Bespoke Tray

Caring for your Bespoke Tray

Keep the arrangement in cool, indirect light and away from fruit and direct draughts, which the gerbera and rose are quick to feel. The roses are heavy drinkers, so check the water level daily and top it up; the hydrangea takes in moisture through its petals as much as its stem, so a light misting helps it stay full and revived if it begins to flag. Trim the woody stems of the hydrangea and rose at a sharp angle each time you change the water, and handle the gerbera gently, as its hollow stems bend and tire more easily than the rest. Leave the orchid, ammi, and fern largely undisturbed once placed, as they hold their form well and need little beyond clean water to outlast the bouquet's earlier blooms.

A note on your specific blooms

• Ammi — Trim stems on a sharp angle, strip any foliage below the waterline, and refresh the water often, as Ammi drinks heavily and its fine leaves cloud the water quickly.
• Fern — Keep fronds out of direct sun and mist them occasionally, as ferns lose moisture through their leaves faster than most cut greenery.
• Gerbera — Gerbera has fragile stems — use shallow, clean water and support the heads.
• Hydrangea — Hydrangea takes up water through its petals — mist the heads and keep the vase topped up.
• Orchid — Keep orchid stems in cool, clean water away from ripening fruit, whose ethylene gas makes the blooms drop early.
• Rose — Roses drink heavily — re-cut the stems at an angle every couple of days.