Stabilized flowers are those that have undergone special treatment with special chemical compounds. Such plants are able to maintain their original fresh appearance for a very long time.
Unlike compositions made of dried flowers, such bouquets do not crumble, and therefore do not create additional hassle in terms of cleaning the premises. All this makes them extremely popular with modern hostesses. Embalmed indoor plants look completely natural and are able to decorate a room no worse than their living "brothers."
In this regard, many lovers of floral decor have a question about how to stabilize the flowers on their own.
We will talk about this, as well as how to properly care for such jewelry and where to use it, later in the article.
Benefits of using stabilized plants as decoration
The main advantages of using such colors include:
- Long shelf life. A bouquet embalmed using a special liquid can stand up to six months. If we talk about branches and leaves, then they retain a fresh look for up to 3 years. Small home shrubs and trees in tubs can decorate a room for up to seven years.
- Stable flowers look natural and just unusually beautiful.
- No need for caring for a bouquet or plant. In addition, in this case, the seasonality factor is completely absent.
- Harmless to human and pet health.
- Versatility in use. Stabilized plants are able to revive the interior of both the living room and the office or store. In addition, they can become a good decoration for the festive table.
How to care for stabilized plants
Stabilized flowers do not tolerate moisture too well. Therefore, it is better not to use such decor in baths, saunas, bathrooms and other similar rooms. You also need to carefully ensure that during wet cleaning , drops of moisture do not get on the leaves and petals. Such representatives of the fauna and direct sunlight are not too fond of. In this case, they can simply fade.
How to make stabilized flowers with your own hands
Unfortunately, at home it is practically impossible to make the same beautiful, capable of standing for years, compositions that can be seen in specialized stores.
However, to make a bouquet that will delight the eye with its freshness all winter is a doable task. To do this, you need to use a very simple embalming method. So, making a stabilized bouquet step by step:
- Freshly cut flowers are slightly dried.
- A mixture of water and glycerin (1: 1) is prepared.
- In flowers, the tip of the stem is trimmed from below.
- Thus prepared stems are placed in a container with glycerin solution poured into it.
During the first week, the tips of the stems need to be trimmed daily. Keep the plants in solution about 14 days.
Another technique
You can make stabilized flowers a little differently. In this case, glycerin and water are also used, but the latter is taken a little more (in a ratio of 1: 2). Plants are immersed in the resulting solution completely. To make canned bouquets in this way, you need to take enough hot water (about 70 ° C). To sustain plants in such a solution is necessary for 2-3 weeks. At the end of the embalming process, the bouquet will need to be dried.
Preservation of plants using paraffin
You can keep the flowers fresh for a sufficiently long time using ordinary paraffin to preserve them. Particularly well, this method is suitable for large buds. Melted paraffin is injected into the flower tissue using a conventional medical syringe with the needle removed from it (through a hollow stem, inside the basket).
The main methods of stabilization in an industrial environment
In industrial conditions, stabilized flowers are made using two methods:
- The buds are hand-picked and placed in a mixture of alcohol and other chemicals. After the plants undergo such processing, they are stained and in special ways returned to their softness and flexibility.
- At the growth stage, the flowers are watered not with water, but with a special embalming composition. In the end, it turns out an absolutely natural looking plant that is able to maintain its “freshness” for an unusually long time. This technique allows you to get a few more beautiful plants than the first.
Today, many would like to see such decor as stabilized flowers in their apartment. How to make a similar beauty with your own hands, we found out above. There are several ways, and all of them are not too complicated. If you wish, you can make this type of decor in just a couple of weeks.