11 Expert Tips for Keeping Cut Blooms Fresh

Flower experts share their insider DIY tips on choosing the best blooms, keeping flowers fresh, and making beautiful arrangements. (13 Photos)

Erin Renzas on Jan 1, 2013 at 2:31PM

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11 Expert Tips for Keeping Cut Blooms Fresh

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This Valentine's Day, forget your go-to roses. Instead, opt for a more unique—and dare we say, beautiful—arrangement to show your sweetheart you care. Here, flower experts Eileen Johnson of Flower School New York and Phoebe Crary of Brooklyn's Opalia Flowers share their insider tips on picking the freshest cut flowers, caring for blooms and creating incredible arrangements.

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