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Flowers are the Most Treasured Gift on Valentine’s Day

Albeit the most traditional Valentine’s Day gift, flowers hold that position because they are also the most treasured gift (diamonds may be a close tie, however!). Flowers offer so many ways to say, “I Love You.” There are many colors and varieties to choose from plus there are so many options designed to fit each person’s budget. Our Valentine’s Day flower arrangement collection illustrates why flowers are so loved with a number of unique floral designs and breathtaking displays like these: Crazy for You offers red roses, white snapdragons and hydrangea, and stargazer lilies. Our Luxury Valentine’s Day Assorted Roses offer an array of 24” premium roses in shades of red, lavender, and pink within a clear glass vase. Prestige includes oncidium orchids, hydrangea, roses and tulips for a luxury floral display. While our luxury roses come in all types of colors, this display of 48 stems in bright white along with exotic foliage and greenery really offers a sublime message of love. For something more unique, try Tropical Bliss, which includes exotic flowers like orchids, birds of paradise, anthurium, protea and hydrangea in a vase with seashells. Symphony includes roses, tulips, hydrangea and orchids hand arranged in a curly willow-lined glass vase. It’s that time of year again for tulips. Our Amazing Tulips flower arrangements offers four gatherings of 15 blooms for a total of 60 tulips in a glass vase. It’s an incredible flower arrangement! Remember that you can order early to take advantage of numerous promotions and special pricing as well as deliver early to turn the entire week leading up to Valentine’s Day into a special event. Of course, we will also be delivering on Sunday, February 14th throughout the San Diego area. Visit or call our [...]

Flowers for Valentine’s Day is the Perfect Gift

It’s hard not to love flowers. They surround us with their beauty and color. Flowers are soothing and provide a great message when given to another person. As a traditional Valentine’s Day gift, flowers remain as the top gift on this day of love We are ready for it is one of the busiest days of the years for us at our San Diego flower shops right after Mother’s Day. This year, we have ordered even more flowers than ever given the fact that we started receiving orders just after the New Year. Since Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, our delivery schedule will quickly fill up, so we suggest you also consider having flowers delivered on the day before Valentine’s Day. That way, you can turn the whole weekend into a celebration of love. To get your shopping done early, consider these highlights from our Valentine’s Day collection of flowers: While the traditional choice, it’s still a beauty that elicits oohs and aahs. These 24 Red Roses are arranged with baby’s breath in a vase and provide a touching way to show your love. Besides roses, tulips are another favorite flower for Valentine’s Day. Our Romantic Red Tulips are arranged in a vase that has been accented with red and clear gems. We also offer a combination of roses and tulips in our Tulips in Love arrangement so you give two of the most treasured flowers in one floral gift. Crazy for You offers roses, stargazer lilies, snapdragons and hydrangea all hand arranged in a beautiful vase. Lavish Love is an elegant gift of Asiatic lilies, spray roses, and roses in a glass vase. Everlasting Love shows this sentiment through hydrangea, stargazer lilies, stock, garden flowers and snapdragons [...]

adminMWL2016-01-18T23:32:55+00:00January 18th, 2016|Categories: Valentine's Day|Tags: Valentine's Day flower delivery San Diego, Valentine's Day flowers San Diego, Valentine's Day gifts San Diego, Valentine's Day roses San Diego|Comments Off

Our Valentine’s Day Collection is Here!

Even though Valentine’s Day is a month away, it’s time to get shopping and place your orders for Valentine’s Day while we are offering some special promotional pricing. You can also ensure you get exactly what you want and have your delivery time all picked out. Although we will be delivering on Sunday, February 14th, you may want to consider placing your order for an earlier day to turn the whole weekend into a special time for your loved one. To get you in the mood for easy and convenient shopping for Valentine’s Day that also includes the best quality and value for your money, check out these highlights from our latest Valentine’s Day collection. Valentine's Day Roses Let’s start with our roses, which are some of the best in the world and one of the reasons we are continually selected as one of San Diego’s favorite florists. Our roses come from flower partners in Ecuador where some of the best roses originate from because they are larger and fresher than others thanks to the incredible climate in that region. Our rose collection includes an incredible assortment of colors and arrangement styles. You can purchase them in any quantity – from one to a thousand and everything in-between. You can opt to select an arrangement that includes other flower varieties or you can create a custom Valentine’s Day flower arrangement. Other options include Valentine’s Day packages like The Romantic. It includes either one or two-dozen premium long-stem red roses as well as an 18-piece Godiva chocolate box, a Mylar balloon, and a teddy bear. Valentine's Day Luxury Flowers We also offer a Luxury Valentine’s Day collection of flower arrangements that are truly unique and are overflowing with some of the best [...]

adminMWL2016-01-12T18:13:16+00:00January 12th, 2016|Categories: Valentine's Day|Tags: Valentine's Day flower delivery San Diego, Valentine's Day flowers San Diego, Valentine's Day gifts San Diego, Valentine's Day roses San Diego, Valentine's Day San Diego|Comments Off

Our Flower Sale is a Good Way to Say Thanks!

In starting the year off right with an eye on value and being more thoughtful to others, we are here to help with some great promotions on certain flower arrangements that save you money plus provide a way to tell those service people and others who helped last year that you appreciate them. Here are some of the great flower arrangements that are on sale now while supplies last: Vivacious offers hot pink roses, pastel gerbera daisies, and stargazer lilies in a modern vase. Frais Du Jardin means “fresh from the garden” and it certainly offers some of the freshest roses, tulips, and hydrangea available along with ivy in a leaf-lined vase that has been filled with river rocks. Cymbidium Sophistication includes three cymbidium orchid sprays arranged in a modern vase. Garden Beauty has roses and spray roses, lavender, orchids and hydrangea arranged to create a stunning display of premium flowers. Prestige offers oncidium orchids, hydgranea, tulips and roses in a modern vase. The Orchid and Rose Duet is a sophisticated floral display of violet Mokara orchids and 24-inch premium long-stemmed lavender roses in a glass pillow vase. Garden Celebration has pink lilies and roses as well as purple hydrangea and lisianthus. Many of these examples offer discounts of up to $25! To order these special flower arrangements as a “thank you” gift, you can call or visit our San Diego flower shops or order through our website. Remember that if you also sign up for the Petal Rewards program you’ll be able to earn points on every purchase to use toward future discounts and special branded merchandise. We deliver throughout the San Diego area and across the country so now is the time to express your gratitude to others!

adminMWL2016-01-08T17:03:08+00:00January 8th, 2016|Categories: Thank You Gifts|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist, San Diego flowers|Comments Off

Holiday Party Decorating Services

Our events team is already working hard on numerous holiday parties throughout San Diego, including corporate events, office holiday parties, and personal Christmas socials. They are ready to help you create a magical winter wonderland, country display, or elegant black tie décor for whatever you have planned. Whether it’s decorative Christmas trees, garlands, wreaths, swags or centerpieces, consider us your source for holiday décor: Allen’s Elegant Holiday Centerpiece contains natural white kale, holiday greenery, and red roses. A Christmas Tradition Centerpiece has a red taper candle and ribbon surrounded by holiday greenery like pinecones as well as gold ornaments, mini carnations, and red carnations. The Royal Christmas Centerpiece has three gold taper candles, cream roses and spray roses, white alstromeria, gold ornaments, mesh ribbon, pinecones and Christmas greenery. Stars in the Night has red roses and spray roses, berry sprays, carnations, pinecones and other greenery. The Christmas Elegance Centerpiece has scented greenery, red and white flowers, three taper candles and holiday ornaments. Allen’s Celebration features red carnations, winter greenery, a pillar candle, ornaments and a red taffeta ribbon. Candlelight Christmas contains red amaryllis, roses, spray roses, golden pinecones and holiday greenery along with two pomegranate colored pillar candles. We recommend ordering as soon as possible, including any plans for New Year’s, so we can ensure variety and date.

adminMWL2015-12-21T22:47:07+00:00December 21st, 2015|Categories: Christmas Party, Christmas party planning San Diego|Tags: christmas centerpieces san diego, christmas flowers, Christmas flowers San Diego, christmas wreaths san diego|Comments Off

Holidays Also Mean Saying Thanks to Special People

The holidays are not just for friends and family. There are many other people that you most likely know that have helped you out throughout the year. These can include the mail person, your kids’ teachers, the gardener, housecleaner, pool technician and more. This is the perfect opportunity to say “thank you” for all that they have done. To help you with some beautiful floral ideas, here are some highlights from our holiday collection. The Holiday Basket contains a red poinsettia plant and white cyclamen along with bright green pothos and dieffenbachia. The basket is also wrapped with a plaid taffeta ribbon. The Christmas Red Poinsettia plant is a traditional symbol of Christmas and offers festive cheer to whoever receives it. Christmas Love has red roses and carnations along with white Asiatic lilies and chrysanthemums in a red glass vase. The La Mesa Christmas Bouquet contains white Asiatic lilies, mini carnations, red roses and red carnations along with white pine, Ming fern, and noble fern in a cube vase that has been lined with a ti leaf. Be Merry features red carnations and white miniature carnations with noble fir, white pine, holly inside a red glass cube. A Winter Wonder contains roses, button poms, hypericum and carnations along with a ti leaf ribbon, pinecones, and holiday greenery in a glass cube vase. Merry and Chic has cymbidium orchids, red roses and carnations, green button chrysanthemums, red ornaments and winter greenery in a cube vase. We deliver throughout the San Diego area. Please call and schedule your orders today during this busy season to ensure selection and delivery time.

adminMWL2015-12-13T22:46:47+00:00December 13th, 2015|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: christmas centerpieces san diego, Christmas flowers San Diego, Christmas gifts San Diego, christmas wreaths san diego|Comments Off

Getting the Holidays Rolling with Poinsettia Day

While you may already have your holiday shopping underway, it’s time to focus on the spirit of Christmas. A great way to do this is to pick out some poinsettia plants to celebrate Poinsettia Day, which arrives on Saturday, December 12th. Here’s what we have to offer plus some tips to keep your poinsettia plants festive throughout the holidays and beyond. Our Poinsettia Plants We have a range of sizes of poinsettia plants in red or white blooms. You can also create a nice gift basket with poinsettia plant with other blooming or green plants. Add a poinsettia plant to a gift basket that includes gourmet food or fresh seasonal fruit. Visit our San Diego flower shops, order online, or call in your order today! How to Care for a Poinsettia Plant To keep your poinsettia plants looking their festive best and even make them last until the next holiday season, here are some tips for caring for them: Keep poinsettia plant near sunlight window and maintain a temperature between 60 and 70 degrees. Don’t put the poinsettia plant in any kind of draft. Maintain a good level of humidity and water when the surface feels dry. Once the holiday season passes, here are some other things you can do to keep your poinsettia plants healthy and thriving: Continue to monitor the water, temperature, and sunlight for the poinsettia plant regularly. Fertilize in the spring and fall seasons. Put the poinsettia plants outside in the summer in partially shaded area. In July, pinch each stem back an inch to encourage branch development and fullness in the plant. Start putting the plant in the dark in the evening hours as of October to help control when it re-blooms. Stop the evening darkness [...]

adminMWL2015-12-11T19:56:27+00:00December 11th, 2015|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: christmas centerpieces san diego, Christmas flowers San Diego, christmas wreaths san diego, Poinsettia plants San Diego|Comments Off

Get Holiday Plans with Our Dazzling Flowers, Centerpieces, and Décor

Whether you come into any of our San Diego flower shops or order online, we make it easy to get your holiday plans taken care of, especially when it comes to trimming your home. This means access to centerpieces, bouquets, poinsettia plants, garlands, wreaths and even miniature Christmas trees. To help you get started on your holiday planning for décor or gifts, check out these items from our holiday flower collection: Thomas Kinkade’s Country Christmas Homecoming offers a hand-sculpted, hand painted country cabin surrounded by red spray roses, white button spray chrysanthemums, white sinuate static, noble fir, variegated holly and flat cedar. The Christmas Lilies Centerpiece contains white Asiatic lilies, red roses, spray roses, and winter greenery that are wrapped around a white pillar candle. Christmas Orchids offers a cylinder vase that has been filled with white dendrobium orchids and red berries. Candlelight Christmas features red amaryllis, roses, and spray roses along with golden pinecones and greenery that set off two pomegranate pillar candles. Be Merry has red carnations, white miniature carnations, white pine, holly and greenery in a red glass cube. A Christmas Tradition Centerpiece is a deluxe display of red carnations, mini carnations, gold ornaments and pinecones along with a ribbon and red taper candle. Don’t forget that we also do custom holiday centerpieces, flower arrangements, and bouquet for gifts, décor, and events and parties. Call us now to schedule a free consultation and let our expert floral designers create an incredible winter wonderland display for your home, office, or venue. Each of our three San Diego flower shops also feature more holiday displays and decor ideas as well as gifts, collectibles, greeting cards and more. Now is a great time to place your holiday order so we can [...]

adminMWL2015-12-02T20:50:28+00:00December 2nd, 2015|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: christmas centerpieces san diego, christmas flowers, Christmas flowers San Diego, Christmas gifts San Diego, christmas wreaths san diego|Comments Off

Preparing for Special Holiday Shopping Days

We are spending this week at all of our San Diego flower shops getting ready for some of the biggest shopping days of the year. These holiday shopping events include Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday where we will be open for our regular hours but offering a look at our holiday collection, holding demonstrations, taking orders for event and gift flowers, offering suggestions for holiday décor and giving you special discounts. Each of our San Diego flower shops will have extra staff on hand to take orders through this very busy time, including our floral design staff for custom holiday orders and special garlands, wreaths, miniature trees, floral centerpieces and more. Plus, our event staff is at the ready to handle flowers and holiday décor for Christmas parties, events, and winter weddings. Our open houses on Friday, November 27th and Saturday, November 28th will also feature demonstrations and special prices that you will not want to miss. You can also enjoy special holiday gifts and gift baskets, Christmas decorations, and greeting cards. However, we also want to ensure that our online customers who like to shop from home or their mobile devices will also be able to access promotional pricing and our new holiday collection. You will be able to shop for wreaths, garlands, mini Christmas trees, gifts, gift baskets, holiday centerpieces, flower arrangements and more. During these three special retail days, we will also be offering some great discounts and deals while supplies last. We understand you have a lot of gifts and décor to shop for so we want to make sure your money goes as far as possible. We look forward to seeing you in any one of our three San Diego flower shops during [...]

adminMWL2015-11-25T21:29:55+00:00November 25th, 2015|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: christmas centerpieces san diego, Christmas flowers San Diego, Christmas gifts San Diego, christmas wreaths san diego|Comments Off

Thanksgiving Events in San Diego

The festivities have begun for the winter holidays. First up is Thanksgiving with many fun events planned. San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival Already underway is the 11th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. It runs from November 5th until the 22nd. This five-day event draws food and wine enthusiasts from all over the country to participate in tastings and cooking demonstrations with some of the most famous chefs around. This delicious event occurs at many venues around San Diego with many in the downtown/Gaslamp District. The Mother Goose Parade The second great event for Thanksgiving is the 69th Annual Mother Goose Parade held on November 21st. This is an East County event within San Diego that includes celebrities, floats, clowns, bands, equestrian units and more. Come out and join the fun! Holiday Shopping Events Don’t forget that right after Thanksgiving also comes the biggest shopping events of the year. We will be hosting an open house at all of our San Diego flower shops on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Stop in to see our latest holiday collection of flowers, centerpieces, and gifts. You can also pick up your poinsettia plants and Christmas décor. We’ll have demonstrations and lots of goodies to enjoy! This is also a great time to put in your holiday orders so they are done and checked off what is most likely a very long list of things to accomplish for the holidays!

adminMWL2015-11-18T18:09:01+00:00November 18th, 2015|Categories: Thanksgiving|Comments Off