Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Valentine's Ideas from A Perfect Arrangement


Our February article is by Darla Anderson of  A Perfect Arrangement 


Ahhh!  Love is in the air.  It’s that time of year again when warm thoughts turn to our significant others.  What can you get him?  . . .  The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach - so maybe a bucket of junk food or a more elegant chocolate, cookies, and nuts basket. . . or a unique balloon bouquet to embarrass him at work?   We also have video roses!  Send a rose with a special “speaking roses” code.  When he places the rose with a special emblem in front of his webcam, a video of you and your message will play on the screen!!  We can also imprint a rose with a message like “I love you!” or “Happy Valentine’s Day.”

Will this be the year that all those hints for flowers come to fruition??  How can you make your roses last the longest?  There are many tricks you’ve heard like aspirin or pennies or Sprite.  Basically, flowers need food (sugar) and bacteria prevention.  The floral food packets the florists give out are the surest way to get the correct measurements of each.  Recut the stems at an angle and change the water every two-three days to prevent the stems from clogging.   Flowers like temperatures between 32 and 40 degrees, so keep them in the coolest  part of your home avoiding sunny windows or  heaters.   If the rose heads droop, you can lay them in a tub of warm water (recut) overnight and they will perk up again.  

To the rose growers, Valentine’s is their “Black Friday”, so they increase the price.  Don’t blame the poor florists who are just trying to maintain consistent profit margins.  We can build a design for any budget that looks pretty even if roses aren’t included.  We would be happy to answer any questions; call us at 801-233-8776 and visit our website aperfectarrangement.com 

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