5 Reasons Why You Should Send Flowers in a Vase
1. Increase cut flowers life-span
Cut flowers has longer life span if they’re arranged in the vase as opposed to being wrapped up in a hand-tied bouquet. To keep your flowers fresh, you need to change the water and cut the stems every 2-3 days, and make sure that the leaves should be kept above water level. Sending bouquet in a vase to your loved ones will ensure that the blooms get the necessary care and conditioning they need. The bouquet will have a longer display life in a vase and your loved ones will be able to enjoy the flowers longer.
2. Affordable
Sending flowers in a vase is definitely less expensive than regular hand-tied bouquets. The price of hand-tied bouquets are determined by the quality of flowers (country origins of flower, whether it is local or imported, quality of wrapping accessories used ie. papers, ribbons, laces etc), quantity of the flowers needed, and the florist’s experience on designing the bouquets. However, sending flowers in a vase eliminates the use of wrapping materials and thus, reducing the price of the bouquets.
3. Reusable
Vase is reusable. Your loved ones will be able to keep the vase and reuse it for other occasions after the bouquets are way pass their display life. Sending a bouquet in a vase gives you and your love ones the opportunity to play a part in the effort of environmental conservation. It also eliminates the use of papers and plastic so commonly used in hand-tied bouquets especially in Malaysia.
4. Greener alternatives
Due to the rising concern on environmental issues, it is essential for us to each do our part in saving the earth from further destruction caused by our human-kind. Massive deforestation is happening in many countries and it affects our quality of life and results in the declined of habitat and biodiversity, and is one of the main causes of atmospheric pollution, floods, displaced native tribes, soil erosions, and landslides. Sending flowers in a vase is another greener option that you can choose to help reduce the use of papers and plastics.
5. Hassle free and display-ready
When you send flowers in the form of hand-tied bouquet to your loved ones, he/she needs to go through all the hassle to untie the wrappings of papers, and find a right vase to arranged the flowers again. On the contrary, if your loved ones receive her bouquet in a vase, he/she does not need to worry about all the hassles mentioned above. And what’s great about this is most professional florists will include flower food in the vase which will provide the necessary nutrients for your beautiful blooms.
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good idea.. and its friendly to environment too.. but most of the florist will be selling hand-tied bouquets and plants only.. but not flowers in vase..
Comment by hf — June 10, 2008 @ 6:45 am
Nice share! I would love to have my loved one receive the flower in vase for sure!
Comment by Pin — June 10, 2008 @ 10:17 am
Yea.. Save our world!
Flowers in jag is another good choice! This coming Father’s Day, send a surprise to him with flowers in jag. And guess what, your mom will fall in love with the beautiful blooms too!
Comment by Teng — June 10, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
hf: I agree with you. Most of the florists in Malaysia sell hand-tied bouquets; in fact it applies to most florists in the South East Asia region, most notably, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.
The hand-tied bouquet trend was huge during the 80-90s, made popular by the Hong Kong entertainment industry where many popular singers were presented with huge, and round hand-tied bouquets by their devoted fans. It was the trend back then and it influenced the demand of the customers in other SEA countries as well.
On the contrary, sending bouquet/flowers in a vase (for any occasions) is very common in the western countries. The next time you wanna send flowers, you can request your florist to design your bouquet and arrange them in a vase. =)
Comment by Ammie — June 10, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
Pin: Thanks for your comment. I will inform you once our “Flower in a Vase” collection is here at Lefiores.
Comment by Ammie — June 10, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
Teng: Great idea! Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! Go Green!
Especially those recycled jars. we usually keep those glass jars from wine, sauce, or perfume diffusers for our cut flowers. It’s unique and environmental friendly.
Comment by Ammie — June 10, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
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We should promote this among our frens, spread the words around and share with them why we should send flowers in vase. Go green is the new pink.
Comment by marcus — June 15, 2008 @ 9:21 am
Hahha…yup, marcus! i like that. “Go green is the new pink”
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