Sunday, November 18, 2012

4 Good Reasons on Why You Should Buy Tropical Flowers

Up until 40 years ago the only tropical flower one could find in any flower shop in the US - apart from Hawaii - was the Bird of Paradise. Sometime in 1972 more and more flowers from the tropics found their way into a small number of flower shops located in the Village area of NYC, as well as into a select number of florists in San Francisco. Flowers as ginger, heliconia, anthurium, orchids and proteas were becoming very popular amongst the gay community. Nowadays one can find tropical flowers in almost every store in the US, especially in the large cities. Yet, abundant as they have become, many flower consumers shy away from purchasing them. The most probable reason for this phenomenon is ignorance. In this article I shall attempt to argue on why flower buyers should re-think their position on tropical flowers.

New York City is the entry point for most tropical flowers and, if you happen to live in the city, you will be paying much less at most of the florists in NYC than a person living in other states.

Yet, no matter where one resides in the US, tropical flowers are still affordable.

Choosing tropical flowers for any occasion, especially weddings, may be the right way to go. These flowers are usually found in tropical climates and bloom all year-round. They are most popularly used for tropical themed weddings. More often, they are also arranged with other exotic flowers and foliage. During the summer months, when most weddings take place, tropical flowers are abundant and relatively inexpensive, especially large cities.

Why Exotic Flowers Are Wonderful Gifts

Exotic flowers hold a special place in the hearts of flower lovers due to their breathtaking fragrance and exquisite beauty. These flowers with their beauty and fragrance can charm anyone. Their freshness and feeling is simply irresistible. They can win the heart of any person and can make him or her feel happy.

Flowers are the most beautiful creation of nature; it plays an important role in making our life more joyful and happy. People use flowers as a gesture of showing their feeling for their loved ones. For various functions like birthdays, wedding, baby showers, anniversaries, etc., flowers are also used for gifting. Sending flowers to your dear ones on different occasions relates to a specific meaning.

But do you know that flowers have meanings associated with them? And, that there are flowers befitting specific occasions? Everyone knows that a red rose stands for romantic love and white for mourning. However, meanings are associated not only with roses but almost with all Exotic flowers. But most people do not consider flower meanings before gifting them. Similarly, people who receive flowers may not know their meaning and hence miss the underlying message.

Given below are list of Exotic flowers with their Significance:-

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Exotic Hawaiian Grown Flowers For Your Wedding

Most people automatically picture exotic, vibrant, aromatic, and difficult to get when they think Hawaiian flowers for their wedding day. All true except the 'difficult to get' part. With the click of a mouse, most wedding couples can have their share of Hawaiian grown flowers for their special day. Create a combination of protea flowers and ti leaves foliage into a wedding bouquet, a table centerpiece, or a wedding arch arrangement and you have a work of art.

With a little bit of creativity and imagination, exotic Hawaiian flowers can be part of your wedding day. Preferred Hawaiian wedding flowers are anthuriums, orchids, protea, and Bird of Paradise. Foliage such as ti, palm, hala, and anthurium leaves when added to any arrangement will always enhance the overall look.

Proteas are curious botanical delights. Its dazzling variety of colors; pink, blood red, dark caramel, yellow, salmon, and red can satisfy the most discriminate of taste. A protea bouquet stays fresh-looking for a long time, even weeks. Better still, the Bride can dry the blooms and create an impressive arrangement for her new home.

Friday, August 17, 2012

How To Pollinate Anthuriums

It is relatively easy to propagate your potted anthuriums by taking cuttings, but it is also just a little boring, simply because the brand new plants are going to be precise copies of their parent plants. If you wish to generate fresh types of anthurium flowers, you'll need to grow them through seed. The hardest aspect of growing them through seed is getting seeds to develop in the first place. To get this done, you'll need to learn how to pollinate anthuriums.

Anthurium blossoms are perfect, meaning that they include both male and female parts. Yet, they typically do not self pollinate, because pollen is not produced until after the stigma stops being responsive to pollination. This ensures that wild plants are cross pollinated as frequently as possible to increase the genetic diversity of the species. Therefore, unless you have two plants, you will need to store pollen until your plant is ready for pollination.

Monday, July 9, 2012

Types of Green Flowers

Add value to your colorful flowers with the combination of green flowers to create a lush surroundings. The beauty and landscape in your garden becomes more attractive with vibrant colors presenting some varying sizes and shapes of green flowers and other kinds of flowers with different colors.

You can be more than happy and totally satisfied when you see them in vibrant blooms together with your other plants planted alternately in between each plants. To give some ideas which to plant in your garden as a green flowers combination, below are the different types of green flowers for your convenience.

1. Limelight Hydrangea. Is a green flower types which blooms during summer with a lime-green colors. It grows to a height from 6 - 8 feet. It can be planted as a border plant because of its striking green flowers and large green leaves. Limelight hydrangea thrives best in any well-drained type of soil, but requires total sun exposure and partial shade to give a good possible growth performance.

2. Anthurium Midori. Considered as among the distinct plants of the anthurium family, it has a large petal-like spathe with glossy texture. Its flowers are healthy green in color. Anthurium is popular as a cut flower, since it will last for a couple of months placed in water.

3. Green Roses. This type of plant produces a cluster of informal apple green double blooms. It tolerates in humid conditions and well-drained fertile soil.