{"id":12504,"date":"2016-05-12T02:50:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12504"},"modified":"2016-05-10T06:22:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T13:22:08","slug":"did-you-get-flowers-for-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/house-greenhouse-plants\/floristry-house-greenhouse-plants\/did-you-get-flowers-for-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Flowers For Mother&#8217;s and Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Houseplants 013 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6996037541\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6235\/6996037541_4b6fb87015.jpg\" alt=\"Houseplants 013\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alstromeria are one of the longest lived cut flowers I know. Several weeks of flowering are possible if the bunch is bought with colour just showing. Ensure there is plenty of bud and you will be delighted.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Alstromeria by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6849928344\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7177\/6849928344_025fbca629.jpg\" alt=\"Alstromeria\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mixed bunches can look exceptional but it is harder to cater for each type of flower in the bunch. Within a couple of days the tulips in this bunch had grown taller than the flowers they were arranged with. Tulips do tend to elongate as they mature.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Houseplants 022 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6849915292\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7253\/6849915292_040807e29c.jpg\" alt=\"Houseplants 022\" width=\"500\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daffodils are a seasonal must and this year is no different. Whilst these flowers were picked from the garden on mother&#8217;s day the photographs show who should have been thinking of mother.<br \/>\nRemember to keep daffodils in a separate vase as the sap can poison other flowers and encourage them to deteriorate rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Houseplants 011 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6849911642\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7192\/6849911642_3946e38e0b.jpg\" alt=\"Houseplants 011\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carnations give Alstromeria a run for their money when it comes to longevity. The small flowered perpetuals are going to last at least 15 days and potentially far longer. The water will be changed and the bunch rearranged with a bit snipped off the end of the stalks every 5-7 days.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Houseplants 026 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6849916328\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7268\/6849916328_fa2beb66bf.jpg\" alt=\"Houseplants 026\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDo a Selfie and Treat Yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nTreat yourself now and regularly, you do not need a special occasion for a floral uplift. Spring is a time to be cheerful and there are many houseplants that can provide good value.<br \/>\nPrimroses and primulas can last a couple of weeks in the house as long as you give them light and water.They also come in a bigger variety of shades, stripes and colours or you can pot up a plant from the garden.<br \/>\nShops and garden centers are selling pot grown bulbs that are just about to flower. They are often crammed into a small pot but you can arrange them into your own display for visual effect.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Primrose by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6849907714\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6232\/6849907714_fe5ba3b50a.jpg\" alt=\"Primrose\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This striped version caught my eye and had me digging in my purse for my own plant. After sometime in the house I will plant it out in a damp semi-shaded area and hope for the best next year.<br \/>\nprimroses often have a growth spurt in autumn after dying back a bit after flowering.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Primrose by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6996030759\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7249\/6996030759_213c29cf6f.jpg\" alt=\"Primrose\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep your mothers day flowers fresh as long as possible and if you didn&#8217;t get flowers for mothers day get your own<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-floristry-house-greenhouse-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}