How to Stop Tulips From Drooping

tips & tricks By Jennifer Howard | Cottage on Bunker HIll Learn more

You Just Brought Home A Bunch of Tulips

Now, what do you do to make them last longer & look good.

Cut The Ends

What to do: 01 Take a clean & sharp pair of snips and cut straight across the tulip stems.

Old Penny

What to do: 02 Find an old penny 1980 or before. They contained copper then. Drop it in a vase of very cold water. Change water daily. Learn more

Find a Pin

What to do next: 03 Push a pin through the stem near the top below the flower.

Does it Work??

When I put my tulips in the vase they were so droopy! Let's give it a night... Trader Joe's Flower Ideas

Here is the tulip arrangement on Sunday after I made it & this is the next morning...

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