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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

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!

adminMWL2015-06-25T20:33:30+00:00June 25th, 2015|Categories: Summer Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses|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

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 [...]

adminMWL2015-04-13T18:10:54+00:00April 13th, 2015|Categories: Administrative Professionals Day Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego florist, San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flowers|Comments Off

Celebrate Easter with Bold and Pastel Colors

Are you ready for Easter Sunday on April 5th? Allen’s Flowers and Plants is your go-to San Diego florist for Easter flower arrangements, Easter lilies, and Easter centerpieces. From bold and bright colors to pastel hues, our Easter flower collection has something for everyone this Easter. Bold Easter Decorations There are many ways to dress the Easter brunch table if you plan on having people over, including a wide range of Easter centerpieces that reflect your style and fit your budget. Here are some ideas: The Sweetest Blooms Bouquet is a bold and vibrant flower arrangement that features fuchsia roses and yellow Asiatic Lilies along with yellow and white traditional daisies, green button poms and fresh greenery. It is hand arranged in a clear glass vase and accented with a satin hot pink ribbon. Great Gerberas has hot pink and red gerberas, miniature hot pink and orange gerberas and yellow seeded eucalyptus in a stunning vase. Easter Centerpiece is a round centerpiece with a taper candle and an egg as well as yellow daisies, monte casino, and pink carnations. The European Spring Centerpiece features roses, lilies, alstroemeria, poms, waxflower and other spring flowers and seasonal greenery. Pastel Easter Flower Displays and Gifts If you prefer more delicate hues, we also offer many pastel Easter flower arrangements and blooming plants: An Easter Lily is a way to capture the special spiritual message of Easter to enjoy throughout the spring season. We offer them as a single lily plant or a double lily plant. Each comes in a wicker basket with a bow. Easter Egg-citing is a special flower arrangement with lilies, trick green, dianthus, carnations, poms and other spring flowers in a glass vase filled with festive plastic Easter eggs. This is [...]

adminMWL2015-04-03T00:07:40+00:00April 3rd, 2015|Categories: Easter Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Easter flowers San Diego|Comments Off

Celebrating the Arrival of Spring with Farm Fresh Flowers

Spring has officially arrived in San Diego and we are enjoying glorious weather throughout the County. What better way to toast the beginning of this season of renewal than to enjoy some spring flowers? Of course, like every season of the year, this spring is also filled with birthdays, anniversaries, and new babies as well as special events like baby showers, bridal showers, spring parties, and spring weddings all of which can be enhanced by spring flowers and the artistry of our floral design teams at each of our San Diego flower shop locations. We’ve got a whole new fresh collection of flower arrangements for you to enjoy this spring, including those with favorite spring flowers like tulips, hydrangea, roses and more. We feature fresh lilacs from nearby Julian as well as other local flowers from our sustainable flower farm partners. We also offer custom spring flower as well as hydrangea plants and other blooming plants, succulent plants, orchid plants, green plants, and Easter gift baskets. Our flower and gift delivery service includes all of the San Diego area as well as the country and world. Order now to take advantage of great prices and to ensure arrival for that special occasion, including Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Many of our spring flower arrangements are now on sale, offering you exceptional value and incentivizing you to buy more flowers to give as gifts as well as to decorate your home or office. And just a quick shout out about a recent honor we received. The Downtown San Diego News readers just voted us the best downtown florist. We are honored to receive this award and plan on continuing to live up to that reputation with fresh and exciting floral designs, excellent [...]

adminMWL2015-03-16T15:29:20+00:00March 16th, 2015|Categories: Spring Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Easter flowers San Diego|Comments Off

Share the Beauty of Tulips on Plant a Flower Day

As a florist, we not only love flowers, but we also appreciate where they come and recognize the importance of giving back to make sure there are plenty of flowers for future generations. All of our flower farm partners are committed to sustainable farming practices to minimize the use of natural resources and maintain the delicate balance found in our eco-system. Helping Sustain Flowers You can do your part this Thursday, March 12th on Plant a Flower Day. Whether you work in your own garden, planting seeds and planting flowers or you go volunteer in a community garden found throughout San Diego or you go enjoy the blooms at local parks throughout San Diego, take time on this special day to recognize the value of flowers and the responsibility we have to make sure they are here for future generations to enjoy. Send Farm Fresh Tulips on Plant a Flower Day While there are all kinds of flowers that make a great choice for Plant a Flower Day, such as daffodils, roses, orchids, lilies, and more, we’d like to focus on tulips. They’ve just recently arrived in our San Diego flower shops, signaling the start of spring. Our farm fresh tulips come in an array of colors, including white, yellow, pink, orange, purple and red. They also come in many sizes so you can pick the number of blooms to include. Other flower arrangement options include mixing tulips with other stunning flowers. Of course, you can also come into any of our San Diego flower shops and work with our floral design team on creating a custom flower arrangement with tulips and more. All of our tulip arrangements and tulip bouquets are hand arranged in gorgeous vases and containers and then [...]

adminMWL2015-03-11T01:43:37+00:00March 11th, 2015|Categories: Tulips|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flower delivery, san diego flower design|Comments Off

Flower and Gift Ideas for Employee Appreciation Day and International Working Women’s Day

This week offers two ways to let those talented people in your life know that you appreciate and value their efforts. First, there is Employee Appreciation Day on Friday, March 6th followed by International Working Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8th. These special days honor others and help to motivate and inspire through a positive approach to other people’s contributions to work, life, and society. While it’s nice to tell these special people how great they are, it’s even better to give them something that shows how you feel. To help you celebrate these two special days, here are some floral ideas to get you started on what is available to show your appreciation, including a wide range of styles, colors, sizes, and, of course, prices. La Jolla Elegance comes in a tall glass vase and offers a unique hand arranged variety of white callas, white hydrangea, and green cymbidium orchids. It’s breathtaking! Prestige is a luxurious flower arrangement that includes such premium flowers as tulips, hydrangea, roses, and oncidium orchids. Bronze Calla Lily shines with bold colors as these miniature bronze calla lilies with equisetum stalks are arranged in a square glass vase. Del Mar Sunset offers a stunning combination of roses, tulips, lilies and hydrangea in a leaf-lined glass vase. La Jolla Garden provides a pretty and proper flower arrangement of white hydrangea, stock, lisianthus, pink Oriental lilies, red roses, pink sweet pea, seeded eucalyptus, and hot pink miniature roses. Bromeliad Beauty delivers a stunning red bromeliad plant in a brown cube for something unique. Purple Rain is full of purple flowers like hydrangea and roses along with hot pink spray roses and shite freesia. We can also make custom flower arrangements or deliver special gourmet gift baskets with [...]

adminMWL2015-03-02T20:50:23+00:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Employee Appreciation|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses|Comments Off

Saying Thanks after the Holidays with Fresh Floral Gifts

With the New Year in full swing, you might be reflecting on the incredible gifts you received over the holidays, including any unexpected gifts from clients, staff, the boss or loved ones. Why not start the year off right with that resolution to be more thoughtful and send a sweet gift of thanks in the form of a beautiful flower arrangement or gift basket? Here are some ideas to get you started: FRAIS DU JARDIN French for “Fresh form the Garden,” the name of this stunning floral arrangement is beautifully reflected in the brilliant, beautiful French compact floral design, which features luxurious blooms in lime green, hot pink, and white hues. Large cymbidium orchids are surrounded by premium hydrangea, peonies, roses and tulips along with trailing ivy that have all been gathered tightly within a leaf-lined, cylindrical vase filled with river rocks. LAVISH LOVE Radiant red roses and spray roses are arranged along with pretty in pink Asiatic lilies within a stylish glass vase. What a great way to show your love and appreciation! A SWEETEST BLOOMS BOUQUET The Sweetest Blooms Bouquet offers color and vibrant energy to exclaim your thanks. Beautiful fuchsia roses and yellow Asiatic Lilies are set against a bright backdrop of yellow and white traditional daisies, green button poms, and fresh greenery. GARDEN BEAUTY Send an abundance of thanks and appreciation with this stunning work of art that is comprised of premium floral varieties, including hydrangea, roses, spray roses, orchids, lavender and more. ALLEN'S ORCHID EXCELLENCE This is a most impressive mix of cymbidium and dendrobium orchids that ha been arranged with elegant tropical greenery within a leaf lined glass vase. SWEET SAN DIEGO Pink Oriental lilies, tulips, larkspur and gerberas, lavender and red roses, white hydrangea, [...]