Then put your tulips back in the vase with fresh water. Give them an hour to re-hydrate and the flowers should look perky again. 5. Keep Tulips Away from Fruit.

Before putting tulips in a vase, the stems should be cut with a sharp knife to allow them the maximum amount of water absorption. Fill a clean vase with cool water.

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Keep the vase out of the sunlight. A vase is not a garden of living flowers; it’s a container of dying ones, so they don’t need direct sun. In fact, that’s a bad thing.

On average, tulips should last in a vase for five to 10 days if they're cared for properly. But how can you stop them from drooping? According to experts, all you need is a penny or a two pence piece.

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