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Celebrating Our Special San Diego Fathers

Our online Father’s Day catalogue of gift ideas with flower arrangements, plants, and gift baskets for gifting Dad on Sunday, June 21st is up and ready for ordering with just a few days list before we toast Dad for all that he does for us. While you may plan on taking Dad out for the day or get him some high-tech gadget or addition for his man cave, don’t forget that even guys like flowers, plants, and goodie baskets. We’re here to help with some fresh ways to tell Dad just how much you love him. Father’s Day Gift Collection Not sure what type of natural gift your Dad might like? Here are some ideas to get you started, including some delicious gourmet gifts that are sure to win him over: The San Diego Succulent Cylinder is a terrarium that features some long-lasting beauty that Dad is sure to enjoy at home or in his office. Allen’s Anthuriums is a dramatic gift that contains 20 bright red tropical flowers with foliage in a leaf-lined vase direct from flower farms in Hawaii. We have a number of orchid plants that serve as a sophisticated, long-lasting reminder to Dad about how much you love him. Indoor green plants come in many sizes, varieties, and containers, which make the perfect gift for that Dad with the green thumb. He is sure to enjoy a green plant for his office or home. The Fruit and Crackers Gift Basket gives Dad some food for thought about just how much he is loved. This gift basket contains fresh seasonal fruit and gourmet savory foods. We also have balloon bouquets, gift cards, and other gift ideas available at each of our San Diego flower shops. Custom Father’s Day [...]

June is the Month of Roses

June is National Rose Month while June 12th is Red Rose Day. Both special occasions are a good excuse to enjoy roses for yourself, use them for an event like a wedding or party, give them to a loved one for a birthday or a “just because, or do all of the above. Did you know that roses are not only celebrated for their incredible beauty, but they are also helpful in other ways? Over the centuries, people have used roses for medicinal purposes, beauty regimens, and even for cooking. You can even find rose petals in crazy cocktail concoctions. We are partial to roses at all of our San Diego flower shops and our customers go crazy for them as well. We partner with flower farms in Ecuador that also supply roses to events like the Miss America Pageant. These are known for their beauty, petal count, and long-lasting life. For the month of June and Red Rose Day on June 12th, we have all types of roses to help you celebrate, including an incredible arrangement of 100 red roses! This over-the-top flower arrangement is sure to take someone’s breath away. Another beauty is our La Jolla Romance arrangement that has a dozen crème roses, lavender waxflower, and ivy in a glass vase. Other sizes are available that include up to two-dozen roses. San Diego Roses is a flower arrangement with lavender roses, pink roses, light pink roses and spray roses, and lavender spray roses along with green accents. Have your own idea for a rose arrangement? Come into any of our San Diego flower shops and work with our floral design team on a custom flower arrangement for an event or gift. We’d love to create something together! Plus, [...]

adminMWL2015-06-08T23:00:41+00:00June 8th, 2015|Categories: Roses|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses|Comments Off

News Coverage of Our Mother’s Day Event with Rady Children’s Hospital

As long-standing members of the San Diego community, we constantly look for ways to give back after receiving so much business and support throughout the years we have operated San Diego flower shops. While we do regular community activities like our program that allows you to contribute to local San Diego charities, we often look for other ways to make a positive impact. This past Mother’s Day gave us a great excuse to do something pretty big. Sure, it is our busiest day of the year and, yes, we had a record number of flower arrangements to create and deliver for Mother’s Day. However, our incredible team at all of our San Diego flower shops pulled together to pull of this extraordinary event. Partnering with Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego, we delivered 220 brightly colored, cheerful flower arrangements to each patient at the hospital so that they could ‘gift’ their mothers with flowers. Just because they were stuck in a room trying to recover didn’t mean they couldn’t let their Moms know just how special they are. We were excited to be a part of this special opportunity by helping to bring these mothers joy. All of the extraordinary flowers for these special Mother’s Day flower arrangements were provided by local San Diego flower farms in Carlsbad and Encinitas. We worked late into the night prior to Mother’s Day to get all 220 flower arrangements ready for hand delivery. When we arrived, we were greeted by hospital staff and the local San Diego news that later covered our efforts on the evening news. This was a great way to get the word out about just how much we love our San Diego neighbors, friends, and family.[wpvideo AYyXxDJ7] As part of [...]

adminMWL2015-06-04T18:40:16+00:00June 4th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Happy Memorial Day from Allen’s Flowers & Plants

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25th. This is the time to recognize all of those that we have lost in wars and battles around the world in which they fought incredibly hard to keep our freedom and protect our democracy. Whether you are taking part in a graveside service this Memorial Day weekend, participating in a Memorial Day parade, or celebrating at home with a block party and barbecue, remember these heroes and reflect on the reasons we should be patriotic. At all Memorial Day celebrations and remembrances, flowers add a special and beautiful way to show your patriotism. Here are some ideas to celebrate the Red, White, and Blue: A Patriot Tribute includes hydrangea, roses, miniature carnations, snapdragons, chrysanthemums and more in a mix of red, white, and blue hues within a white urn. Go Big with 48 red roses arranged with babies’ breath. You can mix it up by also using large arrangements of white roses as well as roses that have been tinged blue. A Grace and Love is an elegant white and red themed arrangement that includes gladioli, carnations, Asiatic lilies, myrtle, sword fern, and salal all hand arranged in a Noble Heritage urn. Patrior Spray is a standing wreath that offers white lilies and snapdragons, red carnations and mini carnations, and blue delphinium along with eucalyptus. Patriot Wreath is another standing wreath option that features blue hydrangea, red roses and spray roses, red gladioli, and white cushion spray chrysanthemums. Urn Tribute is a gorgeous white floral display of lilies and roses with curly willow and freesia. Along with these flower arrangement, bouquet, and centerpiece ideas for Memorial Day, you can also opt to create your own by visiting any of our San Diego flower shops and [...]

adminMWL2015-05-22T16:32:12+00:00May 22nd, 2015|Categories: Memorial Day|Tags: Memorial Day events San Diego, Memorial Day flowers San Diego, Memorial Day wreaths San Diego|Comments Off

Bring Spring Indoors with Holland Tulips

With tulip season in full swing, our San Diego flower shops have a wide range of tulips that help you decorate your home. As a versatile flower, tulips fit in every room of the house and come in an array of colors so that you can use this flower to complement all styles and décor. Tulip Colors Add color to a room with our tulip collection, which comes in bright hues like purple, red, orange and yellow. Or, to add an air of sophistication to a monochromatic room, we have snow white tulips to add to the elegant look. Tulip Containers Because tulips are so flexible, you can leave them tall and bunch them together in tall containers, lay them flat in a bowl of water with candles, or use mid-size containers to group them together. They look pretty in glass, ceramic, basket and wire containers because their unique look blends well with all types of styles. Add other features to the containers, such as river rock, willow, glass beads and leaves or even sliced limes or lemons to add further interest to the tulip display. Vases and containers can also be tied with ribbon or raffia to match the room’s décor and complement the tulip colors. Coordinating Flowers Tulips also show well when arranged with other types of flowers, including roses and hydrangea. Using tulips with an array of other flowers creates depth and texture to flower arrangements that are used on tables throughout the home. Our Selection of Tulips is On Sale! To celebrate the extensive amount of tulips we have from our Holland flower farm partners, tulips are now on sale while supplies last. Order online or visit any of our San Diego shops to get your tulips [...]

adminMWL2015-05-19T19:54:54+00:00May 19th, 2015|Categories: Tulips|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, san diego tulips|Comments Off

Prom Season in San Diego

It’s that time of year again for prom for all high schools in San Diego County, including Carlsbad, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar, and all other local San Diego communities. During this time, it’s a mad dash to find that perfect dress, great tux, and fun limo not to mention those prom flowers, including the corsage and boutonniere. There’s a lot to do to make this last dance of high school a memorable one for all involved and to create gorgeous pictures for Mom and Dad to cherish. To help you get the perfect prom flowers to match your style and budget, we have a wide array of corsages and boutonnieres to choose from at all of our San Diego flower shops. Common Prom Flower Questions Here are some answers to some common prom flower questions: Should the corsage match the dress? It is better to select a color that serves as an accent or complimentary color to the dress color. Since more corsages are now being worn on the wrist than pinned on, a contrasting color stands out more. What are big prom flower trends this year? Prom wristlets are in demand, including those with rhinestones, pearls, and jewels. They really are a great way to bling out the prom attire plus can be matched to any prom jewelry. Who orders the corsage? Traditionally, it was always that the man got the corsage and the woman bought the boutonniere. Today, though, it is more common for both to go together to pick them out or Mom gets the task of picking it all out. Custom Corsages and Boutonnieres In addition to our prom flower collection that includes corsages and boutonnieres made with such favorite flowers as roses, orchids, and gerbera [...]

adminMWL2015-05-08T23:54:19+00:00May 8th, 2015|Categories: Prom|Tags: boutonniere for prom San Diego, prom corsage San Diego, prom florist San Diego, prom flowers San Diego|Comments Off

Our New Luxury Collection for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day arrives on Sunday, May 10th. Have you started shopping for Mom yet? This is the time to do it with less than two weeks to go. While you may be making plans for a Mother’s Day brunch or some other way to give her the day off, Moms love flowers. They are that beautiful treat that they may not often purchase because it seems like an extra. This is the time to spoil her by giving her an extraordinary flower arrangement or bouquet that she may have never considered getting for herself. Our Mother’s Day Floral Collection We want to remind all of you that our Mother’s Day collection is available and features a selection of luxury flower arrangements this year. We define luxury as those flower arrangements that offer unique floral designs, premium flower varieties, and special containers that are designed to set these flower arrangements apart from anything else available for Mom. Luxury Floral Designs for Mom Highlights from the Mother’s Day Luxury Collection include: Perfect Peonies offers bright pink peony blooms hand arranged in an exclusive Couture Vase. These flowers are rare and often limited, so be sure to order now if Mom loves this flower. Garden Celebration offers two feet of blooms, including pink lilies, light purple lisianthus, purple hydrangea and pink roses that is sure to amaze Mom. Gaslamp Sensation features green and pink hydrangeas, green cymbidium orchids, hot pink and lavender roses, tulips and more in a large clear glass cylinder vase. Mother’s Grace is a stunning flower arrangement in shades of pink that includes such flowers as gerbera daisies, stargazer lilies, garden roses, alstroemeria, and snapdragons along with an abundance of greenery. La Jolla Elegance is a stunning display of sophisticated flowers, [...]

adminMWL2015-05-01T15:11:51+00:00May 1st, 2015|Categories: Mother's Day|Tags: Mother's Day flower delivery San Diego, Mother's Day flowers San Diego, Mother's Day gifts San Diego, Mother's Day roses San Diego, San Diego florist|Comments Off

Toasting San Diego Teachers

Whether it is a preschool teacher, middle school instructor, or college professor, teachers are special people that take on the challenging role of helping all of us learn and get skills, such as reading, writing, and critical thinking, which we will use the rest of our life. They inspire, motivate, and push to get us to be better and open our minds. These unsung heroes need to be thanked every day, but especially so when Teacher Appreciation Day on May 5th and Teacher Appreciation Week from May 3-8 come around. Now that those dates are nearly here, you may be wondering what you can get teachers to show how much you appreciate them. Here in San Diego, we have some ideas for local San Diego teachers that you appreciate them: AMAZING CYMBIDIUMS Stunning green cymbidium orchids with three to four spikes per plant are arranged in a stylish ceramic pot, offering a long-lasting way to stay thank you. HEAVEN AND HARMONY Light pink roses and white Asiatic lilies are presented in a clear vase. ZENSATIONAL As a unique presentation, this arrangement includes gorgeous green cymbidium orchids and ti leaves that are arranged within a 19" glass cylinder vase. ALLEN'S JOY This stunning flower bouquet includes white hydrangea, yellow roses, crème roses, yellow alstroemeria and peach carnations that are accented with fresh greenery and arranged within a contemporary glass cube. ORCHID GARDEN DELUXE This impressive gift includes lush green and seasonal blooming plants that are are combined with a premium phalaeonopsis orchid. This floral masterpiece comes accented with a bow and is arranged in a 16" diameter stone bowlBottom of Form These flower arrangements and green gift ideas, along with other gift ideas, including custom flower arrangements, are available at all of [...]

adminMWL2015-04-28T18:41:02+00:00April 28th, 2015|Categories: Teacher|Tags: San Diego florist, Teacher appreciation day San Diego, Teacher appreciation week San Diego, Teacher gifts San Diego|Comments Off

Prom Flowers, Corsages, and Boutonnieres

As the San Diego school year nearly draws to a close, it’s that time of year again to celebrate with the big dance. As a junior or senior, part of the fun is picking out prom flowers, including a corsage and boutonniere as well as flowers for the hair or a bouquet for that special date. You can select your prom flowers in any of our three San Diego flower shops, call, or order online. You get the convenience of hand delivery to your home on that special day to save you that one extra trip on top of going to the salon, alteration shop, and everywhere else that you need to go on the day of prom. To get you started on what you might want to have that matches or coordinates with your prom dress and tuxedo, here are some examples of what we can create for your special dance: CORSAGE DENDROBIUM PURPLE Enjoy a purple dendrobium orchid corsage wristlet with your choice of black, gold, silver or iridescent ribbon. CORSAGE DENDROBIUM WHITE ORCHID This stunning triple white dendrobium orchid corsage wristlet comes in your choice black, gold, silver or iridescent ribbon. CORSAGE RED ROSE This gorgeous triple red rose corsage wristlet can be accented with black, gold, silver or iridescent ribbon. CORSAGE WHITE ROSE This triple white rose corsage wristlet can be customized with black, gold, silver or iridescent ribbon. Top of Form BOUTONNIERE PURPLE ORCHID Matching perfectly with the corsage, this purple dendrobium orchid boutonniere comes with a choice of stem wrap that includes black, gold, silver or iridescent ribbon. This is just a small selection of what we offer for this year’s prom season. Any type of flower or color to suit your style or prom [...]

adminMWL2015-04-21T20:20:03+00:00April 21st, 2015|Categories: Prom|Tags: boutonnieres San Diego, corsages San Diego, prom flowers San Diego, San Diego prom flower delivery|Comments Off

Saying Thanks to the Admin Professional

While you may appreciate that administrative professional or team of admins every day for their hard work, efficiency, and commitment to getting the job done, there is a special time of year when it’s time to show it with a gift or other ways of saying thanks for the help. April 19-24 is Administrative Professionals’ Week and in the middle of this week is Administrative Professionals’ Day on Wednesday, April 22nd. While they may usually get gifts for you, this one is up to you, so we’re here to help you with gift ideas that you can order through our website, by phone to any of our San Diego flower shop locations, or by stopping by to order in person. Many of these showcase fresh seasonal spring flower varieties: LA JOLLA SUNSET This stunning flower arrangement contains glorious flowers like Asiatic lilies, Viking spray chrysanthemums, roses and a miniature gerbera in various orange and yellow hues within a clear glass vase. FLOWER FIELDS OF SAN DIEGO Inspired by the spectrum of color found in the flower fields of Carlsbad in San Diego Country, this flower arrangement is a tribute to the local area as well as Southern California. It contains roses, lilies, alstroemeria, poms and other flowers and greenery accents in a clear glass vase that has been tied with raffia. GERBER DAISIES AND DAFFODILS This is a bright and cheerful way to say thank you to an admin. It includes gorgeous gerbera daisies along with yellow Daffodils. It’s a perfect addition to a desk as a reminder of how much you appreciate them. SWEETEST BLOOMS BOUQUET The Sweetest Blooms Bouquet is a vibrant display of fuchsia roses and yellow Asiatic lilies along with yellow and white traditional daisies, green button [...]