Category: Helpful tips

  • Valentine’s Day roses last longer when kept cool and watered

    The temperature spikes at Valentine’s Day, fueled by romantic fires and the flames of love. But the roses you received to celebrate the holiday will last longest – a week or more – if you keep them away from heat sources, such as a vent or direct sunlight. Before you go to bed, place the…

  • Tips to Make the Most out of Your Annual Plants

    We see them just about everywhere around this time of year in hanging baskets, patio pots and arranged beautifully in garden beds. Annual plants, such as petunias, geraniums and begonias to name a few, complete their life cycle within a years’ time. Being both fairly easy to care for and their ability to look stunning…

  • Extending the Life of your Spring Bulbs

    Even after the Easter Bunny has visited and the last eggs are hunted, Easter bulbs – such as daffodils (narcissus), hyacinths, and tulips will bring beauty and color into your home. In fact, you can make the flowers last a lot longer by following these few tips. The key to making the blooms last longer…

  • 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,…

  • AN ARTIST’S PALLET

    When boxes of fresh flowers arrive at our distribution center in Lebanon, often they are stacked on wooden pallets. Needless to say, that’s a lot of wooden pallets over time. As noted by Cheryl Brill, Royer’s vice president of retail operations, pallets became all the rage a few years ago. A quick Internet search reveals pallets…

  • A Guy’s Guide to Flower Buying

    There’s a gender gap when it comes to buying flowers: Women buy 65 percent of fresh flowers, according to the Society of American Florists, while men buy 35 percent. To the extent that men might be intimidated or uncomfortable buying flowers, we’d like to make the experience a more enjoyable one for them. To do…

  • To get the best value, buy from a local florist instead of a wire service

    There are lots of statistics out there about the economic benefits of buying local. When you buy from locally owned stores, the money stays in your community and puts your neighbors to work. It’s true whether you spend your money at a local restaurant, hardware store or florist. Speaking of flowers, buying directly from a…

  • Use hairspray to preserve your holiday wreath

    A natural Christmas tree eventually loses its needles, but giving it daily drinks of water will dramatically slow the process. Unfortunately, you can’t do the same with a natural Christmas wreath. But here’s the next-best thing: seal in the wreath’s moisture using hairspray, which acts like glue and holds the needles on. To avoid any…