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Poppy flowers are bright and splashy

Poppy flowers grow in splashy, stunning reds, yellows, oranges and even white – but with their thin petals, how do they manage to be so bright?Dr. Casper van der Kooi and Dr. Doekele Stavenga of the University of Groningen set out to crack the code, using microscopy and mathematical modeling. They got an inside look at how light interacts with the super-thin petals of poppy flowers to create their vibrant colors.Poppy petals are made up of just three layers of cells, but that doesn’t dim their colors.“The common poppy is an extreme case. It has very thin petals that nevertheless cause a very high scattering of light. Poppies also contain high concentrations of pigments,” van der Kooi said.The researchers collected a selection of petals from a variety of poppy species, then studied their structures. What they found was surprising: the color is only found in the outer two layers of cells, not the middle layer. Additionally, the outer cells were oddly shaped.“This creates many air-filled gaps between the cells, w... https://www.earth.com/news/poppy-flowers-bright-colors/

The Best Flower Shops in Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe - Phoenix New Times

Jacob Johnson recommends creating a more original bouquet with Watson’s selection of colored roses — think spring yellows, lavenders, oranges, or smaller spray roses. Other great springtime combinations feature longer-lasting lilies and in-season tulips. "The Works" package is the shop’s most popular choice, and includes a bear, a box of chocolates, a balloon, and a handwritten message. The bouquet package is currently on sale for $119.99 with same-day delivery, while a dozen red roses runs $84.99. If you’re thinking florals, order soon: Those who wait until the week of could see prices increase by about $20 across the board.Visit Watson’s Flowers at 2525 West Main Street in Mesa, or at their sister location at 929 North Val Vista Drive in Gilbert. The shop is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 4 p.m. on Saturday. They're closed Sundays, though Valentine’s hours will be announced soon. (Hours vary at the other location.) Call 480-967-8797 or visit Watson's Flowers online for more arrangements.EXPANDColorful arrangements in keepsake vases are an affordable option for anyone at Arizona Flower Shop near 16th Street on McDowell Road.Janessa HilliardArizona Flower ShopAcross the freeways, just north of its original 1948 location in downtown Phoenix, Katherine Sheehan’s Arizona Flower Shop is decorated in a sea of red, from the vases to the table-runners to the window displays looking out onto McDowell Road. Valentine’s orders are already coming in, and Sheehan anticipates hiring around a dozen extra employees for the Valentine’s Day rush.As an alternative to roses, Sheehan recommends gift-givers try a tropical bouquet, like a bright bird of paradise arrangement from $80.95. For traditionalists, featured Valentine’s arrangements include a single rose (prices vary) or three red roses ($49.95), and a selection of a dozen roses peppered with white lilies and other colorful creations, starting around $60. Not feeling confident in your flower power? The "Florist's Choice for Romance" option ($49.95) is the next best thing to a gift-giving guarantee.Expect many arrangements to survive between a week and 10 days, as most roses are now bred as hybrids they generally last longer when cared for, Sheehan says. Each bouquet comes with instructions on how to keep stems healthy and when to change water to prolong the life of the flowers — and it works. Once, a custom... https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/10-metro-phoenix-florists-that-do-valentines-day-right-8012520

The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch Open for 2018 Season - NBC 7 San Diego

Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers, which are typically in bloom for six to eight weeks. The burst of yellow and orange petals is synonymous with Carlsbad this time of year. The famous fields also boast roses, orchids, sweet pea blossoms, petunias and poinsettias.Daily tickets to the Flower Fields are $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and $8 for children, ages three to 10. Kids age two and under get in free. Season passes are also available, ranging in price from $18 to $35.The best time to view the flowers in all of their gorgeous glory is usually mid-March through mid-April, but those dates can change, depending on weather conditions.On Saturday, the Flower Fields posted a photo to Instagram that showed the "buds breaking" on some of the blossoms."Although we open on Thursday, March 1st...keep in mind that the majority of our fields are still pretty green," the post said.In addition to a stroll through the fields, visitors can enjoy other family-friendly activities including antique tractor wagon rides, a sweet pea blossoms maze, mining for gemstones and gardening and art demos.The calendar for this season includes workshops focused on floral and succulent arranging, as well as arts and crafts workshops, live music and even sunset wine tastings. The site is also home to a nursery and gift shop.As usual, the season will come to an end with a special Mother's Day Celebration, scheduled for May 13.Flower Fields in Carlsbad to Open for SpringThe Carlsbad... https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Flower-Fields-at-Carlsbad-Ranch-Open-for-2018-Spring-Season-475057503.html

Longue Vue hosts Banksy of flowers Lewis Miller, master of guerrilla floral design - The Advocate

PROVIDED PHOTO BY LEWIS MILLER DESIGN Now consider leaving home one morning and finding the orange mesh barricades you’ve grown used to artfully covered by hundreds of blue hydrangea blossoms. Or that pile of trash bags draped with a mantle of pink and purple flowers. You would hardly be able to believe your eyes, right? But if you lived in Manhattan, it could simply be the work of the city’s floral bandit (so dubbed by Vogue Magazine), Lewis Miller.Miller visits New Orleans for the Essence of Style Design Symposium on Thursday and Friday, when he will be the guest of Longue Vue House and Gardens. A ticket affords admission to a reception in his honor at 5 p.m. Thursday at the River Ridge home of Larry and Marian Gibbs ($125). A separate ticket is needed for the luncheon at 10 a.m. Friday, at the Audubon Tea Room, during which Miller will lecture and demonstrate flower arranging techniques. Marian Gibbs and Louis Aubert are co-chairs of the fundraiser.“I was batting around in my head doing something ... as a way of giving back to the city and stretching my creativity. My firm (Lewis Miller Design) has been doing very well and I wanted to share and celebrate our good fortune and bring a few moments of joy into the lives of everyone who sees the works,” Miller said. “It’s been an unexpected pleasure watching the responses to the works and seeing people take a few flowers home. That’s what they’re meant to do.”“Doing very well” is a bit of an understatement. Miller has been the florist of choice for events as diverse as a “Babylonian Garden Party” staged in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as a picnic in Central Park inspired by Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece “A Sunday Afternoon.” Vogue, Flower, Forbes, Haute Living, Architectural Digest and The New Yorker (calling him the “Banksy of Flowers&r... https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/arts/article_d2abe736-d94a-11e8-8c4c-9ba946986727.html

New florist in Foley offers Just Perfect arrangements - Pensacola News Journal

More: Wolfe: Pensacola's Primal Nosh delivers healthy meals to your doorstep More: Wolfe: Beach Street EATS is Orange Beach's newest breakfast spot It's Just Perfect has more than just flowers. From custom baskets to jewelry, they have it all.     "If you need something, you're going to find it here," Smith said. "We even have a line of organic health care products, including beard care for men. We have a table with gifts for men. We have something for everyone."    In addition to the wide variety of products, they are also planning on offering piano lessons and classes that focus on design and painting.      "We also do alterations, tuxedo rentals and offer cakes for any occasion. We truly are a one-stop shop," Smith said.     If you need your flower arrangements and baskets delivered, the delivery area is wide reaching — all the way to Pensacola.     "Don't go to the wire services if you need your flowers delivered," Smith said. "We want you to call us personally. We will take care of it."    If you own a business and you don't feel comfortable with the process of taking care of a plant, It's Just Perfect is committed to bringing plants that will cheer up the lobbies — and taking care of them.     "There are a lot of businesses and offices in the area that would like to have plants, but they might not necessarily have a green thumb. We will take care of them for you."    Smith and Bruhn thought of just about everything, and recently hosted their grand opening. "We've already has so many calls and walk in traffic and we can't wait for everyone to come check us out," Smith said. It's Just Perfect is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The shop is located at 15213 Alabama Highway 59 in Foley. ... https://www.pnj.com/story/money/business/2018/08/12/new-floral-shop-its-just-perfect-opens-foley/957658002/

Better Than Roses - The Newtown Bee

Cavicchio Greenhouse in Sudbury, Mass. Since Big Y is headquartered in Springfield, Mass., its local farms are located in Massachusetts or Connecticut. Newtown Big Y Store Director Angelo Soto shared a list of all of its local farms, and those include Casertano’s Greenhouse in Cheshire, Connecticut Valley Flower in Hamden, Geremia Greenhouse in Wallingford, and Grower Direct in Somers.“There are so many local things to chose from,” said Ms Brisch.From choosing to support a conscientious company to finding ways to support local farms there is more to consider than just the color of a bouquet’s assorted flowers.Off-Season OptionsConnecticut-grown flowers can be hard to find in the winter.Natalie Collette of The Gardenist of Norwalk offers floral arrangements and designs, along with garden design support and maintenance, according to her Facebook page, The Gardenist. She mostly sells her flowers to local florists and people who contact her directly. A farmer florist, Ms Collette said she has private properties where she plants seasonal flowers, all organically. She harvests and creates bouquets along with maintaining a dahlia farm in New Haven. Growers in Connecticut, unless they have a greenhouse, do not grow flowers out of season, she observed. This makes it harder for local shops to maintain locally grown flowers in the winter months.When asked for ideas for alternative Valentine’s Day presents, Ms Collette recommended gifting a living flower arrangement or foraging for a bouquet of seasonal elements. Potted plants from a nursery also provide year-long enjoyment.“If it is a perennial, you can enjoy the plant from when you purchase it [until you] plant it in the spring,” said Ms Collette, who is currently selling house plants.Around mid-January, Evelyn Lee of Butternut Gardens LLC of Southport shared a presentation in Bloomfield with local farmers on flower growing in Connecticut.“We’re trying to get Connecticut-grown flowers to become a thing in people’s minds,” said Ms Lee, adding that this time of the year is hard for local growers. “... I think for next year, there is a better opportunity.”Ms Lee shared information about the Slow Flowers Movement, which, according to a website for the movement, slowflowers.com, is “a response to the disconnect between humans and flowers in the modern era. It aspires to reclaim the act of flower growing, recognizing it as a relevant and respected branch of domestic agriculture. Slow Flow... https://www.newtownbee.com/better-roses/02102019

Perspective | This D.C. florist secret to surviving 114 years and four generations - The Washington Post

Caruso Florist, which was started in Washington in 1903. It is one of Washington’s most durable businesses.</caption> I lope with my Tumi backpack east down M Street NW across Connecticut Avenue on a humid August morning in Washington. On the sidewalk in front of me is an eruption of petunias, roses and sunflowers that make me think I am on the way to Emerald City.“It’s so people know we are open,” owner Phil Caruso says as I arrive. Caruso, 86, his fist full of roses, plants himself amid the melange and hands out singles to passersby.“To brighten your day,” he says as he hands a rose to a woman, who performs a balancing act with her coffee thermos and rolled-up newspaper. His Caruso Florist is a Washington institution, a 114-year-old family business that sells $2 million worth of flowers and fruit boxes each year. Caruso products launch some marriages and rescue others. Their flowers celebrate lives well lived. They grace law firms and dentist offices, taking the sting out of both. Their arrangements add pop to hotels, acknowledge a kindness or repair a friendship.Political confidant and lobbyist Jack Valenti was laid to rest amid Caruso flowers. Cuba’s Fidel Castro was hidden from view by Caruso green garlands on a 1959 visit. The flori... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/this-dc-florists-secret-to-surviving-114-years-and-four-generations/2017/08/18/ee1a0152-836e-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html

N.Y. man who buried the man he murdered behind a N.J. florist shop found guilty - NJ.com

A New York man who brutally murdered a Connecticut man and then buried his body in a makeshift grave in Monmouth County was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and other charges, officials said. James Rackover, 27, was also found guilty by a Manhattan jury of the 2016 murder of Joseph Comunale, 26, of Stamford, Connecticut, as well as hindering prosecution and concealment of a human corpse, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr."Adored by his friends and family, Mr. Comunale had a promising future ahead of him when his life was so tragically cut short," Vance said in a release. "He was murdered in cold blood in a crime of unconscionable violence, his body mutilated, thrown from a fourth-story window, and abandoned behind a florist's shop in New Jersey."Comunale was stabbed 15 times on Nov. 13 at Rackover's East 59th Street apartment following a party also attended by Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City and Max Gemma, 30, of Oceanport, authorities said.Both men are also facing cha... https://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2018/11/ny_man_who_buried_the_man_he_murdered_behind_a_nj_florist_shop_found_guilty.html

Perspective | This D.C. florists secret to surviving 114 years and four generations - The Washington Post

Caruso Florist, which was started in Washington in 1903. It is one of Washington’s most durable businesses.</caption> I lope with my Tumi backpack east down M Street NW across Connecticut Avenue on a humid August morning in Washington. On the sidewalk in front of me is an eruption of petunias, roses and sunflowers that make me think I am on the way to Emerald City.“It’s so people know we are open,” owner Phil Caruso says as I arrive. Caruso, 86, his fist full of roses, plants himself amid the melange and hands out singles to passersby.“To brighten your day,” he says as he hands a rose to a woman, who performs a balancing act with her coffee thermos and rolled-up newspaper. His Caruso Florist is a Washington institution, a 114-year-old family business that sells $2 million worth of flowers and fruit boxes each year. Caruso products launch some marriages and rescue others. Their flowers celebrate lives well lived. They grace law firms and dentist offices, taking the sting out of both. Their arrangements add pop to hotels, acknowledge a kindness or repair a friendship.Political confidant and lobbyist Jack Valenti was laid to rest amid Caruso flowers. Cuba’s Fidel Castro was hidden from view by Caruso green garlands on a 1959 visit. The flori... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/this-dc-florists-secret-to-surviving-114-years-and-four-generations/2017/08/18/ee1a0152-836e-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html