WwW: The Envelope Please

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The Envelope Please

Did you know that along with the Oscars, The Emmy’s, The Grammy’s,  and The People’s Choice awards shows, florist also have a Best in Show that is unveiled at the Outstanding Varieties Competition . The 2013 Competition featured 245 entries.

This past year, the Rosa “Hearts” won the prestigious awards for Best of Show. This rose received points for its strong long stem, a glossy and consistent foliage, and a truly dark red color. However, the most distinguishing feature was the usual heart shape in the middle of the flower.

Another great rose, The Black Pearl was a Blue Ribbon Winner. This rose has a mild fragrance and large, full blooms (40-to 45 petal count) that can take up to four days to fully open.

For many growers and breeders, the competition is the culmination of year’s unrelenting work to make beautiful and marketable flowers for a worldwide audience.

I wish you could experience table after table of glorious color, sweet scent and unique floral features that happen within the floral industry warehouse. Unfortunately, it might be awhile before we are able to obtain these show stoppers at the local florist level.

However, you can be the judge of what you like when personally selecting your favorite flowers from inside the Flower Nook coolers. That’s right; you are always welcome to look in our coolers! 

We want you to love flowers like we do. 

“How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning.”           
                                                       ― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh