Add to Your Labor Day Celebration with Flowers

Labor Day weekend is sort of the official end to summer even though the fall season doesn’t kick off until September 22nd. Yet, it’s that last three-day weekend to enjoy a short break away from work and school. San Diego Events Over the Labor Day Weekend In San Diego, we have lots of exciting events going on to enjoy this weekend: The US San Sculpting Challenge and Dimension Art Exposition takes place September 2-5 on the beaches near downtown. Festival of Sail is September 3-5 and offers the largest tall ship festival on the west coast. It’s hosted by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, providing all types of activities for adults and kids, arts and crafts vendors, a beer garden and tons of food options. The Annual Barona Powwow takes place September 2-4 and includes a weekend of contest dancing along with cultural immersion. Saying Goodbye to Summer Flowers Unfortunately, it’s time to say goodbye to summer flowers, but the good news is that they are on sale while supplies last and fall flowers will be arriving in the next few days. Here are some highlights from our summer flower collection that you can enjoy over the Labor Day weekend and into the last weeks of summer: Del Mar Sunflowers includes sunflowers, ocean blue delphinium, alstromeria and more. Sunflower Fun includes a dozen sunflowers that have been accented with folded aspidistra leaves for a unique look. Suns and Seeds includes California sunflowers along with other garden flowers and some packets of sunflower seeds to grow your own. Garden Sunset features sunflowers, Peruvian lilies, summer fillers and roses. It’s available in two different sizes. Sunflowers of San Diego includes sunflowers, delphinium, alstromeria, yarrow, Monte Casino asters and more in a clear [...]

2016-09-03T19:57:32+00:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: Labor Day|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Add to Your Labor Day Celebration with Flowers

Two Great Reasons to Send Flowers: Kiss and Make-up Day and Just Because Day

There always is a good reason to send flowers, especially during the month of August with so many special days. Remember that is National Romance Month plus August 25-31st is Be Kind to Humankind Week. Additionally, Kiss and Make Up Day is August 25th and Just Because Day is August 27th. All of these special days are intended to provide a positive message to others about how we should all treat each other every day. Whether it is to someone who has had a tough day or is struggling in their lives or you just want to make others smile, flowers definitely do the trick. Check out these stunning gift ideas for these special August days: Cabernet Coast offers premium roses and phalaenopsis orchids along with greenery and seashells. La Costa Purple includes purple tulips, mokara orchids and hydrangea along with roses, spray roses and Asiatic lilies in different hues of pink along with aralia leaves and eucalyptus in a pink jewel vase. Pacific Beach Perfection has orchids, hydrangea, greenery and flowers along with bright cayenne roses. Garden Celebration offers lilies, lisianthus, hydrangea and roses along with stock, larkspur, and spray roses. Extravagance has hydrangea, phalaenopsis orchids, succulents, roses and calla lilies in a vase with lily grass and stones. You can order by phone, in our San Diego flower shops, or through our website as well as come in and create your very own special bouquets or flower arrangements by working with our floral design team. Make a special moment for a lifetime with our flowers and gifts!

2016-08-24T15:26:11+00:00August 24th, 2016|Categories: Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Two Great Reasons to Send Flowers: Kiss and Make-up Day and Just Because Day

Celebrate National Smile Week In San Diego

The second week of August has been designated as National Smile Week, which is a way to encourage a positive outlook to help everyone around us feel great about themselves. When you smile, science has found that it helps lower your blood pressure and alleviate stress and anxiety. So, if you can make others smile, you are helping them to be healthier and happier. At our San Diego flower shops, we have some great flower arrangements to choose from that are guaranteed to make your recipient smile. Here are some great ideas to gift others during National Smile Week: Suns and Seeds is a new flower arrangement that offers California sunflowers and other garden flowers arranged together with some sunflower seed packets. Mood Changer is sure to bring a smile with hot pink roses, green cymbidium orchids, orange mini roses and succulent cuts. These are arranged in a leaf-lined glass cylinder. Special Someone offers pink roses, spray roses, and gerbera daisies along with red gerberas and ranunculus arranged pave style in a leaf-lined glass vase. Garden Sunset includes sunflowers, Peruvian lilies, roses, and summer fillers in a glass vase. We offer two sizes for this summer flower arrangement. Garden Beauty has hydrangea, roses and spray roses, lavender and orchids. The Roses and Gerbera Daisies Bouquet has assorted roses and gerbera daisies with yellow solidago and assorted greenery. It comes with nine, fourteen, or nineteen stems. The Blooming Garden Basket offers a combination of blooming plants and orchids that are set to last for years with only minimal maintenance. Other items that can bring smiles include balloons and balloon bouquets, chocolates, stuffed animals, gift baskets, seasonal gifts and greeting cards. You can also custom create your own bouquets and flower arrangements by [...]

Say Thank You with Flowers, Plants, or a Gift from Our San Diego Flower Shop or Website

There are those occasions where we want to thank someone for what they have done for us. While many people often send a thank you card or just say thank you after they’ve received the help, sending flowers, a plant, or other gift is a nice gesture to really express how appreciative you feel. Our San Diego flower shops and website are here to help you find that perfect way to say thank you to someone locally or even across the country. Here are some gift ideas that show how thankful you are: Great Gerberas is a bright and colorful way to say thank you with a variety of locally grown gerbera daisies in multiple colors displayed in an inspiration vase. La Jolla Sunset offers Asiatic lilies, roses, miniature gerbera, and Viking spray chrysanthemums in shades of orange and yellow arranged in a clear glass vase. Dior Blue has blue and white hydrangea with cream roses, hypericum, and thistle within a square glass vase. White Lilies and Orchids is a sophisticated display of white lilies, roses, and orchids. The Treasure Garden Basket features an array of plants and blooming plants, such as a pink kalanchoe, hypoestes, green nephthytis, and Boston and Maidenhair ferns all arranged in a round wicker basket. The Blooming Garden Basket has a variety of blooming plants and orchids, which are low maintenance but can enjoy years of enjoyment when properly cared for. Succulents in Stone is a bowl of California-grown succulent plants, which are also low maintenance and can last a long time. You can order these and other options online or by calling our San Diego flower shops or visiting any one of our San Diego florist locations. Our San Diego flower shops also have balloons, [...]

2016-08-01T20:23:09+00:00August 1st, 2016|Categories: Thank You Gifts|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Say Thank You with Flowers, Plants, or a Gift from Our San Diego Flower Shop or Website

Not Sure What Flowers to Get? We Can Help!

While you may know you want to get flowers for a friend or family member or maybe even a client or colleague, picking the right ones can be the hardest part. However, it doesn’t have to be because your local florist like us, your favorite San Diego flower shop, can help you select the perfect flowers for each occasion. One of the best places to start looking, especially if you want to do it on your own time, is our website. Here, we have done a lot of the work for you to narrow down your choices and make it easier. First, we offer a list on our website of occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, new babies, and more that include recommended flower arrangements that are appropriate for those special days. Within each category there are many styles and prices to choose from to further ease the challenge of finding the right flower arrangement or bouquet. Second, we have a menu category called flowers, which allows you to shop by the type of flower. This helps if you know your loved one likes roses or is enamored with tulips. We show you all the various types of flower arrangements that feature this desired flower. Third, we created a bestsellers category so you can see what other people like to give and order for their loved ones. Sometimes, what’s popular is an easy choice for you to give to someone else because you see what the trends are right now. Fourth, you can simply shop by budget and see what works for you that way. Whatever you choose, we include a picture and description so you see exactly what you are getting, which should make it easy to pick the right one for [...]

2016-07-26T16:40:22+00:00July 26th, 2016|Categories: Flowers|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Not Sure What Flowers to Get? We Can Help!

Summer Flowers Add Color and Texture

You can change up the look of your entire house just by adding seasonal flowers like those available from our San Diego flower shops for the summer. This gives you an affordable way to add texture and color to a room like a family room, gathering room, or kitchen without redesigning the entire look of your home. And, when the summer season is over, you can then change it up with fall colors. Until then, we have a number of great examples of summer flower arrangements from our summer flower collection that is sure to fit your style, design and color choices, and budget. Check out these summer blooms: Garden Sunset comes with sunflowers, Peruvian lilies, roses and summer fillers and is displayed in a glass vase. This has a country feel. Another relaxed, yet beautiful, summer flower arrangement is the Roses and Gerbera Daisies Bouquet. It comes with assorted roses, gerbera daisies, yellow solidago and greenery. You can opt for nine, 14, or 19 stems when you place your order. Purple Pride is a sophisticated floral display with cream roses and royal purple Monte Casino asters and lisianthus arranged with greenery in a glass vase. Mood Changer is a bright and unique floral display with hot pink roses, orange mini roses, green cymbidium blooms and succulents in a leaf-lined glass cylinder. Special Someone is a true beauty and offers bold shades of pink and red with roses, spray roses, gerbera daisies and ranunculus arranged pave style in a leaf-lined glass vase. Garden Beauty offers roses, spray roses, orchids, lavender and more in a stunning floral arrangement. You can also come into our San Diego flower shops and buy summer flowers in bulk to create your own special flower arrangements or [...]

2016-07-21T21:38:40+00:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: Summer Flowers|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Summer Flowers Add Color and Texture

Offering Southern California’s Favorite Tulip Arrangements

Next to roses, tulips are one of the most beloved flowers and a true favorite in San Diego with the tulip farms found in nearby Carlsbad. We tend to sell a lot of tulips at all of our San Diego flower shops because our customers love how they look, including the bright colors. They also like that they last quite a long time and that they are easy to care for. We offer a wide selection of tulips in various colors (white, light pink, hot pink, yellow, red, orange and purple just to name a few) and styles of flower arrangements as part of our tulip collection, which is available in our San Diego flower shops as well as online through our online flower shop. Here are some of the beautiful tulips we offer: Amazing Tulips offers four groups of 15 multicolored tulips in vibrant shades. This offers a fresh bouquet of 60 blooms in a vase. It creates a truly stunning effect. Tulips Together features a trio of tulip bunches. Each bunch contains ten tulips and has been tied with bear grass. The three colors include purple, red, and yellow and are displayed together in a rectangular glass vase. Vivid Tulips Bubble Bowl contains 20 tulip stems in a bubble bowl. Tulips in Love is a tulip arrangement that brings together red roses and pink tulips in a breathtaking way that shows your love for that special someone. One of the most vibrant color choices is purple. Holland Purple Tulips shows off these beauties in a vase that’s been wrapped with a purple satin ribbon. Our tulips are available for order by phone, in our San Diego store, or online through our online flower shop. The tulips make a perfect [...]

2016-07-12T21:43:03+00:00July 12th, 2016|Categories: Tulips|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Offering Southern California’s Favorite Tulip Arrangements

Celebrating Special Days in July

Beyond the 4th of July celebrations and other special events, the month of July is filled with special occasion days that are celebrated each year. Many of these special days in July have to do with celebrating certain family members who have shown us love, mentored and protected us, and enhanced our life. In July, the special family-oriented days include: July 24 is Cousin’s Day and Parents’ Day July 26 is Aunt and Uncle Day July 30 is Father-in-Law Day While it’s good to give them a card or other gift that tells them just how much you appreciate them, we also think that summer flowers make for a special gift. Since July is peak season for summer flower season, all of our flower arrangements feature a wide array of these bright, beautiful blooms. Here are some great gift ideas for these special family celebration days in July: Cymbidium Sophistication has three fresh-cut cymbidium orchid sprays arranged in a modern vase. This long-lasting gift will be a reminder for months to come beyond the special day in July. La Jolla Tropics has birds of paradise, heliconia, red ginger and yellow oncidium orchids along with a variety of tropical foliage. It’s a true work of art. White Peony Elegance offers shades of white and cream with peonies, tulips, and hydrangea. Allen’s Peony Garden is a bright collection of peonies and roses along with hydrangea in a leaf-lined cylinder vase. Summer Sunflower Cube is a contemporary cube vase filled with sunflowers, alstromeria, and delphinium. Yellow Sunshine offers white and yellow blooms like roses, snapdragons, lilies and more. La Costa Purple is a regal display of purple hydrangea and Mokara orchids along with hot pink roses, light pink Asiatic lilies, and pink spray roses. [...]

2016-07-01T17:06:19+00:00July 1st, 2016|Categories: Summer Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Celebrating Special Days in July

Summer Flowers Have Arrived Just in Time!

Summer starts today – Monday, June 20th. We’ve got a large supply of summer flowers from our trusted flower partners locally and internationally. It’s time to start thinking about how to decorate for all those upcoming summer celebrations, including patriotic flowers for the 4th of July. Here are some of our summer favorites now in stock along with some examples of the types of summer flower arrangements available: Roses With June as National Rose Month, this summer favorite offers a beautiful way to celebrate the summer. You could get a patriotic set of color-dipped roses or create some stunning arrangements for your home or a special occasion like these: Feel the Love is bursting with color. There are bright rose colors like yellow, orange, pink and red along with greenery in a clear glass vase. You can choose from flower arrangement sizes that contain 12, 18, or 24 roses. Yellow Roses provides 12 or 24 bright yellow premium roses mixed with solidago and greenery in a clear glass gathering vase. It is like a container of sunshine that is sure to cheer the recipient or brighten a room in your home. Orchids Another beautiful flower to enjoy in the summer is the orchid. We have many varieties to choose from: The Deluxe Dendrobium Orchid Vase is a clear triangular vase that is filled with tall orchid blooms. It’s a dramatic look! Prestige has roses, hydrangea, tulips and oncidium orchids arranged in a vase. It’s a sophisticated and glamorous flower arrangement. Tropical Flowers The warm and humid weather also makes it an ideal time to enjoy some tropical flowers: La Jolla Tropics offers towering birds of paradise, heliconia, ginger and yellow oncidium orchids along with a variety of foliage. San Diego Paradise [...]

2016-06-20T15:14:16+00:00June 20th, 2016|Categories: Summer Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Summer Flowers Have Arrived Just in Time!

National Gardening Exercise Day and Best Friends Day

June is a great month already full of birthdays, wedding, graduations and Father’s Day. On top of that, there are other special days designated in June that call for a gift or display of flowers, blooming plants, and/or green plants. These special days include National Gardening Exercise Day on June 6th and Best Friends Day on June 8th. Both days offer a way to celebrate Nature and the idea of working together to create something beautiful whether it is a garden or a friendship. Both need nurturing and watering to develop into something sustainable. To help you celebrate these special days in June, consider these ideas from our collection that can be found in our San Diego flower shops as well as online through our website: The Treasure Garden Basket contains pink kalanchoe, hypoestes, green nephthytis, and Boston and Maidenhair ferns arranged in a round wicker basket. The Blooming Garden Basket has a combination of blooming plants and orchids that can last for years to come with minimal maintenance. The Orchid Garden Deluxe has lush green and seasonal blooming plants with a premium phalaeonopsis orchid in a stone bowl. Succulents in Stone also comes in a stone bowl but contains a wide array of California succulent plants. Mood Changer offers hot pink roses, orange mini roses, green cymbidium blooms and succulents in a leaf-lined glass cylinder. Garden Sunset contains sunflowers, Peruvian lilies, summer fillers and roses in a glass vase. There are two sizes available. Sunflower Garden focuses the bright sunflower and accompanied by lilies, roses, alstromeria, stock and more in a cylinder vase. This is just a small example of what we offer. More is available online and in our San Diego shop flower locations. You can also buy in [...]

2016-06-01T21:06:43+00:00June 1st, 2016|Categories: Friendship Day|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on National Gardening Exercise Day and Best Friends Day
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