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Technicolor explosion of wildflowers springs from epic snowpack in Colorado's high country - The Colorado Sun

Blooms are popping up in unusual numbers from the prairies of the Eastern Plains to the San Juan Mountains.That is not only because it was a wet winter. It is also a matter of timing. When the snows melt later, some of the perennials tucked under the snow make a delayed appearance. That is why the many wildflowers that come out in stages in a normal year, are all blooming at once.“To me, everything looks much more vibrant,” said Christine Kassar, a Salida author and photographer who has written two guides to wildflower hikes in Colorado and the Southern Rockies.It’s not technically a ‘super bloom’Derya Senol photographs a Colorado columbine with her iPhone on the Shadow Pine trail in Flying J Ranch Park near Conifer. Columbines normally blossom in early June, but can be found all summer long at varying elevations. Wildflower viewing opportunities abound along trails in the Open Space and Mountain Parks near Denver. (Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun)So, can this year’s profusion of Colorado flowers be called a “super bloom,” like the mega-flora phenomenon that drew hordes of petal peepers to southern California early this spring? The answer is, “no.” Colorado is having a year of superb blooms, but technically it doesn’t qualify as a super bloom — no matter that the term is turning up on social media. Super bloom only applies to what happens in a desert when the seeds of multiple flower species that have been lying dormant in the arid soil all of a sudden wake up and bloom at once. And this year is definitely going down in the books as a late year, meaning July visitors to wildflower haunts will have more to ooh and aah over than usual.img src="https://coloradosun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/07/krakel-wildflower-collage.jpg?w=1024" alt class="wp-image-41004" srcset="https://coloradosun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/07/krakel-wildflower-collage.jpg 6348w, https://coloradosun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/07/krakel-wildflower-collage.jpg?resize=300,186 300w, https://coloradosun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/07/krakel-wildflower-collage.jpg?resize=768,476 768w, https://coloradosun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/07/krakel-wildflower-collage.jpg?resize=1024,635 1024w, https://coloradosun.c... https://coloradosun.com/2019/07/04/colorado-wildflower-hikes-super-bloom/

Business in bloom - Hollister Free Lance

Christin, who owns Fox Creek Events, has been the event planner for Fox Creek Ranch for the past three years.Now, she has ventured out by opening her own flower shop, The Flower Girl, in San Juan Bautista on Feb 1.With the help of consultant, Michelle Roberson, Christin has learned the “tricks of the trade,” she says.But she hasn’t needed much help with the business aspect of her store.Both Christin and her husband, Greg Burda, have been owners of La Casa Rosa in San Juan Bautista for more than a year.And in the process of completing the restaurant renovations, Christin had a vision of putting a flower shop behind the restaurant. Greg, however, suggested to open a shop sooner than later.“He said, ‘Let’s look for some space in town right now and do it right now,” she says. “So I said, all right, let’s just do it!”Greg says it didn’t take long for Christin to get the business up and running.“A few phone calls and internet searches and BAM, she is in business,” he says. “I love that she saw a need and came up with a plan to fill it. The shop is a perfect addition to the little town. I am so proud of her and her undertaking—she is fearless.”The San Jose native, who has lived in Hollister since 1997, always had affinity toward event planning. As a stay-at-home-mom, she took pleasure in planning school fundraisers and parties for her children, Bradley and Amanda, now 22 and 21.“I just love putting parties together,” she says.Working in restaurants, and at the Santa Clara Convention Center, gave her the hospitality experience she needed to begin coordinating events for Fox Creek Ranch, which is owned by Laurie and Florian Barth.“I helped Laurie with a couple of weddings that she already had set up,” Christin explains. “After that first year, she said, ‘I don’t want to do any of this—I just want you to do all of it.’”Christin accepted the challenge.And by taking it, a new business opportunity opened up for her at The Lemon Grove, which was recently opened on Southside Road in Hollister, and owned by Ty and Janet Lompa.Christin says, at the request of the Lompas, her company has taken over their events as well.And now, she has a new business with The Flower Girl—a shop with something for everyone.For locals, she has fresh flowers in bunches, where people can pick out ...

With the right placement and little care, hydrangeas can make your Kentucky garden pop - Courier Journal

PG hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata "Grandiflora." In the South, it was all about the big blue/pink mop heads, Hydrangea macrophylla. And then, of course, there was the one you bought at the florist on Mother’s Day.But the world of hydrangeas has come a long way since then.Let’s start off with the florist hydrangea. Bred to be the peacock of the hydrangea world, these come from generations of breeding with H. macrophylla (bigleaf hydrangea) genetics. They have been hybridized for years to produce a big, bold and bodacious display of color. They are dosed with growth regulators to keep them compact, and their production timing has been honed down to a science that would make a Swiss watchmaker proud. They’re just not garden plants.These show-offs haven’t been bred for landscape disease resistance, soil tolerance or anything else but obscenely large blooms and richly saturated colors. There’s nothing wrong with them at all. You shouldn’t feel the need to hide your Mother’s Day gift under your raincoat as you walk to the car for fear that some judgmental garden columnist will see you and call you out in public. But they are best thought of more as long-lived cut flowers than as garden plants.You may like: A life-long love for 'weird' plants means our columnist is extra excited about 'Sun King'Then there are the bigleaf hydrangeas that actually survive in the garden. These H. macrophylla selections — same species as the florist hydrangea — have actually been developed to live as garden plants. They have the sa... https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/home-garden/2020/05/08/hydrangeas-give-your-kentucky-gardens-ample-variety-color/3047641001/

New Jersey Woman Delivers Flowers To Hospital Staff And Patients To Say ‘You Are Not Alone’ - CBS New York

One Franklin Lakes woman is working tireless to bring life to hospitals that have seen so much despair.Former nurse Amy O’Hara, along with Colony Florist and Red Bliss Design, has started the “You Are Not Alone” campaign, bringing flowers to doctors, nurses and patients at hospitals all over the Tri-State Area.“They’ve been talking about what a war zone it has been at the hospitals. They’ve been telling me about what it’s like for the patients. They’re in these rooms alone, they’re not allowed visitors,” O’Hara told CBS2’s Chris Wragge. “I thought this might brighten up their day and let them know we’re thinking of them.”O’Hara always loved the quote: “If you want a rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”“The nurses have really enjoyed passing them out. It’s kind of like they’re bringing in something happy,” she said.CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICShe has delivered over 1,000 flowers, with no plans to stop.It’s a lot for any one person. Luckily, she has some helpers at home.“My sweet husband cuts all the ribbons for me, and then the kids they thread the tags, and then I tie them all and make the deliveries,” said O’Hara.That husband she speaks of is Super Bowl champion Shawn O’Hara, of the New York Giants – n... https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/05/01/new-jersey-woman-delivers-flowers-to-hospitals/

Winston Flowers is closing three retail florist shops - The Boston Globe

A Valentine's Day arrangement from Winston Flowers.Dominic Chavez/Globe Staff/fileWinston Flowers said Thursday that it would permanently close three of its retail florist shops, including one in Boston and two in the suburbs, citing economic losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The stores closing include one on Federal Street in Boston’s Financial District, as well as stores in Hingham and Concord. The Boston store has been open for more than a decade.Retail flower shops were deemed non-essential businesses at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak and were required to shutter in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Governor Baker allowed florists to reopen for business for online sales for Mother’s Day and Winston Flowers reached peak capacity for Mother’s Day orders in Boston, Greenwich, Conn. and New York City.AdvertisementBut for florist businesses that rely so heavily on foot traffic and in-store sales, it seems even a surge in online orders was not enough to ensure they could stay in their physical locations.“Over the past three months, the floral industry, like many other industries, has been impacted tremendously,” owners Ted and David Winston wrote in an email to... https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/business/winston-flowers-is-closing-three-retail-florist-shops/

Marietta Square florist asks for help after brazen midday theft - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Florist K. Mike Whittle’s shop sits just off the Marietta Square, beside First Baptist Church, across the street from St. James Episcopal Church and down the block from First Presbyterian Church. Someone who came into the shop on Monday apparently missed the bit about thou shalt not steal. Whittle told police that he walked out of his office into the shop’s main area and discovered a man behind the counter about 12:25 p.m. The man told Whittle several times “I didn’t take nothing,” then rushed out. Whittle was able to take several photos as the man exited the building, then discovered cash missing from the register. “I think he had scoped the place out,” Whittle said Tuesday afternoon, just as Loud Security Systems was completing a major upgrade. The man appeared to be keeping an eye on a staircase, and was surprised when Whittle emerged from an office to the side of the main lobby.“I said, ‘Excuse me, what are you doing?’” Whittle said. “I don’t... https://www.ajc.com/news/marietta-square-florist-asks-for-help-after-brazen-midday-theft/jcV2sbS2Rx0K6sDYUwMLrM/

Spokane-area florists say Mother’s Day business is better than usual - The Spokesman-Review

For local florists, May is typically a busy month with graduations, weddings and Mother’s Day. But when the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shift graduations online and engaged couples to postpone weddings, some florists anticipated a drop in business. That hasn’t happened. “People are are spending a lot more on their moms this year,” Terri O’Connor, owner of Rose & Blossom, said, adding the floral shop’s website has seen a 200% increase in sales compared to May 2019. “It’s crazy busy.”O’Connor, who operates Rose & Blossom floral shops in Spokane and Spokane Valley, thinks the uptick in sales could be, in part, because customers can’t take their mothers out to brunch this year as restaurants remain closed amid the statewide stay-home order.People also are buying local instead of through national florists, O’Connor said. “I think this year, too, there is an extra need to be cheered up,” she said.O’Connor said the rise in business this year is a surprise because her storefronts are... https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/may/09/spokane-area-florists-say-mothers-day-business-is-/

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