Submerged Roses in Water

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Hi Everyone,

I have had a customer ask for some Roses Submerged under water in a Vase. Have you ever done something like this or know how to make it?

I have read you use Distilled water or luke warm water with 2 drops of bleach, I was going to try the Distilled water and then just try plain water but my main question is what you use to weight it down to the bottom. I want something that want affect the roses as they will be Fresh.

I was going to wire all the roses together and place them in the vase (we are using a cylinder vase not the same as the one pictured) and then place the stones on top, but I don't think this will keep it down.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Steff
 

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I have such hard water(rusty) I have to BUY water. or my glass gets a lot of stains in them and as we all know it's hard to remove. That just works for me. I am sure some could just use their own tap water!
 
These designs are fun to make.....like flowerlady stated....I find use of a pin frog to be the easiest to use......HOWEVER.......after a while in the water......you WILL begin to see little tiny air bubbles form on the edges and undersides of the petals and leaves. THIS IS NATURAL as a result of transpiration.....the breathing process of the flower.

I describe this effect as 'sparkling roses'
 
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RWK said:
These designs are fun to make.....like flowerlady stated....I find use of a pin frog to be the easiest to use......HOWEVER.......after a while in the water......you WILL begin to see little tiny air bubbles form on the edges and undersides of the petals and leaves. THIS IS NATURAL as a result of transpiration.....the breathing process of the flower.

I describe this effect as 'sparkling roses'
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I really like that look too!!
 
Under Water Roses

We sell alot of these, in various sizes. Usually we use cymbidium orchids, but roses work really well too.
After trying lots of different things, I find fishing weights are the cheapest, and easiest to use. Just wire the weight to the bottom of your flower(s) and drop into the vase, then add water. I usually use regular city tap water, but soda water works great, and if you want to add underwater lights, with a bit of food colour added, you can achieve some really groovy looks for little time and money.
I have a bunch of 40" trumpet vases that we use underwater flowers for weddings and events, and we always get 75-100 each for them as a rental item.
Smaller ones go out of the shop at least 5 times a week for 40-75.00.
Great for corporate gifts in our area.
 
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We sell a lot of these and we use all different kinds of flowers, we have used, fishing weights and pin frogs...depending on the type of flowers we are using..I have a wedding coming up and we are using star gazer lilys with white submersible flora lights..I will try the sparkling water...we use plain tap water....
Becky
 
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Great idea for the fishing weights, would never have thought about that. We sent a rose arrangement in a brandy glass today and had a problem with holding it under water. Thanks for the idea of fishing weights, especially love fishing every day, we live on a lake. Thank you so much.
 
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I have such hard water(rusty) I have to BUY water. or my glass gets a lot of stains in them and as we all know it's hard to remove. That just works for me. I am sure some could just use their own tap water!
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Use regular water and when you clean them throw an efferdent tablet in the water and let it work.We buy the efferdent at the dollar store.
 
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Great idea for the fishing weights, would never have thought about that. We sent a rose arrangement in a brandy glass today and had a problem with holding it under water. Thanks for the idea of fishing weights, especially love fishing every day, we live on a lake. Thank you so much.
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and hey - there's a way to write off your fishing gear.....
 
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We sell alot of these, in various sizes. Usually we use cymbidium orchids, but roses work really well too.
After trying lots of different things, I find fishing weights are the cheapest, and easiest to use. Just wire the weight to the bottom of your flower(s) and drop into the vase, then add water. I usually use regular city tap water, but soda water works great, and if you want to add underwater lights, with a bit of food colour added, you can achieve some really groovy looks for little time and money.
I have a bunch of 40" trumpet vases that we use underwater flowers for weddings and events, and we always get 75-100 each for them as a rental item.
Smaller ones go out of the shop at least 5 times a week for 40-75.00.
Great for corporate gifts in our area.
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Just curious -- what size/type fising weights and do you leave them showing?
 
I cover the weights with river rock... or colored stones (like you use in a fish tank) depends on the customer wants...but always cover the mechanics
Becky
 
For those of you that sell these for "every day" pieces, what is the longevity? Do the roses continue to open a little more?

(I know customers will ask!)

Valerie
 
We always hide the weights, sometimes with crushed glass, or pebbles or river rock. For really big peices we wrap the weight (after it is wired to the flower) with galex or cordeline or some similar foliage. The foliage can become part of the design, if the vase is big enough. (we use oasis ahesive to glue it to itself.)
Regarding the size of the weight...well, that depends on the flowers really, but usually it is the biggest one they have at our nearby bait & tackle shop...I guess it's about 1" long. I also have gotten globs of lead from a local manufacturing company, and forme it into balls, that works really well for really big arrangements, where the fishing weights are not heavy enough.
Every flower lasts a different legnth of time. Roses, about a week. No, they do not seem to open up under water. Cymbidiums last the longest...up to 3 weeks, as long as the water is changed out every 5 or 6 days.
 
In "the olden days " when we used to sell roses in the glass balls they always prescribed using about 1/8 white vinegar.
The arrangements lasted almost a month. Someone can play that as an experiment ! Pickled roses anyone ?
 
Hello Everyone,

The submerged Roses looked great, we used Bamboo and created a X shape and wired the roses to the X. I am very disappointed with the Roses we got from our Supplier as the stems were all bent and we had to remove a lot of the petals as they were dying, but you have to work with what you have, couldn't get anything else at such short notice.

After putting it all together and filling it up with water the Vase cracked :( so we quickly took a photo and did not end up using it, it was for a Wedding Expo. We had a look at the Vase once it was empty and there was a flaw in the bottom which made it crack.

Any way attached is a picture, we are creating a smaller version this weekend for another expo so fingers crossed this one works out! We are going to try out the Fishing Weights this time.

Thanks for all of your help with this.

Steff
 

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