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6 tips to help houseplants survive winter - Cherry Hill Courier Post

Ablaza.Most plants, with a good soaking, can be watered once a week, said Lorri Dell, a florist at Bresciano’s Flowers and Gifts in Bridgeton.Allow the water to reach room temperature before you water your plants. Cold tap water may shock the plants, reminds Ablaza.The biggest mistake people make with their houseplants is overwatering, no matter what season it is.“A lot of times, people see something wrong with the plant and they assume it is because it needs water. Often this isn’t the case, and the plant dies from overwatering,” said Ablaza.HumidityMost houseplants are tropical and thrive in humidity. “Most tropical plants have an environment where there is humidity. Anything you can do to re-create these conditions inside your home is going to be a good thing for the plants,” said Ablaza.To help add humidity to your plants’ environment, give them a light mist with a spray bottle at least once a day or make a humidity tray.Hudson said a humidity tray is pretty easy to make. Find a tray and line it with pebbles. Fill the tray with water to the top of the pebbles and then sit your plant on top. As the water evaporates, it will create humidity for your plants. Make sure the pot is resting on top of the stones, not in the water.LocationDo not keep houseplants near appliances, such as TVs, as the heat will dry the moisture from the leaves, said Dell.Keep them away from drafty windows or heater vents, recommends Ablaza.Pay attention to the areas that receive the most sunlight during the winter and try to place your houseplants in these locations.Rotate your houseplants weekly, advised Dell. Give each side equal time in the light. Otherwise you will wind up with lopsided growth.“Most leafy green plants like indirect light because they sunburn easily,” reminded Dell.FeedingMany houseplants are not seasonal, said Dell. While the growth cycle may slow in the winter, the plants are far from dormant. Continue a regular feeding regime.“You can still fertilize. Some people feel they don’t want to fertilize. We do keep our plants fed all year long,” said Hudson.“It’s not going to hurt if you continue feeding them,” said Ablaza.Dell uses a leaf shine a couple times a month on foliage plants to keep the dust off and the pores on the leaves open.RepottingIt is OK to repot houseplants anytime in the season.Follow the general rule of repotting plants when they are root-bound. Move up about 2 inches in pot size, recommends Hudson.MonitorWatch your plants throughout the season. If they appear to be struggling, try to relocate them. The plant may need more or less light. Cut out dead foliage, and water only when the plant has dried out. Maintain it through the winter until the days start to grow longer and you see new growth, signaling spring is around the bend.For more informationBresciano’s Flowers and Gifts, 653 N. Pearl St., Bridgeton. Call (856) 455-3807.McNaughton’s Gardens; Cherry Hill Garden Center, 351 Kresson Road, Cherry Hi... http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2015/10/30/6-tips-help-houseplants-survive-winter/74835684/

Florists, symbols of hope, deemed "essential businesses" in virus-stricken Geneva - Famagusta Gazette

Geneva entered semi-confinement on Nov. 2. All restaurants, bars and barbershops are now closed, but “essential” shops, such as grocery stores, supermarkets and flower shops, can remain open.Why are florists considered “essential businesses,” one may wonder?A recent survey conducted by JardinSuisse showed that although most of the celebrations and festivals have been canceled, 70 percent of the country’s florists said that their sales were better in the first half of 2020 than in the same period of last year.Migros, Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain, said that its flower sales in the first six months of this year were 20 percent higher than the previous year.Meanwhile, another recent survey conducted by PostFinance, the financial services unit of Swiss Post, found that Swiss consumers’ spending on clothing and footwear has fallen by 50 percent and some 80 percent, respectively, since the country adopted containment measures to fight the virus in March.“Flowers help people deal with the increased anxiety caused by confinement and show them the good side of life during the pandemic,” a flower shop owner in Geneva said.Immediately after the first lockdown measures were introduced in spring, a Swiss charity group began to distribute relief items every Saturday... http://famagusta-gazette.com/2020/11/19/florists-symbols-of-hope-deemed-essential-businesses-in-virus-stricken-geneva/

Flower Businesses Persist Despite Postponed Events - Spectrum News

Sam Eberhardt owns Cassiopeia Farm, a small flower farm located behind her home in Austin, with her husband Dan Poole. The two spent the spring and summer watching florists cancel flower orders as weddings and events were postponed due to pandemic social distancing orders.“It seems like initially events – they didn’t just halt completely. People were still kind of holding out, holding hope that we would be able to hold events, but then eventually people realized, ‘okay,’ that we couldn’t have events,” says Eberhardt.But despite those cancellations, they say they didn’t face massive losses because orders kept coming in, just from other places.“COVID has sort of been a mixed bag for us. A lot of our flowers eventually end up in the hands of florists – maybe they go to a wholesale house first and then they end up at a florist – but florists have had a pretty large drop in business because of COVID. They aren’t doing weddings and events anymore. Our flowers aren’t going to them, instead they’ve been going direct to consumer and some to wholesale, but direct to the consumer through the farmers' market has been our main sales outlet this year,” says Poole.Sam Eberhardt (left) works with a farmhand to prepare plant beds for spring 2021. The farm's flowers have been harvested for fall and the small farm doesn't grow in the winter. (Spectrum News 1/Megan Vaughn)“I think people were really enjoying getting out to the markets, it was a safe outdoorsy thing to do during COVID. I heard a lot of people mention how it was important to them to support local farmers and ranchers, just keeping the money locally in trying to support the small businesses. And then directly I heard a lot of praise about the emotional and personal effect that bringing the flowers into people’s homes were having on them. You know, bringing in a little spot of joy ... https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2020/11/17/small-flower-businesses-persist-despite-postponed-weddings-and-events

Artistry with flowers - Newport News Times

NEWPORT — Newport Florist and Gifts is in a new home, opening in mid-September after making the move to 1738 N Coast Highway. It’s actually a location that has a flowery history, having housed Barbara’s Blossom Shop for many years before the building changed uses.Shop owner Tarrah Richardson said the move to the former florist shop “is really fun because a lot of people are excited about that aspect of it, which I think is neat.”Richardson said she had eyed that location several years ago.“I’ve always been interested in this location. Before my husband and I moved to the area, we kind of came on a tour of the Oregon coast. And when we came to Newport, this spot was available — that was like 2013. I looked at this space but the rent was pretty high.”Instead of opening her own florist shop at that time, she and Ryan decided to open CrossFit Newport at 710 NE Third St., and Tarrah went to work for the former owner of Newport Florist and Gifts, Carla Williams.“I’ve been a florist for 26 years. Carla William... https://newportnewstimes.com/article/artistry-with-flowers

Headed to DC, local florist chosen for White House Christmas decorating team - Clarksville Now

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Local florist Kassie Peterson is headed to Washington DC, where she will join the White House’s decorating team in preparing for Christmas.Peterson opened her shop, Kassie Kay Floral Designs, on Franklin Street in June of this year. She applied to to be a volunteer White House decorator in September and was selected in October.“That was a reach goal for 2020 for me. It’s something that’s been on my radar for several years, but it hasn’t been able to work out to get selected for it,” said Peterson.Peterson says that her style as a florist is rooted in her Southern upbringing. She loves romantic, seasonal arrangements.For the White House project, Peterson will be working with the White House’s team to bring their Christmas vision to life. She will be in DC all next week.In 2019, the White House halls became a forest of lit Christmas trees with red and white flowers, a design Peterson said she was a big fan of. She particularly liked the inclusion of trees from across the US“I have definitely s... https://clarksvillenow.com/local/headed-to-dc-local-florist-chosen-for-white-house-christmas-decorating-team/

Canceled fundraisers leave surplus of poinsettias as Fairfield, Manchester florists seek new markets - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Benner said. “Pretty much, churches aren’t active. We do school fundraisers, and a lot aren’t even open.”As the canceled events mounted due to the coronavirus pandemic, the locally-owned florist is trying to pivot and market the plants.Poinsettias — a mainstay this time of year — are on sale the week after Thanksgiving, but that was already planned. The plants retail between $4.99-$44.99.Sunset co-owners Kenneth Ellis and Cathy Hebert said they could have fundraisers for various local organizations.At Longfellow’s Greenhouse in Manchester, wholesale sales for poinsettias are down about 50%, according to General Manager Will Longfellow. Longfellow’s experienced the same thing as Sunset with fundraisers.Retail sales are up for poinsettias at Longfellow’s, and they usually sell the most after Thanksgiving.“People are really getting into the decorating mood this year,” Longfellow said. “I’m surprised how well we did in the spring. I’m not surprised right now because that’s how it’s been. The whole year has been busier.”A variety of poinsettia plants brighten the path for Harlan Benner of Sunset Flowerland and Greenhouses as he walks through the business Wednesday in Fairfield. The family owned and run business has a surplus of 1,000 poinsettia plants. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo Longfellow’s has a few dozen varieties of poinsettias. In 2019, they sold between 5,000 and 6,000 in retail and more than ... https://www.centralmaine.com/2020/11/26/canceled-fundraisers-leave-surplus-of-poinsettias-as-fairfield-manchester-florists-seek-new-markets/

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