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Gifts For National Good Neighbor Day

Whether we know our neighbors or not, it's a good idea to take a moment and let them know you appreciate they are there. And, if we don't know them, a great day to get started on building a relationship is September 28th. This is National Good Neighbor Day. Here are some gift ideas that are great icebreakers, fence menders, or thank you's from our San Diego flower shops and website: CELEBRATE! This bouquet is a bright and cheerful way to send your best to your neighbors. It contains hot pink roses, orange lilies, purple alstroemerias, and green button poms. Available in three sizes, the flower arrangement is accented with ribbon and the flowers are arranged in a leaf-lined glass cube. BRIGHT AS DAY Celebrate your neighbors with this festive floral display that features orange Asiatic lilies and alstroemeria, sunflowers, lavender stock, and pink roses. LA JOLLA SUNSET This flower arrangement offers a beautiful combination of seasonal flowers, such ass Asiatic lilies, button chrysanthemums, roses, and alstroemeria in an array of orange and yellow hues presented in a clear glass vase. RUSTIC BROMELIAD PLANTER Neighbors may also enjoy a gift of a green or blooming plant. This gift idea features a colorful bromeliad plant and other green plants in a rustic tin container. TREASURE GARDEN BASKET This gorgeous round wicker basket is filled with stunning green and blooming plants. Based on availability, this might include a pink kalanchoe, hypoestes, green nephthytis, and Boston and maidenhair ferns. MINI ORCHID GROUPING This gift offers three small orchid plants that you can split up and gift to three neighbors or give them all to that special neighbor. Each arrives in a unique clay pot. GOURMET FRUIT TRAY Other options for Good Neighbor Day include gift baskets. The [...]

flyline content2018-09-24T13:31:52+00:00September 24th, 2018|Categories: Events|Comments Off

Celebrating Indoor Green Plants and Fall Flowers

The third week in September is officially National Indoor Plant Week. This is a time to appreciate the beauty and health benefits that green plants offer us, including cleaner air. Also, September 22 is the official start of the fall season, which brings special events along with a change in the weather. Our San Diego flower shops have plants and fall flowers ready for your event, special occasion, or just for decorating your home or office. Here are some ideas to celebrate both September events: ZZ PLANT This plant is one of the easiest plants to take care of even if you are not good with plants. The ZZ Plant requires little to no natural light and manages to continue growing even when you forget to water it. LEMON-LIME DRACAENA This is another green plant that is very easy to maintain. You can get it in a white glass container, rustic tin, or contemporary woven basket. EMERALD GARDEN BASKET A green spathiphyllum arrives in a natural wicker basket. CROTON A croton is displayed in a burgundy footed planter. SANSEVIERIA GEOMETRICUS The Sansevieria is also known as a Snake Plant or Mother-In-Law's Tongue. This easy-going plant requires little to no natural light. It's also considered to be a natural air purifier! DIEFFENBACHIA GEOMETRICUS Dieffenbachia is part of the tropical flowering plant family. It is displayed in a geometric concrete container. JADE PLANT IN CONCRETE This green plant is presented in a contemporary concrete pot. SUCCULENT GARDEN TIN Four succulents arrive in a rustic designer tin. And, then there was fall. While we are still getting our fall flower collection together, here is a peek at one of the many beautiful fall flower arrangements we offer: DEL MAR SUNSET This modern floral design [...]

Celebrate Grandparents Day on September 9th

Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 9th. This is the perfect day to spend with them. Or, even if you can't, be sure to call them and check on them. They have cherished you all your life so it's important to show them this same love, especially as they may get lonely. Here are some gift ideas for Grandparents Day from our San Diego flower shops and website that are available for delivery throughout the San Diego area, including residences, care facilities, and San Diego hospitals: CORONADO SUNSET This stunning floral design includes roses, sunflowers, hydrangea, and scabiosa. There are also bark and greenery in the leaf-lined vase. RUSTIC ROSES Your grandparents will love this combination of red roses and purple cymbidium orchids in a metal container. WHITE GARDEN This beauty contains white hydrangea, calla lilies, and roses along with green hypericum and greenery in a gem-lined crystal vase. SPECIAL SOMEONE A leaf-lined glass vase offers pink roses, spray roses, and gerbera daisies that are combined with red gerberas and ranunculus in a pave style. ORANGE SPLASH This petite flower arrangement includes three cayenne roses, lime green hydrangea, and a San Diego succulent accented by seeded eucalyptus. ZIG-ZAG SUCCULENTS There are also many green and garden baskets that your grandparents may enjoy, especially if they like gardening. This one contains three succulents in a zig-zag white ceramic container. SUCCULENTS AND DRIFTWOOD Give an array of locally grown succulents and kalanchoes. This design also features driftwood. Everything is displayed in a circular glass bowl. TREASURE GARDEN BASKET This beautiful basket contains a pink kalanchoe, hypoestes, green nephthytis, and Boston and maidenhair ferns in a round wicker basket. ORCHID ELEGANCE - 5 SPIKES This orchid display features five spikes of Phaleonopsis orchids in a black bowl. These are long lasting and easy to [...]

flyline content2018-09-07T18:51:08+00:00September 7th, 2018|Categories: Grandparents Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Celebrating September Birthdays with Bold, Beautiful Floral Designs

It's a new month, which means many more special celebrations like birthdays to account for among your friends and family members. We have a festive collection of birthday flowers that your recipients will love like these beauties: FASHIONISTA SAN DIEGO As one of our most popular flower arrangements, this floral design features pink roses, purple mums, white daisies, and more. Plus, it is available in three sizes. CELEBRATE! Every birthday calls for a celebration, and the floral colors in this bouquet scream birthday wishes. There are hot pink roses, orange lilies, purple alstroemerias, and green button poms along with ribbon accents in a leaf-lined glass cube. This floral display also comes in three sizes. GARDEN BEAUTY This floral display offers the look and feel of a freshly picked bouquet from your garden. It has hydrangea, roses and spray roses, orchids and other premium flowers. BIRTHDAY BLAST BOUQUET WITH BIRTHDAY MYLAR BALLOON We also have some great birthday packages that include flowers and a festive birthday balloon. This bouquet includes stargazer lilies, spray roses, gerbera daisies, alstroemeria, and blue hydrangea along with seasonal greenery. It arrives with a Birthday Wishes Mylar balloon (birthday mylar balloons vary weekly). FLY AWAY BIRTHDAY INCLUDES MYLAR BALLOON Enjoy a vivid floral bouquet with orange roses, yellow alstroemeria, red carnations and miniature carnations, yellow daisy spray chrysanthemums, and purple statice in a cobalt blue vase. It comes with a birthday balloon with a range of designs to choose from based on availability. SAN DIEGO BIRTHDAY BOUQUET This birthday bouquet has roses, lilies, alstroemeria, poms and more arranged in a clear glass vase that has been tied with raffia. With it, your loved one will receive a festive birthday mylar balloon. FIESTA Your birthday party celebrations can be sent [...]

flyline content2018-09-04T15:10:02+00:00September 4th, 2018|Categories: Birthday|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Celebrate Labor Day with Flowers

Labor Day weekend is September 1st through 3rd. This is a time to enjoy the last of the summer by having one more barbecue, swim, and backyard party. Enhance the ambiance with the last of the summer flowers as well with our gorgeous floral displays from our San Diego flower shop locations like these that show the transition from summer into the fall season: SUNFLOWER SIMPLICITY Choose from six, nine, or twelve sunflowers that are then combined with yellow accent flowers and arranged in a clear glass vase. This is a great idea for a centerpiece for a Labor Day party. SUNS AND ROSES This festive floral display includes sunflowers, roses, and Mokara orchids. SUNFLOWERS OF SAN DIEGO Our floral design team has gathered flowers like sunflowers, delphinium, alstroemeria, yarrow, and monte casino asters into a bunch floral design style and placed them in a clear glass gathering vase that's been tied with raffia. CORONADO SUNSET This bold flower arrangement contains roses, sunflowers, hydrangea, and scabiosa. These flowers are accented with bark and greenery and then arranged in a leaf-lined vase. 50 SUNFLOWERS Enjoy an incredible luxury floral display that features 50 sunflowers in an arrangement that is over three feet tall. BRIGHT AS DAY This summer bouquet includes orange Asiatic lilies, dark orange alstroemeria, yellow sunflowers, lavender stock and pink roses. BURGUNDY BLUSH While still bold, this flower arrangement offers a subtle homage to the approaching autumn. It includes burgundy cymbidium orchids, antique hydrangea, blush gerbera daisies, ivory roses, and other florals in a wooden box. Check out more beautiful ideas for your Labor Day celebration on our website or by visiting our San Diego flower shop locations.

flyline content2018-08-27T14:00:57+00:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: Labor Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Celebrating Friendship

The third week of August is Friendship Week. It's the time to celebrate friends near and far by letting them know how much you appreciate them. And, you can find the time to get together or send a special gift. This week also has some other special days. On August 21st, it's Senior Citizen's Day. Then, on August 25th, it's Kiss and Make Up Day. Both are days to be thoughtful and think of other people in your life. Here are some great gift ideas to celebrate all three special events: FLOWERS THAT EMPOWER A great idea is to give a special flower gift that also pays back to the community. Our Flowers That Empower program is a philanthropic effort to help local organizations in San Diego. Each month we offer a new seasonal arrangement and then donate 20% of each arrangement that is sold to a local non-profit Each arrangement comes in three different sizes and available for delivery throughout San Diego and most of the country. Recently, we partnered with Reality Changers. This San Diego non-profit transforms lives by providing youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the academic support, financial assistance, and leadership training to become college graduates. You can learn more at RealityChangers.org GREAT GERBERA DAISIES A cheerful way to celebrate friendship or give someone a reason to smile is this bright variety of colorful gerbera daisies, which are delivered in a contemporary clay vase. SUNFLOWER SIMPLICITY Choose from an arrangement of six, nine, or twelve sunflowers. These tall flowers are arranged with yellow accent flowers in a clear glass vase. SUCCULENT GARDEN Locally grown California succulents are arranged with a colorful kalanchoe in a clear vase for a truly unique look. MINI ORCHID GROUPING Three miniature phalaenopsis orchids in an array of colors [...]

flyline content2018-08-19T18:23:31+00:00August 19th, 2018|Categories: Friendship Week|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Flowers Bring Smiles and Romance

Flowers are a great way to bring a smile to someone's face as well as show your romantic side. While any time is a good time to do this, August offers some special occasions that make floral gifts something to do right now. August is National Romance Month, so it's time to show that special someone how much you love them. Plus, the second week of August is National Smile Week, so this is when you can do whatever possible to make someone else smile and feel good. Here are some special floral gifts that are a great way to recognize both August events: TO MY LOVE If this is your anniversary month, consider this stunning floral display that comes with an anniversary Mylar balloon. The flower arrangement features purple dendrobium orchids, white lilies, hydrangea, and roses. EVERLASTING LOVE Show the strength of your love with this garden floral design with southern hydrangea, stargazer lilies, snapdragons, stock and garden flowers that are arranged in a glass vase. PASSION This extraordinary luxury rose arrangement features dozens of 24-inch premium long-stem roses in shades of pink and red along with white hydrangea in a clear glass, 14-inch bullet vase. GARDEN BEAUTY Send your love in this premium floral display that overflows with hydrangea, orchids, lavender, and spray roses and roses. FEEL THE LOVE If you can't decide on what color of roses to send, then gift your special someone with this colorful display that features pink, red, orange, and yellow roses. You can choose from 12, 24, or 36 roses. LA COSTA PURPLE This stunning bouquet showcases purple hydrangea, Mokara orchids, hot pink roses, pink spray roses, and light pink Asiatic lilies along with eucalyptus and aralia leaves in a pink jewel vase. TROPICAL BLISS [...]

flyline content2018-08-12T14:19:06+00:00August 12th, 2018|Categories: Events|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, Best San Diego roses|Comments Off

Gifts For Summer Camp Counselors and School Teachers

Summer vacation is for kids is nearly drawing to a close with San Diego area schools starting August 27th. That means summer camp is finishing up and the new school year will kick off with new teachers. To thank those summer camp counselors and welcome your children's new teachers, then consider these flower and gift ideas: CELEBRATE! This is a bright and cheerful way to show your thanks. The bouquet includes hot pink roses, orange lilies, purple alstroemerias and green button poms along with ribbon in a leaf-lined glass cube. It comes in three sizes. SUNNY SAN DIEGO Bold primary colors highlight this seasonal mix of flowers arranged in a cube vase. LA JOLLA SUNSET This stunning floral display offers Asiatic lilies, button chrysanthemums, roses, and alstroemeria in orange and yellow hues that are then arranged in a clear glass vase. ROSES AND GERBERA DAISIES BOUQUET The Roses and Daisy Bouquet showcases assorted roses and gerbera daisies along with yellow solidago and greenery. There are three sizes to choose from, including Standard (9 stems), Deluxe (14 stems), or Premium (19 stems). GARDEN WONDER This is a colorful bouquet that offers a wide array of flowers in a garden style design. JADE PLANT IN CONCRETE This beautiful jade loves the San Diego sun and needs lots of it, so it's great for a sunny indoor spot or outdoor space. The plant is presented in a concrete pot. SUCCULENT GARDEN TIN This tin holds a snake plant as well as California-grown succulents. TREASURE GARDEN BASKET A pink kalanchoe, hypoestes, green nephthytis, and Boston and maidenhair ferns are displayed in a round wicker basket. BLOOMING CRATE This crate is packed with numerous green plants, such as succulents, along with some blooming plants. All of [...]

flyline content2018-08-05T18:20:37+00:00August 5th, 2018|Categories: Teacher|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Celebrate International Day of Friendship On July 30th

Friendships are something to be treasured, so they must be celebrated. A good day to do this is July 30th, which is the International Day of Friendship. Whether your friends are here in San Diego or anywhere in the world, there is no excuse. You need to tell them how much you love them. And, what better way to do this than with flowers? Here are some of the bright and cheerful ways to toast your friends: CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE This sunny floral and greenery arrangement offers yellow roses, green hydrangeas, a locally grown succulent, and other local seasonal accent flowers. SPECIAL SOMEONE This is a rose lover's dream arrangement. There are pink roses and spray roses as well as gerbera daisies, red gerberas, and ranunculus arranged in a pave style in a leaf-lined glass vase. GARDEN BEAUTY This garden style floral bouquet offers hydrangea, roses and spray roses, lavender, orchids, and green accents. RAINBOW SORBET This vibrant summer flower arrangement contains orange and pink roses, blue and green hydrangea, hot pink gerbera daisies and more. It is available in two sizes. SUNFLOWERS OF SAN DIEGO This brilliant summer floral display has sunflowers, delphinium, alstroemeria, yarrow, monte casino asters and more arranged in a clear glass gathering vase that has been tied with raffia. VIVACIOUS This stunning bouquet showcases hot pink roses, stargazer lilies, and gerbera daisies. CELEBRATE! Celebrate friendship with this brilliant floral display that contains hot pink roses, orange lilies, purple alstroemerias and green button poms. There are also many ribbon accents. Everything is arranged in a leaf-lined glass cube. It comes in three sizes.

flyline content2018-07-27T14:06:51+00:00July 27th, 2018|Categories: Friendship Day|Tags: best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses, flower delivery San Diego|Comments Off

Gifts and Flowers For Special July Celebrations

July is full of special days with many of them focused on family members. For example, there are Parent's Day on July 22nd, Cousin's Day on July 24th, Aunt and Uncle Day on July 26th, and Father-in-Law Day on July 30th. At our San Diego flower shops and through our website we have many great gift ideas to let these special family members know just how much you love and care about them. Here are a few gift ideas: GOURMET FRUIT TRAY This is an incredible presentation of fresh seasonal fruit along with a tropically-inspired fresh flower arrangement presented in a keepsake tray. Three sizes are available. BABY GIRL CRATE This is a great gift to celebrate the arrival of a new baby girl in the family or as part of your extended family. Premium hydrangea, long-stem roses, and dendrobium orchids are arranged in a wooden crate with a teddy bear and a baby girl emoji balloon. THE COMICON COLLECTION Our Comicon collection pays tribute to one of the biggest fan conventions in the world, which has been held in San Diego and focuses on comic books, graphic novels, films, books, and everything else in the science fiction genre. Numerous bright and bold flower arrangements are available that showcase the vibrant atmosphere around this San Diego event. FIESTA This festive flower arrangement includes premium flower types in some of the brightest colors available. RAINBOW SORBET This is another example of the brilliant hues offered as part of this flower collection. There are orange and pink roses, blue and green hydrangea, and hot pink gerbera daisies. FLOWERS THAT EMPOWER Another great gift for these special July days is our new philanthropic initiative called Flowers that Empower. Each month, we offer a new floral design that comes in [...]