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How long should you wait for your flowers?

2009-11-24T01:36:02Z

Fun flower arranging Flower arranging can be an immensely satisfying pastime since it adds your very own personal touch making it more meaningful if intended as a gift, and certainly more satisfying if for personal use. Check your local florist...

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Walk back in to a life of flowers

2009-11-11T02:22:37Z

Drying flowers Perhaps it is a reflection on our own hectic lifestyles that we need lasting objects of natural beauty around us. The popularity of dried flowers and arrangements has remained constant for several years. Dried materials have an ...

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Set the heart fluttering with beautiful flowers

2009-11-04T01:35:02Z

A Based Heart One of the favourite funeral tributes is a heart, representing love and affection, especially from a close member of the family. It is often requested as a sympathy tribute from a husband or wife. The design shown here might be ma...

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Make your flowers last longer than your girlfriend

2009-10-30T00:39:55Z

Acanthus (bear’s-breech) Broad, deeply lobed, glossy evergreen leaves as much as 2 feet long make acanthus a stately foliage plant. Its dense, cylindrical spikes of tubular flowers unfold atop 3- to 4-foot stalks. Bear’s-breech is a very popular...

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open your heart and give flowers

2009-10-12T03:09:21Z

Preparing for Christmas Carefully thought-out and well-organized preparation is essential if you are to meet the needs of this busy selling time. Clearing stock rooms creates storage space for the Christmas stock. Tidy workrooms, offices, chi...

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Create your own future with flowers

2009-09-30T01:33:43Z

Feeling pressed? Pressing is the most popular form of drying fresh flowers. Flowers are neatly straightened and kept between sheets of paper and weighted. This ensures that the pigments are not lost and the color is retained. You can purchase a s...

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When florists attack - watch out

2009-09-14T02:33:02Z

The Stately Gladioluses Although dahlias and lilies have been long-time favorites in gardens and as cut flowers, the all-round champion in the latter category is the gladiolus. It has been a mainstay of the florist Blairmount trade for years; mo...

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A close shave for your local florist

2009-08-14T04:41:50Z

Planting Summer Bulbs Many encyclopedias maintained by Forster florists specify details for each bulb, but as a general rule, hardy summer bulbs should be planted at the same time as spring-flowering bulbs, that is, in the fall. All summer bulbs...

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GFC - Global flowers crisis

2009-07-31T02:59:37Z

Birthday Flowers Flowers are always a wonderful birthday gift for someone you care about whether a relative, friend or sweetheart. As a special treat and talking point you might wish to select flowers that are associated with the month the reci...

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Place flowers behind the mask

2009-07-24T06:40:16Z

Plants for tubs and hanging baskets One of the plants which has improved so dramatically over these last few years is the begonia. The small semperflorens with their excellent and wide colour range are superb in pots, tubs and hanging baskets. ...

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