Nine tips to make your Mother's Day flowers last longer

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Spring has officially sprung, bringing us lighter mornings and evenings, warmer weather and splashes of colourful flowers and plants. With Mother's Day approaching, many will be thinking about what gifts to buy to show appreciation for their mums.

Flowers are a popular choice; they're beautiful, smell great and come in all different shapes and sizes. But unfortunately they don't always last for too long, usually only staying fresh for between five days and a week.

That's why tombola has put together a handy list of nine clever hacks to make your flowers and plants stay blooming-marvellous for longer. Harnessing the creativity of social media users, all the tips come from video-sharing app TikTok.

Read more: You can get a 100-stem Mother's Day bouquet of flowers delivered for £10 at M&S

Some involve using household cupboard items such as milk, sugar or cinnamon, while others recommend the best ways to cut and store your fresh flowers.

The first popular TikTok hack involves spraying your flowers with hairspray to make them last longer. Spritzing your bouquet with the hair product can keep the flowers in 'tip-top condition, ensuring they look pristine for longer and don’t wilt' in the same way it keeps your hair in place, according to Serenata Flowers.

The hack also works with dried flowers too. Dried flowers have become more popular in the last few years, due to them lasting between 1-3 years.

It's a perfect way to add a colourful bunch of flowers to your room, while saving yourself some money in the long run.

Most Tulips flower around March and April, making them a firm favourite as a Mother's Day gift. You'll see plenty of them popping up in supermarkets and online flower delivery sites at this time of year.

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