Lucky bamboo has been criss crossed to form a trellis. Continue reading →

Christians and others use flowers as part of the grieving process.   This is called a standing spray, which is an elevated arrangement on an easel.    We used red and white flowers.   It measured 8 feet high.       Continue reading →

Lucky Bamboo is really not bamboo.   It's from a family of plants called dracena.  But it's beauty is that it is very easy to grow.   All you need to do is insure there is  water in the container.   In our experience, it lasts about 3 years which... Continue reading →

One of the more popular flowers we sell is Birds or Paradise (or its Latin name, Strelitzia).   Have you ever seen a Bird of Paradise plant?   I haven't.   I once had a customer that said they grow like weeds all over the place in San Diego.  ... Continue reading →

Colleen Oakes, author of the Elly in Bloom series and recently released Queen of Hearts series, was a florist for a number of years before becoming a writer.    She recently wrote, "10 Things You Should Never Tell Your Wedding Florist."   These are real life questions we in the... Continue reading →

I am often asked to "send your prettiest flower arrangement."   There is no such thing as the "prettiest flower arrangement."  Rather, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Everyone (and I do mean EVERYONE) has different likes and dislikes when it comes to flowers.  So if you know and... Continue reading →

Funerals are always a difficult time. But in some traditions, flowers help lighten the pain. The customer asked for a bright and cheery arrangement, something that has a WOW factor.   So we used tropical flowers such as birds of paradise, red ginger, red anthurium and orange pin cushion protea... Continue reading →

Funerals are always a difficult time. But in some traditions, flowers help lighten the pain. The customer asked for an all yellow arrangement.   So we used 42 (three and a half dozen) yellow roses on a standing easel. Continue reading →

Funerals are always a difficult time. But in some traditions, flowers help lighten the pain. The customer asked for an all red standing spray so we used 24 long stem red roses. Continue reading →

Funerals are always a difficult time.   But in some traditions, flowers help lighten the pain.   The customer asked for an all white standing spray.   We used mostly orchids (cymbidium and dendrobium) though we also added lilies and mini- calla lilies. Continue reading →