It is hard to imagine a flower more romantic than rose is the eternal symbol of love and passion that has inspired poets for the most beautiful poetry, lovers - passionate recognition. The life of this beautiful flower is fleeting. Wise Persians even coined the saying: "If you walked past the rose - no longer find it." Today we will talk about how to choose roses and how to extend the life of the bouquet to please you as long as possible.
Legend of love
The birthplace of roses is considered to be Persia. Another name for this country - Gulistan, or Rose Garden. Legends telling about the appearance of the roses, a lot, and they are all very poetic.
The Greeks associated the flower with the goddess of love, Aphrodite. At that moment, when she emerged from the foam of the sea, the Earth, the raptured young beauty goddess, wanted to create something similar to it - so there was a white rose. Red roses have become then: when Aphrodite ran to help his beloved Adonis, who was attacked by a wild boar, she's wounded leg. And drops of blood hitting on white flowers, painted them purple-red color.
The Scandinavians believed that roses are the smiles of the fire God Loki, who banishes the cold and brings the spring, a time of love and flowering. The Romans before Christianity was dedicated to roses goddess of love Venus, and in Christianity, the white rose is the flower of the virgin Mary.
At all times the rose was and remains the main symbol of love. Every girl knows exactly what the armful of red roses, donated by the man who shows the most serious his intentions. But these intentions also know and cunning sellers of flower shops and don't hesitate to give unsuspecting lovers substandard goods. It is well known belief, the longer not wither bouquet, the stronger the feelings of the giver. I dare say that it's not only in the senses: you should still be able to choose the right bouquet and take care of him.
Choose flowers
In flower shops, the choice is huge varieties of roses there is a huge amount. To us they are brought in mainly from Holland, Ecuador, Colombia. It's hard not to fall into a stupor at the sight of a million roses - red, white, pink and even green and blue. Therefore, the most correct decision - handwritten inspection of each flower. And here are some correct rules.
The most important advice - try not to buy flowers in the ready-made bouquets and arrangements in baskets, because savvy sellers so the easiest way to disguise faded or frozen flowers, holding them in ribbons, ruffles, collars and other decorative trash.
The first thing you'll notice on the leaves and petals. Flower, most likely, stale, if the stem cut off the leaves. Withered petals sellers also cut so as not to spoil the appearance. So don't be afraid to slightly dry or darkened the outer petals - their presence, by contrast, suggests that the flower is not old and kept it properly.
The cut stem should be light and receptacle and the lower part of the Bud is dense.
Ask the seller where he brought flowers. The most beautiful rose - Ecuadorian and Colombian. However, despite its luxurious look, they will stand for long.
Centenarians is Dutch roses or our relatives, near Moscow. By the way, a short stalk near Moscow roses is considered a disadvantage, but this is a very controversial issue. Roses in human growth are grown exclusively for export to Russia is probably nowhere else in the world do not suffer from megalomania as we have.
You will surely impress the seller, if you ask him about the variety of roses. Different varieties have different "resistance". Roses "Isabel", "butterfly" will entertain you for long. But the "baccarat" or "Grand Prix" with proper care, will easily last for two weeks.
How to keep a bouquet of fresh
Would love to have a bouquet stayed fresh for as long as possible! Well, this will have to work hard. The water in the vase should be changed every day, and not easy to change and wash the vessel with hot water, so that there remained putrefactive bacteria.
The stems are cut obliquely under cold running water. But that's not all! So the flowers were as much as possible, the stores sold a magical composition called chrisal. It is a powder that is added to water with cut flowers. Save the bouquet also a couple of lemon slices or lemon juice (about a tablespoon).
Flowers don't need aspirin, sugar, charcoal - it will only clog up the water. But from the vodka they will not refuse: to figure out "five", it is enough to add the water a tablespoon of alcohol. For more colors slightly increase the dose, but do not overdo it. Slightly drunk flowers in gratitude will last a very long time.
Bonton and bad taste
And finally a bit about the flower etiquette. It seems, the truth that flowers decided to give without wrappers, long ago forgotten. Sometimes it is not clear what the main bouquet - tiered wrap with cuculcan birds, bugs, with an abundance of rustling ribbons and bows or flowers.
Packaging appropriate as protection if the flowers are in a hurry to the station or to the airport. In other cases, you should be very cautious - the temptation to place the bouquet in the best Gypsy traditions will not be proof of your good taste. Avoid scraping materials, bows, rhinestones, and pearls. Believe me, decorate beautiful - a thankless job.
As for the roses, there should be cautious: surprisingly, not all excited about these colors. For many, they seem too pompous and even inappropriate. But if you do decide to give roses - choose calming neutral shades, of course, if you do not want to announce to the world about his passionate love. Well, in this case, and a million red roses will not be enough!
Author:
A. Ogorodnikova
Source:
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