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Use flowers when looking for love
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Wednesday, 18 November 09 - 12:37 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Flowers for Drying When we visited Colonial Williamsburg one November, we regretted not seeing the gardens when they were in bloom. But the beautiful dried arrangements in each home nearly compensated for what we missed. For as long as people have gardened, they have dried flowers to enjoy d...
Starting over again is not so hard with flowers
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Tuesday, 10 November 09 - 03:21 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Harvesting Dried Flowers For success with all methods of drying flowers, remember a few simple steps when harvesting. Pick flowers at the correct time in their development; before the color has faded and the petals begin to drop. Harvest in midmorning, after the night's dew has dri...
When your girl has gone - go see your florist
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Monday, 02 November 09 - 11:38 PM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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When should I send flowers? Pretty simple question right? Well it seems that it poses more of a problem than you might think for the majority of men. Now, in the context of just giving flowers to people for the loss of a loved one or bringing flowers to someone in the hospital most men have no pr...
A world without flowers is unthinkable
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Monday, 26 October 09 - 03:30 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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My dearest flower series - Muscari Few spring-flowering bulbs grow as well with as little care as grape hyacinths, and few garner the reaction that people expect when you send flowers Strathmore to someone you love, for the grape hyacinths’ many bright flowers make a remarkable impression. ...
What does the future hold for the local florist?
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Friday, 09 October 09 - 01:17 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Your florist should . . Store the flowers in an upright position for, preferably, no more than 2 days. If flowers are to be stored for more than 2 days, extra handling steps should be taken to assure good postharvest quality. Before selling the flowers, cut off the ends but leave the wrapping on ...
Can a florist improve your love life - well flowers can!
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Tuesday, 29 September 09 - 11:27 PM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Stem blockages A flower’s stem can become blocked, preventing it from taking up water and food. Cut flowers lose water through the stomata in the foliage (these can be likened to skin pores) and through petals. This is part of the process known as transpiration, and the lost water must be r...
When will this flower madness stop?
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Saturday, 12 September 09 - 03:59 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Preserving flowers Preserving fresh flowers with this technique enables you to use them as additions to photo albums, scrap books or picture frames. Many newlyweds utilize this after their weddings. By preserving fresh flowers from their special day they can place them in a frame along with a wed...
Use flowers to smooth the way in love
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Thursday, 13 August 09 - 04:33 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Roses That Are Not Roses Many plants having “rose” as part of their names are not related to the rose family of flowers Cabot at all, but are associated with it because of the shape or color of their blooms. The Christmas rose, for example, is an evergreen perennial whose white blosso...
It's an uphill struggle for local florists
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Thursday, 30 July 09 - 04:36 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Sunny Bulbs All spring bulbs like sun (full sun and as much of it as they can get) during and after flowering. But that is no reason not to plant them among trees, at least among deciduous trees, whose leaves generally will not have grown enough to shade the ground until after the bulbs have bloo...
Closing in on the perfect flower
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Thursday, 23 July 09 - 05:54 AM (GMT) By Brenda Sparrow in General |
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Love these flowers series - Cyclamen The large-flowered cyclamens, whose bright 2- to 4-inch blossoms beckon through Hampton florists windows during the winter months, are well known to most gardeners, but not everyone is as familiar with the charming little wild, or species, cyclamens that may b...
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