Author: Neal

  • Coming up Rosie: costumed flower returns

      If you passed our Lebanon store on May 8 or 11 (Mother’s Day), you might have seen something that no one has seen in a long time. Our costumed rose, aka Rosie, made a couple of appearances, soaking up some sun (after a decade spent mostly in storage) and waving to passersby on South…

  • We’ll walk down the aisle with you on your wedding day

    Talk about a night at the museum. Instead of historical figures coming to life, this is a story about a would-be florist providing flowers for a wedding at a museum. She left the flowers overnight in the museum’s old refrigerator – and they were frozen solid the morning of the wedding. Not only are we…

  • Royer’s delivers Mother’s Day flower and plant tips to Fox 43

    Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, has a simple message when it comes to Mother’s Day. “The key,” he told Fox 43’s Heather Warner, “just don’t forget Mom. That’s bad.” Barry offered a number of options, from one or two roses wrapped up to a mixed bouquet in a vase to porch plants such…

  • Annual plants add beauty: 3 tips for taking care of them

    Colorful flowering annual baskets and pots provide an easy and inexpensive way to increase the beauty and enjoyment of outside living areas. Annual plants are available in a wide range of colors and varieties, offering something for everyone. Care is simple. Just keep these things in mind: • Choose plants suited to the light levels…

  • M is for Mother’s Day and the many arrangements we’re making

    Royer’s team members will create nearly 14,000 floral arrangements for Mother’s Day, most of them in our central design department in Lebanon. You can see some of that activity below.

  • Don’t let ‘DOGs’ take a bite out of your Mother’s Day order

    Our Google search for “flowers hershey, pa” returned several sponsored links from what appear to be local florists. On one website, there’s this message: “Hershey, Pennsylvania Flower Delivery by our local florist to Hershey TODAY!” The owner of that website is in Michigan. On the home page of another of the websites is this: “Best…

  • A selfish reason for giving flowers or plants on Secretary’s Day: boost productivity

    Flowers aren’t just a nice thing to do for your administrative assistant on Secretary’s Day, also known as Administrative Professionals Day. Research conducted at Texas A&M University found that flowers can help boost workplace productivity. “Our research shows that a change as simple as adding flowers and plants can be important in the most meaningful…

  • How the lily became a symbol of Easter and other floral facts about the holiday

    Numerous accounts identify her as Mrs. Thomas Sargent, a resident of Philadelphia who visited Bermuda in the 1880s. Smitten by the lilies she saw there, she brought lily bulbs home with her. She gave some of them to a local nurseryman named William Harris, “who began growing them, forcing them into spring bloom, and selling…

  • Flowers help stem the morning blahs: Harvard study

    Maybe it’s the long winter or the still-cold mornings, or just too much work and not enough sleep. There are any number of reasons why it can be tough to get at ’em in the morning. When it comes to a pick-me-up, caffeine isn’t for all tastes. But everyone can start their days with flowers…

  • Irish eyes smile at St. Patrick’s Day kids club event

    A tip o’ the cap to everyone who joined us on March 15 for our St. Patrick’s Day-themed Royer’s Kids Club event. Each child who participated had an opportunity to decorate a white carnation by giving it a smiling face. They carnations were dropped in bud vases filled with water that was dyed green to…