All About Flowers

Many people mark special occasions with flowers. Birthdays, anniversaries, and out-of-the-ordinary events provide the ideal opportunity to send flowers. Special occasion flowers don’t have to be expensive or extravagant. Your flower shop should have a large selection of flowers and floral arrangements ready to mark just about any occasion!

Birthdays are always more special when they’re remembered with flowers. Birthday arrangements can include mugs or other novel containers, flowers of all sorts and in all budget ranges: helium or foil balloons: and greenery or living plants. Birthday arrangements may also contain novel decorations that will serve as a lasting reminder of your thoughtfulness.

Anniversaries provide another opportunity to send flowers. Whether you’re marking a “milestone” anniversary or another year of being together, anniversary arrangements are a wonderful way to recognize someone special in your life. Anniversary flower arrangements may contain a wide variety of colors and species. Equally elegant are arrangements that contain only one type of flower. Your flower shop should be able to provide eye-catching colors and unusual varieties that can make an anniversary arrangement truly special.

Friends and families may choose to mark a major event, like graduation or the birth of a child with flowers or live plants. Your florist will provide a wide selection of seasonal and imported flowers for personalized, creative flower arrangements. Other special occasions, like a new job, a promotion, a retirement or just a job well done, can be recognized with flowers.

In most cases, you’ll want to arrange for flower delivery. Your florist should be able to provide same-day or next-day delivery. In addition, many florists offer timed deliveries as long as they are given sufficient notice. When you order your flowers, ask about flower delivery services available through the florist and how precisely your flower delivery will be timed.

Many florists like New York’s Booth Flower Shop offer a freshness guarantee of at least a week for floral arrangements. Similarly, the flower shop will offer a health guarantee for live plants. Care instructions are provided with each flower or live arrangement to ensure that your floral gift stays healthy and fresh for as long as possible.

Many flower shops offer online ordering capabilities. Please note that while you may order flowers at any time of the day or night, arranging and flower delivery take place only during the flower shop’s normal operating hours. Check an online flower shop’s contact information and delivery policies before placing your online order. Contact the florist directly if you have any questions about flowers or floral delivery services.

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While many people associate flowers with special occasions, there’s no need to wait for a special event to send fresh flowers. Fresh floral arrangements are a welcome addition to any home or office space.

Fresh floral arrangements will perk up an office, desk or table at home or at work. Your local florist or online florist can supply fresh flowers regularly and at a very reasonable cost. Seasonal flowers come in many different colors and will complement any décor.

Imagine receiving regular deliveries of fresh flowers! Delivered fresh flowers are guaranteed to last at least one week. With proper care, fresh floral arrangements can last up to two weeks.

Flowers make great additions to reception desks, waiting rooms and conference rooms. They add a special welcoming touch to a foyer, kitchen or family room.  Your guests will be entranced by the aroma of your fresh floral bouquets, regardless of the time of year.

With an online florist, you can easily choose the arrangements you want, based on color, size, species or budget.  A few simple clicks of the mouse and your fresh flower arrangements will be on their way.

If seasonal allergies pose a problem for you or someone close to you, consider a live plant arrangement instead. Your local florist will be able to recommend live non-flowering plants that look beautiful, are easy to care for and will enhance any location. Care instructions are provided with every live plant and live plant basket, so you can be sure to provide the kind of care your flowers and plants require.

You’ll also find a great selection of silk and dried flowers that look beautiful and last indefinitely. When you order live plants online, you can establish a regular delivery schedule. Healthy new plants will arrive according to your instructions, and you can give your established plats to friends and colleagues as gifts or as tokens of your appreciation.

An online florist such as New York’s Booth Flower Shop offers conveniences like round-the-clock ordering, 800-number customer service, flower delivery services, and full information about arrangements and bouquets. You’ll also find some of the most affordable, beautiful arrangements around.

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There are few events more memorable in a lifetime than your wedding. If you’re planning a wedding and want to include flowers in your day, you’ll want to consult a florist early in your wedding planning. A florist can help you determine the flowers that will be available at the time of your wedding, and the arrangements you’ll need for the wedding and reception sites.

The florist can also help you set a flower budget for your wedding. Wedding flowers can be relatively inexpensive or can take a substantial part of your wedding budget, depending upon the flowers you choose and their seasonal availability at the time of your wedding. Your guests will spend much more time at your reception site, so if you must choose where to spend your floral dollars, use the bulk of your floral budget to provide flowers for your reception site.

A florist can suggest species and colors that match or complement your wedding décor. You’ll also receive professional assistance in determining what arrangements you should purchase for each venue, if your wedding and reception are in two different places. A florist can also work with you to help you make the most of your flower budget.

The most common wedding arrangements are bouquets carried by the bride and her bridesmaids; flowers for the church; and flowers and table centerpieces for the reception site. Brides often purchase boutonnieres for the groom and groomsmen. The bride may also purchase fresh flowers to put in her hair, corsages for the mother of the bride, mother of the groom and other honored guests, or flower petals for a flower girl to scatter as she walks up the aisle. There is no rule of thumb for budgeting for wedding flowers, since each wedding is a unique reflection of the bride and groom.

Flowers commonly found in wedding arrangements include roses, carnations, daisies and mums. These flowers are readily available year-round and come in a variety of sizes and colors. Certain flowers, like carnations and daisies, readily accept dyes and can be given a custom color. Unusual, rare and out-of-season flowers can be imported from suppliers all over the world, but the cost of these kinds of flowers will be significant, since tropical and fresh-cut flowers must receive special handling in transit.

Flower shops may also rent greenery for weddings, receptions and special events. This approach allows the bride and groom to have fresh greenery at the wedding and reception site without requiring them to transport it from the reception site at the end of the evening.

Floral delivery services for wedding and reception flowers frees the bride, groom and bridal party from having to pick up and set up the wedding and reception florals. If you’re planning a wedding, consult with a florist about six months in advance of your wedding day to receive the best advice and service on wedding and reception flowers.

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There’s nothing like receiving fresh flowers. They look and smell so wonderful, it’s a shame you can’t keep them forever. You can maintain them and help them look their best while they’re here, with a little help from your florist.

Fresh flowers need water. The best thing you can do for fresh flower arrangements is to monitor the water they have, and maintain it. Fresh flowers come with a packet of “flower food.” Use this packet according to the directions when you receive arrangements that sit in a vase.  Monitor the water level and add water when the level in the vase begins to drop.

Your flowers can last more than a week and sometimes as many as two weeks with proper maintenance. Change the water in the vase when it becomes cloudy or begins to darken. If you don’t have additional flower food, dissolve an aspirin tablet in the water, or add a few drops of clear soda pop to the water in your vase. These will help supply the nutrients your flowers need to maintain their beauty as long as possible.

If your flower arrangement is in floral foam, make sure the foam stays wet all the time. The foam should be wet to the touch. Add water to the foam as often as needed. Normally, the water level for a foam arrangement should be as high as the outer container permits. You can also add floral food to the outer container. The foam will absorb the flower food and will be taken up by the flowers.

Do not put your flower arrangements in the sunlight. The sun will cause cut flowers to wilt and turn brown. It will also cause the water to evaporate faster. Also keep your flowers away from heat ducts for the same reasons. If you have house pets, put your flowers in a safe location to prevent accidental spills or ingestion of flowers or treated water in the vase.

Discard your flowers when they turn brown, wilt or begin to lose petals. If your arrangement is made from many different flower types, you’ll find that some of your flowers will outlast others. As some flowers begin to wilt, shift the remaining flowers to a smaller container to help keep them looking beautiful.

If you want to preserve your flowers by drying them, you’ll want to plan ahead. Instead of waiting until they begin to wilt, hang them upside down in a warm, dark and dry place while they are still at the peak of freshness. Hang-dried flowers will be very stiff once the drying process is complete. Blue and yellow dried flowers retain their colors very well. Red and pink dried flowers tend to fade. Certain flowers will also shrink somewhat when they are air-dried. Air drying is appropriate for most flowers and foliage. If you plan to dry flowers in the microwave, research carefully! Not all flowers can tolerate microwaving, but foliage often does well with this drying method.

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