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National Grandparents’ Day is September 13th

Grandparents are to be treasured for many reasons. For many years, they parented and loved you but are now focused on giving your kids as much love and attention as they can. Nowadays, many grandparents are caregivers, watching their grandkids as parents have to work. They provide advice, experience, and love that your kids need to shape them as they grow. For that, they deserve their own special day. On National Grandparents’ Day, which is Sunday, September 13th, it’s a good time to let them know just how much they are also loved and appreciated. We’ve got some great gift ideas that you can pick up in our San Diego flower shops or order from our website: Vivacious features hot pink roses, gerbera daisies in pastel colors, and stargazer lilies in a designer vase. Sunny San Diego is a colorful display of many types of flower varieties in a cube vase. Garden Beauty has hydrangea, spray roses and roses, lavender and orchids, creating a stunning floral display. Del Mar Sunset is a fall flower arrangement with roses, lilies, and hydrangea in a leaf-lined glass vase. Garden Sunset offers sunflowers, Peruvian lilies, roses and many summer flowers in a glass vase. La Costa Purple has purple hydrangea, hot pink roses, pink spray roses, mokara orchids and light pink Asiatic lilies combined with eucalyptus and aralia in a pink jewel vase. Whether they live in San Diego or anywhere in the country, we deliver these flowers and more, including plants, succulent plants, flowering plants, gift baskets, cards, balloon bouquets and more. You can order by calling or visiting any of our San Diego flower shops. Our website also makes it a snap to order something special for Grandparents’ Day!

adminMWL2015-09-04T13:52:01+00:00September 4th, 2015|Categories: Grandparents Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist, San Diego best flower arrangement|Comments Off

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 [...]

adminMWL2015-08-04T21:23:17+00:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Thank You Gifts|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego flower delivery, flower delivery San Diego, San Diego florist|Comments Off

Determining Which Flowers are Appropriate for Certain Occasions

While flowers are always a matter of personal preference in terms of variety and color, there are some good guides that can help you if you are not sure if a particular flower might be better for certain occasions. Here is a guide plus some examples from our floral design collection available through our online flower shop and all of our San Diego florist locations. Anniversary Focus on colors like pink and red, which represent love and passion. It’s best to stay away from yellow as it represents friendship. Of course, if your love happens to like yellow, then it is okay. Flower choices can include roses, iris, and lilies. Lavish Love featureTop of Forms red roses and spray roses along with pink Asiatic lilies in a stylish glass vase. Birthday This is the time for fun, festive colors that are bright. You can pick the birth flower for the recipient’s birthday month, such as larkspur for July and gladiolus for August or just simply get what you know your loved one enjoys. Happy Birthday Tulips and Balloons features a bright display of tulips in many hues along with a 'Happy Birthday' Mylar balloon. Funeral and Sympathy For funerals, blue, white, and green represent calmness and peach while orange and red is a way to celebrate life. Some flower choices include chrysanthemums, lilies, and roses. For sympathy, lilies, daisies, and roses are nice. However, if the sympathy flowers or funeral flowers are for a Jewish recipient, it is best not to give flowers because these are deemed inappropriate. Loving Lilies and Roses is a beautiful way to send your love and best wishes. It includes crème roses, white Oriental lilies, carnations, eucalyptus and more hand arranged in a container. Get Well [...]

adminMWL2015-07-27T15:48:46+00:00July 27th, 2015|Categories: Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses|Comments Off

Fresh-Cut Summer Flower Arrangements Add Color and Cheer to Any Room

While a San Diego day is pretty bright anyways, it could still use with more color and cheer by adding some fresh-cut summer flower arrangements to any room. Here are some ideas to decorate your home this summer: Sunflowers This bright and cheerful flower looks great in the foyer to welcome guests as well as in the kitchen with its rustic country look. You can also add sunflowers to a patio, porch, or balcony to welcome the morning sunrise. Bowl Full of Sun Diego is full of sunflower in a bubble bowl. Sunflower Fun offers a dozen sunflowers that have been accented with folded aspidistra leaves in a clear glass vase. Del Mar Sunflowers includes sunflowers, ocean blue delphinium, and alstromeria into a stunning display. Roses Roses make an elegant statement and work in more formal rooms like the dining room as a centerpiece or a library. They are also romantic and go nicely in a master bedroom or guest room. Exquisite Roses includes 36 long-stem roses and white hydrangea blooms with clusters of green hypericum berries in a clear glass vase. Blushing Rewards brings together fuchsia roses with pale pink spray roses, pastel pink hydrangea, and greenery in a glass vase. Allen’s 12 Premium Roses with Stargazers offers you the choice of 12, 24, or 36 long-stem roses combined with stargazer lilies and seasonal greenery in a clear glass vase. Mixed Flowers Incorporating a mixed bouquet in your home is a nice way to add numerous colors to a room and often work well in all rooms, including the family room or den, dining room table, kitchen, bathrooms, and foyer. Garden Beauty has orchids, lavender, roses, spay roses and hydrangea in a bright display of hues. Gaslamp Sensation green and [...]

adminMWL2015-07-21T23:38:16+00:00July 21st, 2015|Categories: Summer Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses, San Diego best florist, San Diego best flower arrangement|Comments Off

Southern California’s Favorite Tulip Arrangements

Tulips are a real favorite in Southern California, and Allen’s Flowers & Plants has numerous tulip arrangements that make great gifts for any special occasion or as a “just because.” These tulip arrangements also can be used for a wedding or event as well as special décor during the spring and summer seasons. Here is a roundup of our tulip arrangements: Tulips Together is a trio of tulips each bunched by colors that include red, yellow, and purple. Each bunch of tulips has been tied with bear grass and then displayed in a rectangular glass vase. Vivid Tulips Bubble Bowl contains 20 tulips from Holland. You pick the available colors and enjoy this fresh, vivid floral display. Amazing Tulips has four fresh groups of 15 multi-colored tulips, offering up a total of 60 blooms in one special flower arrangement. It’s a truly spectacular way to display tulips. Deluxe Fresh Holland Tulips offers up bright spring colors in a glass vase in available colors. On top of these favorite tulip arrangements, you can also opt to create your own tulip flower arrangement for a gift, décor, floral centerpiece and more by working directly with our floral design team at any of our San Diego flower shop locations. We get all of our tulips from local and international growers, ensuring the best quality flowers possible so that they arrive fresh and last as long as possible. We also hand arrange and hand deliver these tulip arrangements to make sure that your recipient receives the best possible flower arrangement. Be sure to get your tulips before they are gone as the season is nearing its end and soon we will be getting in many late summer and early fall flowers, including another store favorite: [...]

adminMWL2015-07-13T23:30:21+00:00July 13th, 2015|Categories: Tulips|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flowers|Comments Off

Flowers & Gifts for July Special Days

You may not realize it but July is full of special family celebration days. These include Cousin’s Day on July 24th, Aunt & Uncle Day on July 26th, and Father-in-Law Day on July 30th. Each is an opportunity to stop, reflect, and share what it is that makes these family members so special to you. Whether you are close by or far away, you can take the time on these days to send a gift of love and appreciation for your family members. To provide you with some beautiful ways to show how you feel on these three special days in July, here are some gift ideas: Vivacious is a bright celebration of hot pink roses, stargazer lilies, and pastel gerbera daisies in a designer vase. The Roses and Gerbera Daisies Bouquet is a stunning design composed of yellows solidago and greenery that accents the combination of roses and gerbera daisies. You can choose three different sizes with nine, 14, or 19 stems hand arranged in a glass vase. Flower Fields of San Diego highlights some of the many beautiful flowers found in the fields and flower farms near Carlsbad in Northern San Diego County. This flower arrangement has roses, lilies, poms, and alstromeria in a glass vase that has been accented with a raffia bow. An elegant green spathiphyllum is a beautiful green plant that comes to your recipient in a wicker basket. Our Basket of Joy contains two ivy plants and white and yellow kalanchoe within a round basket that offers a combination of flowering plants and greenery. While we have many types of orchids available, our Orchid Garden Deluxe is a spectacular way to send your love. It features lush greenery and seasonal blooming plants with a Phalaeonopsis [...]

adminMWL2015-07-09T14:46:01+00:00July 9th, 2015|Categories: Family|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flower delivery, san diego flower design, San Diego flowers|Comments Off

Summer Flowers to Celebrate 4th of July

With summer already in full-swing, it’s time to turn our attention to the biggest party of the summer, which is the 4th of July now only a couple of weeks away. To add a festive touch to your barbecue, block party, or get together, we have an array of summer flowers available in each of our San Diego flower shops. RED TULIPS LOVE Ten, twenty, or thirty romantic red tulips come hand arranged in a clear glass vase. These are a beautiful way to celebrate this holiday. PREMIUM LONG STEM ROSES Deliver two dozen of the finest Premium 60 cm long stem red roses available. Arranged in a clear vase, these roses are 100% guaranteed fresh and long lasting with 100% guaranteed satisfaction. These were the very same roses that came from the Ecuador farm that serves the Miss America pageant. Besides two dozen, you can also opt for smaller or larger quantities. CRYSTAL WHITE LILIES This stunning display includes a tall vase of 15 Oriental lilies that is great for décor or as party décor for the big Independence Day celebration. LA JOLLA ELEGANCE White callas, white hydrangea, and green cymbidium orchids are hand arranged in a tall glass vase. A PATRIOT TRIBUTE This is a beautiful mix of red, white, and blue flowers that include hydrangea, roses, miniature carnations, snapdragons, chrysanthemums within a white urn. Many of these flower arrangements are now on sale for the summer season while supplies last. You can combine these arrangements or even create your own custom patriotic flower arrangements for décor, party, or event. Call us, visit our San Diego flower shops, or order online!