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Freshness and a natural look are the key to buying roses, says Chad Nelson, sales manager of Eufloria Flowers. In choosing the perfect rose, Nelson suggests:
Select a rose which looks natural, like the best in your garden - not with a head that looks like a supermarket cabbage, the bud cut too tight.Sometimes buyers purchase tightly closed buds thinking the flowers will have a longer life. In fact, many of these buds, picked too early, never open. Try to pick a rose with petals that have just begun to unfurl. When selecting from a large group of roses, make sure the blooms have not been chewed up by the thorns in their package. When roses are shipped long distances, they are frequently packed tightly and refrigerated to keep them fresh. The outer roses quickly cool, but the inner roses retain the heat and mold can set in.
Choose roses with clean foliage. Many roses have a milky white residue on their foliage, which can be either a filmy coating of fertilizer or pesticide used by the grower. The leaves of Eufloria's roses have no residue and the foliage ia a good glossy green color. "Our integrated pest management system (good bugs eat bad bugs) eliminates the need for pesticides" Nelson said. Look for roses with long, straight, and, if possible, green or greenish brown stems.Roses with wooden-looking brown stems are grown in cooler climates over a period of 70-90 days. The longer the rose has been on the bush, the stem turns woody and the flower has trouble drawing the water it needs to open properly. For this reason, roses with a softer, more flexible stem, like Eufloria's hydroponically grown blooms, generally open more easily than larger blooms with thick woody stems. Finally, look for consistent color in the blooms. For example, in a red rose make sure all petals are the same shade of red, with none faded. Also, high petal count, though important, is not necessarily the measure of a superior rose. Some reds, like Eufloria's dark red Edith Piaf, have fewer petals than others in the same color catagory, but are bred to have a long vase life.
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