Spring is the ideal time to fill your home with gorgeous flowers. However, your beautiful bouquet might look stunning to begin with, but it will soon fade in just a few days, a week at the most. But that doesn't have to be the case, as there are simple tricks you can use to prolong the life of your blooms. Scroll down for video . With simple and sensible tricks recommended by a professional florist, you can make your flowers last . While there are plenty of DIY 'solutions' - vodka, aspirin and pennies - to keep a bouquet fresh, most of these things can actually damage the delicate flowers. Using some simple and sensible tricks recommended by a professional florist, you can make your blooms last a lot longer. You don't need to be a professional florist to pull these off, just read our guide and try it out. From spraying them in hairspray to keeping them far away from fruit and electricals, we've gathered a handy list of seven unlikely tips from Serenata Flowers. Tip number 1: Keep your flowers well-groomed. Trim a half-inch of the lower stem so that water can be absorbed freely. Use a sharp, unserrated knife and cut on a slant - exposing more surface area. Trim just half an inch off the stems of your flowers with a sharp knife . Warming then cooling the flowers 'hardens' them for longer-lasting freshness . 2. Harden the flowers, which speeds up the water update through the stems. After cutting the stems, place the flowers in 43.5C water. Leave to sit in a cool location for up to two hours. 3. Preserve your flowers with hairspray. Remove them from the vase and lightly spray the petal undersides while holding the can several inches away. Hang the flowers upside down to dry before returning to the vase. 4. Don't mix fruit and flowers as some fruits - particularly kiwis, apples and bananas - produce ethylene, which rots nearby plants and fruits. Delicate petals can be kept in place with a light spritz of hairspray . 5. Keep your flowers well-fed - and 7Up or Sprite could do the job. Mix together one cup of water, one cup of 7Up and half a teaspoon of household bleach. If more liquid is required, increase the amounts proportionally. 6. Clean your vases. Vases in regular use often contain microorganisms that will kill of your flowers. First, fill the vase with hot water and mix in a tablespoon of baking soda and white vinegar. Scrub the insides with a cloth, empty the mixture and dry before housing new flowers. 7. Keep flowers away from appliances. TV and computers give off heat, which can lead to flowers becoming dehydrated. Place flowers in a cool spot where they'll receive plenty of light. Make sure they have plenty of water and mist the petals daily. If you want to ripen an avocado, put it next to your bananas, they say. Do the opposite for fresh flowers . The most popular spring flowers are daffodils - the messengers of spring - and tulips. Tulips are very affordable but they normally don't last very long if kept in a vase. Other popular spring flowers include sweet peas and peonies. Peonies are very popular wedding flowers as they symbolise good fortune and happy marriage. Anemones are also in season in spring, another popular flower in wedding bouquets. Hyacinths are beautiful flowers that add a hint of colour and wonderful smell to any room. Other flowers perfect for a spring arrangement are narcissus, hyacinths, ranunculus, lilacs, delphiniums and boronia. Daffodils, tulips, sweet peas and peonies are all in season for spring . Feeling ripped off by flower feed? Make your own with 7 Up and bleach . A used vase can contain organisms that will kiss your flowers faster - so give it a good scrub first . Once you've picked your favourite blooms, it's all about composition: . 'First, start with the correct vase for your flowers. 'For stiff-stemmed flowers like roses, cube shaped or round vase will make them look great and enable easy arranging. For soft stemmed flowers like tulips, use a tall vase that will support them properly and their natural arch will help with arranging. If you have mixed flowers, you can use different vases, depending on the size of the flowers, their quantity and style of flower arrangement you want. 'Pay attention to the colour of your flowers. Shades of the same colour (for example shades of pink) or contrasting colours, like red and white, will look great. 'Remove the leaves from the stems and leave only few on the top, especially for roses. This will add additional support, help to fill in the arrangement and adds a bit of colour too. 'Start by arranging the flowers in hand. Place the larger flowers near the base of the arrangement. Start adding your flowers around the base, then tie them together. Place them in a vase and add some small flowers around the edges, to fill the gaps if needed.' Who knew you had to keep flowers away from the TV? The heat is dehydrating! So keep them misted .
Spring is the perfect time to fill your home with seasonal flowers . We've gathered a list of simple, unlikely tips to help them last . Include spraying them in hairspray and keeping them far away from fruit .