August 2015 - Allen's Flowers

Kiss and Make-Up Day and Just Because Day – Two Great Reasons to Send Flowers

Two special days are here – Kiss and Make-up Day on August 25th and Just Because Day on August 27th. These days are a great opportunity to make up with a loved one and let them know you are sorry the two of you disagreed while the other is to say you just don’t need a reason to tell someone how special they are to you. While you can send a card or some other gift, one of the best gift ideas is flowers. And, we have the freshest flowers from high-quality domestic and international flower farmers in the San Diego area. To get you started on what you can send, here are some examples of our flower arrangements: Crazy for You combines red roses with stargazer lilies, white snapdragons, and white hydrangea. Lavish Love has red roses and spray roses set amongst pink Asiatic lilies in a glass vase. Feel the Love is bursting with a rainbow of roses, including pink, red, orange, and yellow hues in a clear glass vase. It comes with 12, 18, or 24 roses. Love, Love, Love has one dozen red roses and six miniature white calla lilies and assorted greenery. Special Someone has many hues of pink, including roses, spray roses, and gerbera daisies along with red gerberas and ranunculus within a leaf-lined glass vase. Everlasting Love has hydrangea, stargazer lilies, stock, snapdragons and garden flowers within a glass vase. The Dendrobium Orchid Vase comes in triangular glass vase with numerous orchid blooms. All of these and more are available at all of our San Diego flower shops as well as online through our website. You can also call and order for delivery throughout San Diego and across the United States. Be sure to [...]

adminMWL2015-08-24T22:56:49+00:00August 24th, 2015|Categories: Gifts|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist, San Diego best flower arrangement, San Diego florist, San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Celebrating Friendships During Friendship Week

Every August, the third week in the month is dedicated to friendships for Friendship Week. All week, we can celebrate those amazing people in our life that are there for the good and the bad times, making us laugh, cheering us up, and adding that extra dimension to our life. While we may not always let them know, this is a good time to show them just how much you value that special bond you have. We have some great floral ways that you can tell those friends – near or far – just how much they mean to you: Mood Changer includes hot pink roses, green cymbidium orchids, orange ranuculus, and succulents in a leaf-lined glass cylinder vase. Sunny San Diego is a bold mix of primary colored flowers displayed in a cube vase. La Jolla Sunset features Asiatic lilies, Viking spray chrysanthemums, roses, and miniature gerbera in orange and yellow hues within a clear glass vase. Roses and Gerbera Daisies Bouquet has many bright and colorful roses and gerberas in three sizes, including the standard with nine stems, the deluxe with 14 stems, and the premium with 19 stems. Flower Fields of San Diego has roses, lilies, poms, alstromeria and more within a clear vase that has been wrapped in raffia. A Pink Polka Dot has pink spray roses combined with white daisy spray chrysanthemums in a pink vase that has been tied with a polka-dot satin bow. Beyond flowers, we also have green plants, blooming plants like orchids and hydrangea, and succulents that make great gifts for friends that are not into flowers or are allergic. You can also select from our collection of balloons, greeting cards, stuffed animals and more to express your friendship during National Friendship [...]

adminMWL2015-08-17T20:41:37+00:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: Friendship Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses|Comments Off

Celebrating National Smile Week

The second week of August has been designated as National Smile Week. When you see a smile, it often makes you smile so this celebration is designed to focus on the positive. You can celebrate with your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors. After all, everyone can use a smile. Check out these cheerful flower arrangements that are sure to garner a smile: Sunflower Garden bring together a cheery floral selection of roses, lilies, sunflowers, stock, alstroemeria and more in a cylinder vase. Peony Pleasure includes pink and white peonies that are combined with dusty miller in a cylinder vase. Symphony includes roses, orchids, tulips and pastel-colored hydrangeas along with curly willow. A Sweetest Blooms Bouquet has fuchsia roses and yellow Asiatic Lilies pop along with yellow and white traditional daisies, green button poms, and fresh greenery that are all arranged in a clear glass vase and accented with a satin hot pink ribbon. Roses and Gerbera Daisies Bouquet has numerous colors of roses and gerbera daisies accented with yellow solidago and assorted greenery. It comes in three sizes: Standard (9 stems), Deluxe (14 stems), and Premium (19 stems). Summer Sunflower Cube includes Top of Formsunflowers, delphinium, alstroemeria and more bright blooms in a contemporary cube vase. The best news is that so many are now on sale, providing extra value so you can spread more cheer this week. You might even get yourself something because you deserve a smile too! Just visit any of our San Diego flower shops or call or use our website to order today! Many of these feature summer flowers, but you can also stop by our San Diego flower shops and start considering some of the beautiful fall flowers that are now starting to bloom [...]

adminMWL2015-08-13T00:28:13+00:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: Summer Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Say Thank You with Flowers, Plants, or Special Expressions of Gratitude

One of the best ways we can show our gratitude and appreciation of others is with two small words: thank you. These small words hold a lot of meaning, especially since it seems like they are becoming rare. Keep the tradition of gratitude alive by always taking the time to thank someone whether it is a loved one, a colleague, a client or even someone who you just meant but helped you with something. All of our San Diego flower shops hold great ways to express this gratitude. Here are some ideas to get you started: Del Mar Sunflowers is a combination of bright ways to say thanks, including sunflowers, ocean blue delphinium, alstromeria and more. Garden Beauty has many flower varieties that all send your gratitude, such as hydrangea, roses and spray roses, lavender and orchids. Sweet San Diego has stunning blooms like pink Oriental lilies, tulips, larkspur and gerberas as well as lavender, red roses, white hydrangea, hot pink ranuculus, purple Monte Casino asters and stock all in a clear glass hurricane vase. Purple Pride has cream roses combined with purple lisianthus and monte casino asters in a glass vase. Great Gerberas celebrates this special flower by offering it in numerous colors, including hot pink, red, and orange along with yellow seeded eucalyptus in an inspiration vase. The Blooming Basket contains a purple African violet, yellow begonia, pink kalanchoe and white hypoestes in a round wicker basket. Combining the beauty of an azalea plant with fresh seasonal fruit, the Azalea and Fruit Basket provides many ways to say thanks. Right now, we have many of our summer flower arrangements on sale while supplies last. You can also create a custom flower arrangement to say a special thanks by working [...]