Ginger Lily
You smell ginger lilies before you reach them — something like gardenia, with a honeyed sweetness. At the end of every summer there is a big vase of them in our house.
The buds open a few at a time, so one stem keeps flowering for days. We cut stems with only one or two flowers open and plenty of buds still to come, so they last longer at home.
- Bunch: 5 stems, about 90 cm long
- Season: roughly February to April
- Vase life: about 5–7 days
- Good for: tall floor vases, restaurants and reception desks, any room you want to smell lovely
Tip: pinch off the spent flowers and the buds behind them open better.
Once they arrive
A little care buys you another week
Every stem is cut the day it leaves us. Two minutes of care when they arrive makes them last much longer in the vase.
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Cut on an angle
Trim 2–3 cm off the bottom at an angle so the stem drinks more. Woody stems can also be split about 2 cm up the middle.
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Strip leaves below the water
Leaves sitting in water rot quickly. Pull off everything below the waterline and the water stays clean for days.
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Fresh water every 2–3 days
When you change the water, snip a little more off the stems — a fresh cut drinks better.
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Keep them cool
Keep them out of direct sun, away from heaters and the fruit bowl — ripening fruit gives off ethylene, which ages flowers faster.
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