vase that will not topple under the weight of your flowers.
You can strategically place them in the vase by taking a bunch in your hand and dropping the flowers into your vase simultaneously.
Just make sure the vase is large enough to accommodate the size of the stems.
You can also do other things to keep your sunflowers from drooping in a vase.
Replenish the water daily and remove any dead or wilted flowers as soon as possible.
Cut the stems at an angle to allow more water to be absorbed.
Conclusion
To sum up, the sunflower is a gorgeous flower with many benefits.
From the colorful blooms to their edible seeds, there are so many great things about this flower.
Consider adding them to your home to bring in some color and vibrance.
Folklore stories say that sunflowers are a symbol of good luck.
So, adding a sunflower bouquet to your home might cause something extraordinary to happen to you!
