Flowers

How to order specific rose varieties for wedding flowers?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:46 +0000

Hi! I’m a freelance floral designer and I would like to know what are the most popular varieties of roses that you use for weddings? I’m having a hard time ordering the specific variety that I need… for example, creamy white is so different than stark white, and there are so many different pinks!!! Also, for bouquets and boutonierres I need the blooms to stay tighter, while for centerpieces, I need blooms that blow open quickly and have a high petal count. Can you help me with an easy guide to wedding roses? Thanks in advance!!!

Well what roses to use during a wedding is subjective to what the bride wants. My mom is a gardening nut and she has this book "American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses". It has infomation on 2000 different roses and their properties. I say buy the book and expand on what types of roses you use. Good Luck!

What is done with the wedding flowers in the centerpieces after the ceremony?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:43 +0000

Do we have to make arrangements to take it all home? Or are they typically thrown away? We’re having floating flowers in water, so I don’t think I’ll find a use for wet flowers afterwards?

some guests/wedding party(mother of the bride or mother of the groom)usually take them home to decorate-or you can always throw them away.

Advice on doing my own decorating for my wedding and Are silk flowers too cheap or ok to use?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:39 +0000

Is anyone doing there own decor for the wedding? I am trying to save money by doing my own decorating but don’t know where to start. Also is anyone using silk flowers for all there floral needs?

Even though this article suggests to "consult an expert"- it offers some tips as well:

What is an appropriate flower arrangement for a wedding?
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/experts/wedding-floral-arrangements.htm

Hope it helps a little.

Congrats!

What is your favorite home grown garden flower that is extremely pretty, easy to grow with no hassle?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:35 +0000

I want to plant a flower garden and I only want to plant the prettiest, smell good, easy to grow flowers. What is your favorite garden flower?

Iris, dayliles, jasmine, clematis, marigolds, salvia, are all low maintenance and full sun plants. Jasmine smells great. Lilac are easy to grow bushes that smell nice.

Just go to a local nursery with that question. Find an old lady working there. Ask her what she plants.

Is it weird to send my family flowers?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:31 +0000

I want to send my family flowers i still live with them. Do you think that it would be kind of a weird thing or stupid idea to send flowers to them for christmas or do you think it would be a great idea?

That’s a beautiful and thoughtful gesture.
It will also add to the decor at the dinner table.
Very nice idea!

How to keep cut flowers fresh longer?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:28 +0000

Can somebody tell me how to keep the cut flowers from the garden fresh looking for longer. If we buy flowers from the supermarket, there is a small packet of powder. I cant find that powder alone in garden shops or supermarket. Please help

External sugars can be provided to cut flowers by dissolving a known amount of sugar, along with a biocide, into the vase solution. The optimum concentration of sugar varies significantly depending on the flowers being treated. Most flowers benefit from a continuous supply of 2% sugar in the vase solution. Some flowers, such as Gladioli, have been shown to benefit from higher concentrations, such as a 4 to 6 % sugar solution. Other flowers, such as Zinnias and Coralbells, sustain damage when treated with concentrations of sugars higher than 1%. Still others, such as Chrysanthemums and China Asters, do well without any sugar in the keeping solution. Therefore, it is important that before treating the entire batch of flowers, a small-scale experiment be conducted using the information in Table 1 as a guideline. A close approximation of a 1% sugar solution can be obtained by dissolving 2 level teaspoons of sugar into a quart of water. (To be accurate, dissolve 10 grams of sugar and bring up to a 1-liter solution with water.) To that, add a biocide to inhibit the growth of microorganisms.

Two common biocides are household bleach and Physan,which is used as a disinfectant in restaurants. A solution of 50 ppm bleach or 100 ppm of Physan works well for most cut flowers. To obtain a 50 ppm bleach solution, add 1 ml of bleach to a liter (quart) of solution and to obtain 100 ppm Physan, add 0.5 ml of Physan to a 1-liter solution. (For measurement of very small quantities, a medicine-dropper is useful. This can be obtained from a pharmacy, and usually contains .8 or 1.0 ml, so that one dropper of bleach or approximately half a dropper of Physan per quart or liter will give approximately the desired ppm.) Keep in mind that after a while bleach breaks down and freshly made solutions should be used each day. Both biocides can also cause stem discoloration in some flowers, so pre-testing on a small number is essential.

How are flowers typically delivered to a typical church wedding?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:24 +0000

I am writing a piece of fiction and I would like to know. Are they wrapped a certain way? Are they stored? How soon before the ceremony begins? Stuff like that. I would appreciate any light anyone could shed.

"Typically" they are delivered in the florist’s van and are sitting in cardboard boxes to protect them from falling over during transport. They are made to specifications at the shop, then any touch-ups can be done on site at the venue. Delivery time depends on how many weddings that particular florist has to deliver that day. If it’s several, the florist plans the route to reach every church as easy as possible instead of driving back and forth across an area. Hopefully there will be a refrigerator that can keep the flowers cool until they are needed.

There is no "typical" because every florist, city, town, schedule and wedding is different. They florist works to make any situation happen. So write on, and make it work for your situation~

cakes and flowers delivery in argentina?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:20 +0000

Can someone please tell me about local florist and bakery who can deliver fresh cakes and flowers in Argentina(rosario)? and takes order online..Thanks

Do you know how to use Google? Try to Google it.

World of Warcraft question: where is the lady your suposed to deliver the dafodil flowers to?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:17 +0000

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a guy in lakeshire asks u to buy flowers for his girl. u buy the flowers from some lady up on the higher area in lakeshire, and idk where the girl ur supposed to deliver the flowers to is

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Is ordering flowers online good? What’s the best site to order it? I’m in the USA btw?

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:35:10 +0000

I haven’t done this and want some info on those that did. I know going to the local shop is better but the closest is 40 miles away

Please write your experiences and if you can the site that you ordered it from. Thanks.

ProFlowers.com
1800flowers.com

I have personaly ordered from ProFlowers and they are the best!