April 16, 2010
Alliums
Everything That You Wanted To Know About By Felipe Bernal ALLIUMS Related to Onions, Garlic, chives, shallots and Leeks, Alliums (Ornamental Onions) are grown for…
April 9, 2010
Where is the Lilac Capital of the World?
California Dreamin' By Jason Edmonds Aside from Roses there is no flower quite as beautiful and aromatic as Lilac. Unfortunately, Lilacs bloom for only a very brief period in…
April 3, 2010
Statice in the genus Limonium
California Dreamin' By Jason Edmonds Statice Sinuata is a large group of plants in the genus Limonium, all of which have distinctive spiky flowers and…
April 2, 2010
Greeting’s From the West Coast!
Hello from the Flower Capital of the USA! Yesterday I was visiting some of our vendors out here and decided to check on our Statice grower. Let…
March 25, 2010
How Did We Get Here?
By Pete McBride Florist, Entrepreneur, Passion Seeker One day as a young boy my father was walking past the local florist in Brooklyn when he…
March 19, 2010
Eucalyptus and Calla Lily
California Dreamin'... By Jason Edmonds - Transflora EUCALYPTUS Several great Australian botanists were active during the 19th century, particularly Ferdinand Von Mueller whose work on Eucalyptus…
March 12, 2010
Stock and Daffodils
More of “Bob Wilkins quest for the best” out of California. These pictures were taken from the growing region that growers refer to as…
March 1, 2010
Teleflora’s Big Apple Unit Design Contest
Elle Mangano, owner of Family Florist located in Deer Park, NY informed us that two of her designers won 1st and 2nd place in the…
February 21, 2010
California Iris
Bob Wilkins quest for the best out of California brings him to one of the industry's major Iris farms in Oxnard California. They reported to…
February 5, 2010
Peony Season
The Chilean Peony Season has finished and the Israel Season is just starting. At this point Israel is at a bit of a stand still due to cold…
February 4, 2010
Greetings From the West Coast Again!
Hello again! Yesterday I visited our main California Snapdragon grower and am excited to report on what I saw. If only you could be here with…
February 3, 2010
Wedding Designs
This fireplace was in a bride’s house for her to take pictures in front of. It was encrusted with black magic roses & red amaryllis.…
