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‘Princess Power’ is the official rose of the 2020 Portland Rose Festival - OregonLive

The people who put on the Portland Rose Festival’s spectacular display of spring events can also be counted on to deliver blooming good news in the depth of winter: The festival foundation has just announced ‘Princess Power’ as this year’s collector’s edition rose.This Hybrid Tea rose has a medium-long stem, flowers of white splashed pink with cream reverse and a mild fruity and tea fragrance.The medium-tall plant with dark, glossy green foliage by celebrated hybridizer Christian Bédard was introduced by grower Weeks Roses. It will be available exclusively at the Portland Nursery at 5050 S.E. Stark St. (503-231-5050) and 9000 S.E. Division St. (503-788-9000) beginning in early February.The cost is $29.99 (including free shipping) with the Portland Nursery donating $2 of each sale to the nonprofit Portland Rose Festival Foundation.‘Princess Power’ prefers full sun and is designed to bloom abundantly and continuously all summer. With excellent care it can live more than seven years, according to the grower.‘Princ... https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2020/01/princess-power-is-the-official-rose-of-the-2020-portland-rose-festival.html

How to Keep Flowers Fresh: 10 Hacks to Double How Long Your Buds Last - Realtor.com News

The most common cause of wilting for these blooms? Dehydration.“These bold, blousy blooms are heavy water drinkers,” says Leanne Kesler, president of Floral Design Institute, in Portland, OR.If they begin to fade and go limp, Kesler shares a surprising trick for reviving them. Replace the water in the vase with very hot water (near boiling) and a splash of bleach. Then recut the stems and stick them back in the vase.“Within an hour, the limp blooms will be revived,” says Kesler.You can use a similar trick for longer-lasting dahlias, says Tischler: Simply recut the stems at an angle and place them in about 4 inches of near boiling water in a vase and let them sit at least an hour.Consider the endsCertain flowers like poinsettias, asclepias, and euphorbia produce a milky sap when cut. To make them last longer (and prevent them from clouding up your water), dip the ends of the stems in boiling water or even (carefully) sear them with a lighter before adding them to an arrangement, says Thompson.Stand firmTischler has one more trick up her sleeve when it comes to keeping flowers fresh and firm, especially hydrangeas: alum powder. This can be found in the spice aisle of supermarkets.“It’s typically used in pickling to keep cucumbers firm, and will have the same effect for your hydrangea,” she says.Give the stems a deep, vertical cut first; then dip the stem in alum before sticking in a vase or floral foam. https://www.realtor.com/advice/home-improvement/how-to-keep-flowers-fresh-flower-hacks/

The Accidental Florist: Rooted in Guam, Murphy's floral business in Hawaii blossoms - The Guam Daily Post

By accident, of course.“I discovered my love for florals by accident,” said Drew Murphy, the Accidental Florist. “But what I’ve learned is nothing beautiful ever happens by accident.”For decades, Murphy was a mainstay in living rooms across the island sharing news stories. Now, living in Hawaii, he’s found a different way to do what he loves.“I was born to tell stories. I just tell stories now through a different medium, now I tell them through flowers.”Murphy moved to Oahu, Hawaii, over 10 years ago. He originally hoped to continue his career in broadcast journalism, but as fate would have it, he was asked to help as an events coordinator/florist for a friend’s corporate events team.“I didn’t know anything about being a florist,” said Murphy. “I had no floral experience.”The little experience he’d had with flowers was as a teenager on Guam watering his mother’s roses, which he hated. Murphy remembered being stuck with the responsibility while his siblings tended to his mother’s other plants.“Half the time we’d move the plants and kill them,” Murphy said while recalling the memory.So the idea of doing anything remotely creative with flowers was hard to imagine.Parental advice Remembering his parent’s advi... https://www.postguam.com/entertainment/lifestyle/the-accidental-florist-rooted-in-guam-murphy-s-floral-business/article_c1a031ae-31d7-11ea-b0f6-17e84f7ffe4d.html

Florist and plant lover wants to create more green spaces in the - News 12 Bronx

A Bronx florist and plant lover is making it his mission to create more green spaces and educate his neighbors about sustainability and urban agriculture.Christian Montero's passion for plants and flowers sprouted when he was very young with his grandmother. He says he likes expressing his feelings through flowers, growing his own food and educating his neighbors about it all. Montero is leading a mission to raise awareness and build communiy gardens to create a space for bees and monarch butterflies. "Concrete Jungle" is in efforts to grow fresh produce, beautify the Bronx and educate children and adults on sustainability. Montero says even the greenest borough needs more of these sacred spaces. Montero is finishing a nearly 50 pound floral installation that will be hanging from Wall Works on Saturday and he says it symbolizes the seed of this whole dream. Montero and his "Concrete Jungle" team will be at Wall Works on Saturday to tell Bronx residents about their goals and continue spreading... http://bronx.news12.com/story/40901311/florist-and-plant-lover-wants-to-create-more-green-spaces-in-the-bronx

Detroit's top 3 florists, ranked - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

Photo: Blumz...by JRDesigns/Yelp (Photo: Blumz...by JRDesigns/Yelp)Looking to check out the best florists around?Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top florists in Detroit, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture next time you're in the market for florists.Winter is the top season of the year for consumer spending at retail and wholesale businesses across the Detroit area, according to data on local business transactions from Womply, a provider of reputation management and marketing automation for small businesses. The average amount spent per customer transaction at Detroit-area retail and wholesale businesses grew to $64 for the metro area in the winter of last year, 2% higher than the average for the rest of the year.Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions.1. Blumz...by JrdesignsPhoto: BLUMZ...BY JR DESSIGNS/YelpFirst on the list is downtown's Blumz...by JRDesigns. Located at 1... https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2020/01/09/detroits-top-3-florists-ranked/

Independence florist will close, blames rising property taxes - KSHB

But someone may get that chance as Flowerama prepares to vacate the property, saying goodbye to customers and hoping its inventory goes fast. "It’s not just local florists over time becoming less and less," Sack said. "It’s also the independent jewelers, shoe repair shops, all these personalized businesses that over time will be very few."Sack said the property owners he's worked with for nearly 20 years filed an appeal with the county, but it was denied.They are paying the tax bill, which is due by Dec. 31, under protest. https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/independence-florist-will-close-blames-rising-property-taxes

31 Best Flower Delivery Companies Near Me—Flower Delivery Services - Parade

Stock)Best Flower Delivery Companies1. 1-800-Flowers1-800-Flowers offers same-day delivery from a local florist. If you’re a Celebrations Passport member, you won’t pay for delivery unless you select a Saturday or Sunday date. They also offer 10 percent cashback if you use Rakuten.2. 1st in FlowersOnline florist 1st in Flowers offers same-day delivery in the U.S. and Canada. You can also send flowers internationally using delivery from local florists in the recipients’ areas.Related: 11 Winter Flowers and Plants Perfect for Home Decor3. Amazon Curated Flower CollectionYou’re probably addicted to Amazon already, so take a gander at the Amazon Curated Flower Collection. If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, you can get free Prime delivery.4. Ava’s FlowersAva’s Flowers offers same day local delivery, and if you catch them on a lucky day, sometimes free delivery on all orders!5. BloomNationBloom Nation offers flowers hand delivered by local florists nationwide.6. Blooms By the BoxIn the mood to get creative? Blooms by the Box allows you to order wholesale and bulk flowers, greens and succulents to make your own floral arrangements, as well as DIY flower arranging advice for beginners.7. BloomsyBoxIf you really love someone, you can actually gift them flowers weekly or monthly with a subscription to BloomsyBox. Every week or month, your recipient will get a handpicked bouquet, as well as a guide to keeping their flowers fresh as long as possible. Bonus? BloomsyBox uses flowers from Veriflora and Rainforest Alliance certified farms, so it’s also a relatively eco-friendly present.8. Th... https://parade.com/978393/jessicasager/best-flower-delivery-companies/

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