Category: Roses

  • A dozen facts about roses to share with your Valentine’s Day recipient

      If you’re giving flowers this Valentine’s Day, odds are they will be roses. That generous gesture alone is likely to impress the recipient. But maybe you really want to wow that special someone with your knowledge of the national flower (see below). For you, we offer a dozen facts about roses that will help…

  • Garden roses are back and a popular option for weddings

    Garden roses, which once were the everyday rose sold by local flower shops, are back in their uniquely big and fragrant ways. Their large blooms and strong scent not only distinguish them from today’s standard roses but also make them an increasingly popular option for weddings and other special occasions. This is how Alexandra Farms…

  • OUR ANNUAL ROSE SALE RETURNS MAY 16-JUNE 16

    Roses are most closely associated with Valentine’s Day, but they are available year-round. They’re a particularly good value in June thanks to the natural rose growing cycle, as evidenced by Royer’s annual rose sale, which coincides with National Rose Month in June. This year’s sale runs May 16-June 16 with specials including: Three roses added…

  • Revive your roses with these easy steps

    Even when handled with great care, the heads of your beautiful roses could drop over within a few days of receiving a bouquet. It’s not that the flowers are old. Rather, it’s likely that an air bubble got stuck in the stem, preventing water from getting in. With these easy steps, you can bring the…

  • Our flowers are rooted in many places around the world

    North America to South America. Europe, Africa and Asia. Oh, the places we’ll go to procure high-quality flowers. We’ve previously told you about our regular trips to Bogota, Colombia, which has an ideal climate for growing roses, for instance. Here’s a sampling of other flowers and the couuntries from which we source them: Carnations/alstromeria: Bogota,…

  • Postcard from South America: Day 3

    Day 3 found Tom Royer and Geoff Royer again in Bogota, again inspecting Valentine’s Day roses, this time at the Multiflora farm. “The quality was very good from what we saw,” Geoff said. “It’s impossible to look at every bunch we get, but we make sure we go through the process with them about the…

  • Postcard from South America: Day 2

    We started Tom Royer and nephew Geoff Royer’s trip to Colombia, South America, in the city of Medellin. Day 2 found them some 335 miles southwest in Bogota, the nation’s capital. Bogota sits in the center of Colombia, on a high-altitude plateau that provides year-round steady temperatures that help make it one of the world’s…

  • Postcard from South America: Medellin flower farms

    While they’re getting ready to play a big football game in Houston, Royer’s is gearing up for its version of the Super Bowl with our annual pre-Valentine’s Day trip to South America. Tom Royer, our senior vice president and chief operating officer, has been making the trip for decades. In recent years, he has been…

  • ‘Freedom’ on the march when it comes to roses

    We’ve all heard the line from Shakespeare: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” Far be it for us to quibble with “The Bard,” but names do matter when it comes to distinguishing among rose breeds. This certainly is the case with our standard red…

  • Football just had its biggest day, now it’s our turn

    Valentine’s Day is to the floral industry what the Super Bowl is to professional football. But it’s not a perfect analogy because everyone wins when it comes to beautiful flowers, whether you’re on the giving or receiving team. Our pre-game festivities are in full bloom, as evidenced by these photos from our Lebanon distribution center…