Category: Flowers
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Red roses remain No. 1, but flower and gift options abound for Valentine’s Day
Roses are red, my love, the old Bobby Vinton song begins. But while red still rules for Valentine’s Day, roses come in a rainbow of colors. Rosier still is that when celebrating the holiday of love, flower, plant and gift options abound and at price points to satisfy any budget. ROSES Red roses signify love…
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Send love or welcome an early spring with fresh-cut tulips
They inspired a speculative financial bubble in the 1600s and a hit song in the United States three centuries later. Still today, tulips remain one of the most popular flowers in the world and a sure sign of spring when they rise from the ground in all of their beautiful bounty. If you need a…
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Lebanon County resident wins this year’s Royer’s name-the-arrangement contest
Lisa Birkholz of South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, always is eager for autumn. “Fall’s my favorite time of year,” she said. And with even more reason this year. Her submission in Royer’s Flowers & Gifts’ annual name-the-arrangement contest – “Fall Hues” – was selected as the winner among more than 500 online entries. Kathy Kissling’s…
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Shedding some light on sunflower grower Elm Family Flowers in Lancaster County
The promise of summer warmth and sunshine arrives in early spring at a 20-acre farm in the village of Penryn, Lancaster County. It comes in a five-gallon plastic bucket via a package-delivery service. The bucket contains 100,000 seeds that will provide locally grown sunflowers to Royer’s customers from June to October. “One seed equals one…
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Let’s look behind the scenes and in the tool box at a flower shop
Flowers are beautiful all on their own, but it takes talent, dedication and resources to hand-craft an eye-catching, long-lasting floral arrangement and deliver it to a recipient’s home or place of work. In its newsletter, the Royer’s Flowers & Gifts Kids Club regularly showcases the tools and tricks of the trade that our florists draw…
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Living with flowers results in ‘significant decrease’ in stress levels and improved moods: study
Working, commuting, paying bills, and tending to family demands.If there’s too much on your to-do list, you might want to scrap it altogether and start over with a single item: get flowers. Research from the University of North Florida revealed that the presence of flowers can reduce stress, according to the Society of American Florists,…
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Royer’s Flowers contest asks customers to name new pumpkin arrangement
Candy corn is so popular that it seems to arrive in grocery stores earlier every year. Royer’s Flowers & Gifts’ annual name-the-arrangement contest is getting a head start on fall, too. The new all-around arrangement features a ceramic pumpkin, measures 12 inches high and 10 inches wide and comprises carnations and daisy poms in fall…
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Mum grower Frysville Farms near Ephrata is almost as old as America
There’s a bar in the East Village of Manhattan that opened its doors in 1854. A sign in the window greets patrons young and old with a pointed message: “We were here before you were born.” In northern Lancaster County, Pa., Frysville Farms bests the bar by three-quarters of a century, tracing its origin to…
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‘Checkered Harvest’ winning entry in Royer’s name-the-arrangement contest
Lori Macchi describes herself as a “fall weather person.” “I’ll take that season any day,” she said. Macchi’s fondness for fall and flowers made her a prime candidate to enter Royer’s contest to name a mounded pumpkin arrangement. Her entry, Checkered Harvest, was selected as the winner among more than 1,400 online submissions received Sept.…