Long-lasting flowers to grow or purchase for bouquets

Seven gorgeous flower choices to grace every room of your home.  

Grow or purchase bunches of flowers and mix and match for many different  bouquet combinations, or use one large bunch per vase per room for dramatic effect.

Tip:  add three or four drops of bleach to the vase water before cutting and arranging for even longer lasting blooms.

The flowers listed below should be long-lasting in a vase as long as the water is changed regularly (every couple of days keeps harmful bacteria from getting up flower stems and wilting leaves and blooms):

-- Orchids

-- Alstromeria

--  Mums/Chrysanthemums 

​--  Carnations

--  Zinnias

--  Alliums

​--  Lillies - esp. Oriental Lilies


Article credit: BHG.com and for details with photos of each, click here.