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No time to stop and smell the roses: Dream leads local florist to Rose Parade - Steamboat Pilot & Today

We got to go behind the scenes and meet all the main designers and went to the parade.”But even before that, Bostrom, who owned Alpine Floral & Atrium until she closed the business in 2012, dreamed of being a part of the New Year’s celebration. Last April, she learned she had been selected to work with Fiesta Parade Floats, one of the companies that build the nearly 30 floats in the parade. When she got the news, one of her first calls was to her former boss Roy Borodkin, who opened Alpine Floral in its first location at the Harbor Hotel in 1974.“I called him and said I’m working on the floats in the Rose Bowl Parade this year,” Bostrom said. “He said, ‘Finally.'”Bostrom hitchhiked from Boulder to Steamboat in 1975 and arrived with $78 in her pocket and no job. But by the end of her first day in town, she had lined up jobs as a lifeguard at the swimming pool, waiting tables at El Rancho and working at Alpine Floral.Her job at Alpine Floral proved to be a perfect fit for the girl who graduated with degrees in ornamental horticulture and business from Alfred State College.In college, Bostrom was required to gain experience running an actual store, so when she arrived in Steamboat, she already had experience ordering flowers, scheduling, designing and budgeting. She helped the store grow and, eventually, bought the business in April 1980 with partner Jackie Eatherton. In 1984, Bostrom and her husband, Daryl, become sole owners of the store.Susanne Bostrom takes a moment away from working on floats for the 2020 Rose Parade to take a photograph with fellow crew members. The floats Bostrom worked on will appear in the parade, which takes place on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California.Photo courtesy of Susanne BostromBostrom said the biggest reward... https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/no-time-to-stop-and-smell-the-roses-dream-leads-local-florist-to-rose-parade/

These BC Mountains Become A Floral Wonderland For 2 Days Only This Summer And You Need To See It - Narcity

Mountain, a stunning paradise is waiting to be discovered. Imagine the opening scene from The Sound Of Music, but with hundreds of colourful wildflowers. That's the sight that awaits you at BC's alpine floral festival, a magical event that uncovers the beauty of Sun Peak's mountains.Every summer, Canada's second largest ski resort sheds its blanket of snow and bursts into bloom. Wildflowers cover the alpine, attracting visitors from far and wide. The Alpine Blossom festival, held at Sun Peaks Ski Resort, is dedicated to showcasing these vibrant flowers when they are at their finest. The festival runs for only 2 days in mid-summer when the wildflowers reach their fullest bloom. This year, the festival will be held July 20 - 21. The event takes place at Sun Peaks Resort, less than an hour's drive from Kamloops, BC. It's a good idea to stay for the full two-days, as you won't want to leave Sun Peaks once you're immersed in its magnificent beauty. The festival includes tons of fun events that take place throughout the picturesque resort village.To access the hiking trails and wildflower views, you can take a scenic ride on the Sunburst chairlift. You can also bring your mountain bike along if you're looking for somethin... https://www.narcity.com/things-to-do/ca/bc/bcs-alpine-floral-festival-is-happening-this-month-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-it

Vancouver Christmas Events 2018: 100 ways to get into the holiday spirit - Vancouver Sun

German delicacies: sizzling sausages, two warming Glühwein (mulled wine) locations, old world confections, handcrafted gifts, and so much more! Share food and drink in the cozy Alpine Lounge, or relax in the sleek new WunderBAR and indulge in Christmas Cocktails, charcuterie or German desserts in a twinkling winter oasis. Delight in the Winterdeck, featuring stunning views of the North Shore. Venture down Lovers Lane – an Instagram-worthy 20-foot long tunnel adorned with 10,000 twinkling lights and mistletoe, or enjoy live seasonal entertainment performed on the Christmas Pyramid’s Flying Stage. Be dazzled by a floating Santa underneath the Olympic Cauldron, a shimmering 30-foot tall Walk-in Christmas tree, a glittering carousel, and a multitude of festive family activities. • Jack Poole Plaza, until Dec. 24, extended hours: 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m., closes at 6 p.m. on December 24. • vancouverchristmasmarket.comHeritage Christmas at the Burnaby Village MuseumStroll through the streets of the Village to see wreaths, cedar swags and vintage-themed displays. At the bandstand, visitors can create their own magical holiday show with lights that change colours to sound. Special entertainment is scheduled throughout the season including theatre performances, community choirs, street characters and musicians. Many family-favourite activities are back including crafts for the kids, baking in the Farmhouse, and visits with Father Christmas. • Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Ave., until Jan. 4, gates open at 1 p.m. • Free admission, carousel rides $2.65 each, burnabyvillagemuseum.caVancouver Santa Claus Parade The largest Christmas parade celebrated in Western Canada, featuring marching bands, dance troupes, festive floats and community groups. In the spirit of giving this event is also one of the largest food and fundraising events for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and the CKNW Kids’ Fund. • Dec., 2, the parade begins at noon at West Georgia and Broughton, ending at Howe and Davie. vancouversantaclausparade.com/ (READ MORE... https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/vancouver-christmas-events-2018-100-ways-to-get-into-the-holiday-spirit

Put names on the faces of the state's flowers

You'll appreciate Montana flowers more if you know their names, from the dainty flax along River's Edge Trail to the elusive fairy slippers of the forest to the dramatic bear grass of alpine meadows. A new guide can help you on your way to becoming a wildflower expert, or at least satisfy your curiosity about the fetching flowers you encounter. "Wondering about Wildflowers," a new book by Sharon Huff, Stephen Love and Sharron Akers features over 490 different plants and over 1,400 color photographs from the Northern Rocky Mountains. The flowers are sorted by color, with pages trimmed in the blossom color. The guide has at least one photo but often several photos of a given flower, with a description, common and scientific name, a timeline on when it blooms and what kind of landscape one would find the flower. Take prairie smoke, or old man's whiskers, or geum triflorum. A member of the rose family, it has hairy, feathery leaves, nodding bell-shaped pink to rose-maroon flowers with five petals on long stalks. It's found in meadows, in forests and on sagebrush plains. https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/outdoors/2018/07/17/put-names-faces-montana-flowers-new-guidebook-wondering-wildflowers-stephen-love-sharon-huff-akers/792122002/

Four Oaks Trade Show 2018 - New plants set to shine

Kernock’s other new petunias include ‘Vista Fuchsia’ and ‘Purple Cream’. There are perennials galore, from alpines to hardy and herbaceous types. Beschornaria ‘Flamingo Glow’ is a yucca-type variegated plant. Harnett adds: "Nowadays we select our heuchera from 50ft. If they’re not good enough to set themselves apart from other heuchera at that distance, then they don’t make the grade." Kernock has also introduced ‘Forever Red’ and ‘Champagne’ as well as its Heucherella ‘Leapfrog’.Diervilla ‘Diva’ is the main launch from Seiont Nurseries with Van Vliet New Plants. It is a "great new purple form with lots of bee-friendly yellow flowers", says Seiont’s Neil Alcock. There is also an "amazing" new UK-bred hardy fern, Dryopteris ‘Jurassic Gold’, launching with Genesis Plant Marketing."It has fantastic rose/bronze new fronds in spring to early summer which age to a golden frond and is perfectly hardy," says Alcock. "I am particularly pleased to see a new hardy fern development as they are increasing in popularity and there hasn’t been much work on new ferns — apart from my Blechnum ‘Volcano’ of course."For 2019, he would like to have more plants ready earlier and, even after the slow start to 2018, he plans to increase production by 5% in 2019 after upping it by 10% in 2018. Over the past three years, production has risen by 50% at the North Wales nursery. Launches in 2018 include Dreaming buddlieas and Fox series heucheras.Alpha Plants is exhibiting 40 varieties of salvia plugs, including shrub, perennial and annual types. Alpha is also introducing hardy, perennial Victorian Violas, bred over a 10-year period by Rob Chapman and winning nine RHS gold medals.Pentland Plants is entering Dianthus ‘Peach Party’ into the new plant awards at the Four Oaks Trade Show. A new variety from Selecta-One breeding, it is a hardy dianthus suitable for various pot sizes and has a long flowering period of up to 10 weeks. The next flush of flowers follows a few weeks later. An abundance of attractive, small, apricot-coloured flowers are produced in spring. In summer, these flowers develop a strong red eye that contrasts nicely against the lighter apricot edge.John Richards: ‘Strawberries & Cream’- image: John Richards NurseriesFloranova is showcasing Celosia ‘Bright Sparks’, Geranium ‘Reach Out’, F1 ivy leaf geraniums and pansy Freefall XL.Genesis Plant Marketing has a range of new introductions from its UK breeders, focusing on a group of six new nemesia colours that will come onto the market. Commercial director Nigel Judd says these are bred for good, strong garden performance, contrasting bicolour flowers, scent and good cutting production potential.There will be two new additions to the three Penstemon Pentastic series over 2019 and 2020, starting with Pentastic Blush. Forming a well-branched plant with one pinch, the Pentastics are programmable to flower from April to October.Carpinus ‘Rockhampton Red’, already introduced for the garden and landscape market, is also at the show, aimed this time at sales being developed into the hedging market. The advantage of this over other hornbeam is its beautiful red and orange autumn leaves.Botanics International has new Elsner Pac introductions to the Flower Fairy line of zonal geraniums, including red Splash. Also from Elsner Pac is the addition of ‘Vera Apricot’ to the hanging verbena li... https://www.hortweek.com/four-oaks-trade-show-2018-new-plants-set-shine/ornamentals/article/1488590

These surprising, garden-worthy plants are perfect for Southern California climates - San Bernardino County Sun

While tulips and hyacinths that grow from bulbs and come from Holland look great for a year, and perhaps two, they are not compatible with Southern California’s climate and are short-lived here. The Mediterranean climate of South Africa, however, closely resembles our own and herbaceous perennials that come from that land are virtually indestructible here.There are three prominent examples of rhizomatous South African natives that proliferate in thousands and thousands of Los Angeles gardens. One is Agapanthus, unmistakable for its large clusters of blue to purple, and occasionally white, flowers that appear in the spring. Another is bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae), named for the orange plumage and blue crests of its flowers that you see on full display in every Los Angeles neighborhood just about now; no wonder it is the official flower of this city. While the above two plants grow best in half day sun but can accept more or less of it, Clivia — with those large luminescent orange but occasionally yellow trumpet blooms — is strictly for the shade.  All three of these garden selections are virtually bullet proof and you can rely on them to spread over time with indestructible determination.  Of course, due to their clumping growth habit, you can easily divide and distribute them throughout your own garden or share them with friends.Shelly Jennings introduced me to another redoubtable South African herbaceous perennial. It grows from a corm — similar to a bulb, but flatter and not layered — by the name of Chasmanthe, whose soil does not need to be fertile as long as it drains well. Its common name is Adam’s rib which may refer to the symmetrical ladder-like arrangement of its flower petals. It goes dormant in the summer and does not need to be watered during that season. Chasmanthe is blooming now in orange-red and is closely related to two other South African cormous beauties: Watsonia, which flowers most famously i... https://www.sbsun.com/2020/04/02/these-surprising-garden-worthy-plants-are-perfect-for-southern-california-climates/

California native plant of the month: Lemonade berry - Irvine Standard

Rhus integrifoliaLemonade berry is a shrub or small tree. It tends to grow upright when somewhat inland, and low and sprawling when close to the ocean.It is native to southwestern and Pacific coastal California, from Santa Barbara County to western San Diego County, with its range extending to north-central Pacific coastal Baja California and some offshore islands like Cedros.The leaves are evergreen and leathery, and the flowers – which appear from February to May – are small, sticky and clustered closely together. The seed or fruit is dark red, block-shaped and sticky, and has a tart flavor that gives the plant its name.Lemonade berry is an important wildlife plant. The berries are a significant food source for birds and small mammals, and the thick, sprawling form provides excellent shelter for animals. The plants are extremely drought-tolerant once established. ... https://www.irvinestandard.com/2020/california-native-plant-of-the-month-lemonade-berry/

'Nonessential' businesses close due to coronavirus - Los Angeles Times

For more than 100 years, California Floral Co. has stood sentinel in downtown Los Angeles.The florist predates the founding of Warner Bros, UCLA and the first concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. It made it through World War II and closed for only a day or two during the 1992 L.A. riots. But the novel coronavirus could bring California Floral to its knees.A day after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told all nonessential businesses in the city to close to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, owner Johnny Huynh was at the flower shop to shut down the coolers and clean out. He gave away his remaining flowers to some of the neighboring shops — eateries Mike’s Deli and Azay. “It’s just a stake in the back,” he said. “The final stake. I can hold for about a month or two, but not more than that.” Advertisement Los Angeles’ dramatic announcement ordering business closures until at least April 19 and urging people to stay at home, bolstered by sweeping orders Thursday night from the state as well as Los Angeles a... https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-20/coronavirus-nonessential-business-closures

With fewer flowers, Lake Elsinore hills more brown than orange - Press-Enterprise

A modest wildflower bloom is bursting through the brown-and-dry landscape at Lake Elsinore’s Walker Canyon.But this year’s California poppy show pales in comparison to the dramatic 2019 superbloom that painted the canyon’s hills a brilliant orange and drew hundreds of thousands of awestruck visitors.Fiddleneck blooms along a trail as hikers make their way down Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Hikers make their way up a trail in Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA small patch of California poppies blooms along a trail in Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Fiddleneck blooms along a trail in Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)A bee collects pollen on a fiddleneck blooming in Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore on Friday, March 6, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomici... https://www.pe.com/with-fewer-flowers-lake-elsinore-hills-more-brown-than-orange