Tricks to keep your flowers a cut above

Any tips for keeping cut flowers fresh for longer please? – Anita, via email DAVID: Soluble aspirin can help boost your cut flowers.

Dissolve a tablet into the water and put them back in the vase. It helps to keep the water moving up the stem.

A spoonful of sugar with a dash of vinegar also feeds the flowers while impeding bacterial growth. A splash of vodka will do the same.