Preserving flowers

Today in a complete impulse-buy I picked up some tulips while in the checkout line at Trader Joes. (Better than buying a bar of chocolate, right?)

 

I'd like them to last a long time, so I looked up a receipe for a flower perservative

 

 

 

- 1 tsp bleach

- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp lemon or lime juice
- Water

 

I hope it works! For now I'll just have to enjoy waiting for them to open.