Flower News Archive - Sep 2009

Summer flowers

THOUSANDS of green-fingered enthusiasts flocked to an Aberdeen park at the weekend to see colourful displays of flowers and vegetables. About 4,000 people attended the annual summer flower and vegetable show of The Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen (RHSA) on Saturday and Sunday.

Dahlia tubers

Dan Pearson started selling his family's dahlias by the side of the road; today, a large portion of his business comes from the information superhighway the Internet.

Once-in-a-lifetime prize

A RACING experience in an Aston Martin was among the top prizes on offer at Bisley's annual flower show and fete on Saturday, August 29.

Increase in Nurseries

The Government has decided to develop State-owned horticultural farms under public-private partnership model to increase area as well as production under horticultural crop

Dried flowers

Shrewsbury Flower Show entrants can make a floral arrangement look like anything. A stack of lemons wrapped around a bunch of flowers resembled a volcanic eruption. One florist arranged fresh burgundy dahlias and yellow snapdragons to look like the colors of the rainbow, earning praise from a judge who deemed it a "beautiful classical design" and affixed it with a blue ribbon.

500 Tulips

Hidden somewhere in a public garden in Pictou County is a trivet shaped like a tulip. It represents 500 of the over 8,000 people in the Maritimes who live with Parkinson's, and it's free to whomever finds it first.

Cut flowers

The first of its kind technology based pilot project in floriculture will start commissioning in mid 2010, director Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF), Mateen Siddiqui said Saturday. The aim of this project is to enable the industry to earn millions of dollars per annum by increasing export to UAE, Saudi Arabia and European Union beside others.

Daffodils

Daffodil Day collectors in Southland have reported a similar take to last year's appeal, despite the spring disappearing from most of its flowers. Cancer Society Otago-Southland chief executive Wendy Houliston said the organisation had been very apologetic this week, after 35,000 daffodils wilted just a day after arriving in Southland.

Carnations for free

An Alliston florist is giving away free flowers to spread goodwill and friendship throughout the community. Flowers by Lady Di will give away hundreds of free carnations at a special Good Neighbour Day event Sept. 12

Flowers and Gift Baskets

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc. decided to divest its Home and Children's Gifts business segment to focus on its core Floral and Gourmet Foods and Gift Baskets categories. The company is already treating its home and gift business results as discontinued in its recently released fiscal 2009 fourth quarter results and says it is actively engaged in a sale process. 1800Flowers anticipates completing the divestiture in fiscal 2010.

Virtual flowers

International flower delivery company daFlores continues its meteoric rise on Facebook. Between July and August 2009, 35,000 new Facebook fans signed up for a total of 76,000, doubling the number of fans. 74% of the Facebook fans are women, providing men with an obvious clue about their preferences regarding flowers!

Gold Medal Winner

THE Tinsley family from Halsall are celebrating a hatrick of successes at the Southport Flower Show. For the third successive year Peter Tinsley Landscaping won the Southport Corporation Cup for having the best large show garden.

Preservation of Flowers

An ultra modern terminal market complex will be set up at Gannaur in Sonipat district at a cost of Rs 100 crore under the second phase of National Horticulture Mission for efficient marketing of fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Flower bunches

Scoville-Meno Brings Flowers To Bloom Along 17C For 8th Year. Drivers along Route 17C just east of Owego will now notice the road side ablaze with flowers. For the 8th consecutive year, employees of Scoville Meno, the GM dealership in Owego, have mounted ten large flower boxes on both sides of the road adjacent to the dealership.

Flowers and Plants

Atlantic Avenue Orchid & Garden achieved the coveted Metro Bravo award for Best Garden Center/Nursery by the readers of Metro Magazine. Atlantic Avenue Orchid & Garden center resides on 5.8 acres filled to the brim with trees, shrubs, topiaries, perennials, annuals, and a vast selection of eye-catching containers, fountains, statuary and organic fertilizers, pesticides and garden supplies.

Infrastructure in Fruit Mandis

Terming the horticulture sector back-bone of the economy of Jammu and Kashmir, Minister for Horticulture, Sham Lal Sharma today said that Government will give focused attention on the development of this sector. For this, he said Centrally Sponsored schemes like Marketing Intervention Scheme (MIS) and Technology Mission will be implemented in letter and spirit to extend more benefits to the growers.

80 species of flowers

Two scientific researchers from the Wuhan University in China have discovered that raindrops may have played a role in the evolution of flowers. After studying 80 species of flowers living on the university campus, as well as from the nearby Wuhan Botanical Garden, they found that many evolve their shape and structure to prevent their pollen from getting wet.

2,000 flower bulbs

America Responds with Love, Inc., has donated 2,000 flower bulbs to Burlington County that county officials plan to plant outside the historic prison museum and at Long Bridge Park in Hainesport or some of the other eight park facilities the county owns.

Daffodils

The Cancer Society's biggest annual fundraiser has hit a snag some of the flowers have died before Daffodil Day. Marlborough Cancer Society manager Margot Wilson said so far there had been about a dozen cases of flowers wilting prematurely, but "if anybody does have any daffodils that have wilted after two days, give us a call and we'll replace them."

Gourmet Foods and Gift Baskets

Multititle mailer 1-800-Flowers.com will stick to floral and food gifts moving forward. The company said in releasing its fourth-quarter and fiscal year financial results that it has divested its Home and Children's Gifts business segment.

Plants for delivery

Janice Cutler, president and owner of North Raleigh Florist (www.northraleighflorist.com), located at 7457 Six Forks Road, has announced that the shop will sponsor the annual Telethon Executive Lock-Up (TELU) to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Thursday, Aug. 27 at the Capital City Club, located on the 21st floor at 411 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh. During the event, Raleigh business leaders will be locked-up for an hour, where they will make phone calls to raise funds to benefit local families with neuromuscular disease. For more information, visit www.mda.org.

Research on orchid at the Phonkanyarzi Mountain

Myanmar and Singaporean experts will conduct joint research on orchid at the Hukaung Valley reserve forest in Myanmar's northernmost Kachin State in April next year, forestry officials said on Thursday. The research will be the third of its kind after that at Naungmon in 2007 and at Phonkanyarzi Mountain in March 2009 conducted by experts from the Myanmar Horticulture Association and Horticulture Research Committee and Singapore.

International flower market

Kavalkinaru on the Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari border is all set to find a place in the map of international flower markets as a modern flower market will be inaugurated by Minister for Agriculture Veerapandi S. Arumugam on Wednesday.

Floral arrangements

SATURDAY brought more than 200 visitors to Wistaston's Annual Flower and Produce Show where Cheshire East mayor, Cllr Margaret Simon, was back on her old patch to present the prizes.

Pink and Yellow petals

The rare chrysanthemum has just one stem and one head - but its pale pink and yellow petals are split exactly down the middle at odds of thousands to one. It was found by William Underwood, 73, in his garden in Cavendish, Suffolk.

Green flower

The vivid, vibrant little flowers give what amount to come-hither looks to bees. Some even emit an aroma - a kind of Givenchy for male bees - that tricks the bees into thinking that the orchid is a female bee who finds them irresistible.

Flower market disappointed

With the commencement of the Onam season on Sunday with Atham, flower traders thronged the city, but the dull market left many disappointed. The vendors from outside the state were baffled by the sluggish response as the commercial production of flowers is minimal in Kerala. The vendors could be seen squatting before heaps of unsold and withering flowers near Paramara Temple, Ernakulam North and at several other points in the city.

Re-price of flowers to $10

Prices of flowering plants have been slashed by almost half of the original amount due to a decrease in the number of people purchasing, said some vendors at the Rimba Horticulture Centre yesterday. Vendor Supriyati of stall number MS at the Rimba I Horticulture Centre told The Brunei Times that sales were better last year, causing them to lower their prices for most flowers.

Flower blooms once in a year

Flower lovers were in a big rush to the Colours of Nature 2009 exhibition at the Borneo Highlands Resort (BHR) near here Saturday to see the rare "Eagle Flower", which blooms only once a year. The creeper plant blooms only in the month of August and that is why it is the main attraction at the event, which kicks off today and ends on Aug 31.

Losses due to unfair weather

Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir has said that Jammu and Kashmir State has suffered losses to the tune of Rs. 406 crores in agriculture and Rs. 100 crore in horticulture due to continued dry spell and unfair weather. Addressing the meeting of Agriculture Ministers at New Delhi, Mir said a considerable loss has extended to major Kharief crops like Maize, pulses, vegetables, fodder, paddy, oil seeds etc.

More that million flowers

A SEA of colour has been created in a farmer's field thanks to more than a million sunflowers. The sunflowers can be seen in the fields at Naisberry Farm, in Worset Lane, Elwick, on the outskirts of Hartlepool.

Lost $22.2 million

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. -- 1-800-Flowers.com moved to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss Thursday, weighed down by its decision to sell its home and children's gifts segment. The florist and gift retailer lost $22.2 million, or 35 cents per share, for the period ended June 28. That compares with profit of $4.3 million, or 7 cents per share, a year earlier.

Flowers and Plants for any occasion

Janice Cutler, president and owner of North Raleigh Florist (www.northraleighflorist.com), located at 7457 Six Forks Road, has announced that the store has received a 2009 MetroBravo! Award in the category of Home Life Florist by Metro Magazine. This marks the second consecutive year that North Raleigh Florist has been recognized by the publication, previously receiving the Honorable Mention 2008 MetroBravo! Award. The MetroBravo! Awards are voted on by readers of Metro Magazine and are based on customer service, popularity and overall experience. For more information, visit www.metronc.com.

Online fresh flowers

Delivery fresh flowers San Francisco is more than just there to guarantee that you get the flowers on the same day. They provide your needs from the functional reasons to aesthetical purposes. You are encouraged to pick a fresh flowers shop in San Francisco willing to offer you all the best out of the purchase.

Sunflower oil into fuel

The sunflowers are in bloom, and for local farmers Mike Balawender and Gary Alibozek, that means one thing -- diesel fuel. Both men are part of the Hilltown Biodiesel Cooperative, a group of five Berkshire County farmers that have planted acres and acres of sunflowers with the intent of converting the sunflower oil into fuel to ease the strain of farm equipment fuel supplies.

Success at the show

ST Bees flower and vegetable show has been hailed as a "great success" by organisers. Top exhibitors were Mark Hewertson and the Hadwin family. They won a range of trophies and cups for a selection of homegrown flowers and vegetables.

Floriculture training

Floriculture is the buzzword for farmers at Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. More and more farmers are growing flowers as the new lucrative commercial crop. Chrysanthemum, roses, carnation, marigold and gladiolus are some of the flowers, which are being preferred by the farmers over their traditional khareef (summer-sown) crop, apples, plums and apricots.

Horticulture in Australia

The Horticulture Australia Council says the Federal Government is threatening the livelihood of growers around the country, because it's taking too long to make a decision about changes to awards.

RHS London Plant & Design Show

Dunckley is hoping to exhibit a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010. The teenager, who received a silver medal for his A Desert's Delight garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in July, is planning a garden that incorporates al fresco dining and an outdoor kitchen.

Beautiful Colombian Roses

Augusto Solano, President of Asocolflores, the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters, said its trade association's companies will contribute the beautiful Colombian roses, carnations, alstroemerias, gerberas and chrysanthemums that will decorate the many venues to be visited by one of North America's most well-known and respected young artists.

100 flowers had been destroyed

Police are investigating a case of sabotage after award-winning gardener Richard Pastewski, 57, apparently had his prized dahlias poisoned with weedkiller just days before a flower show.

Best flower exhibition

MORE than 200 people flocked to Ebbesbourne Wake village hall on Saturday afternoon for the Alverwake flower show. The turnout was better than previous years according to Alison Meers, a committee member for the annual show.

Awarded a £10 garden voucher

LITTLEHAM sunflower growers entering the local in-bloom competition faced a tall order to be crowned winners of the highest blooms. After months of nurturing tiny plants into giant sunflowers, Sue Crowsley, of Glebe Farm, this week was declared the grower of the tallest sunflower in Littleham and awarded a £10 garden voucher.

Daffodil Day on August 28

THE Cancer Council's Western Regional office is encouraging local residents to share their stories of hope, inspiration and what Daffodil Day means to them in the lead-up to this year's annual cancer fundraiser. Daffodil Day falls this year on Friday, August 28.

Increasing demand for floriculture

Ethiopia's flower exporters could be using better, market enhancing packages for their stalks as of early 2010, depending on a successful completion of a study conducted for the horticulture association by two Swiss based institutions.

$20 registration fee

Green industry professionals are invited to pull on their walking shoes and join University of Georgia faculty for the UGA Ornamental Horticulture Research Field Day on Sept,25. Held every two years, the field day will be at the UGA Horticulture Farm in Watkinsville, Ga. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Rain or shine, tours start at 9 a.m.

1,000 varieties of flowers

The Lalbagh flower show, which happens twice a year. CNBC-TV18's Vineetha Athrey joined over 50,000 people from across India who are lining up everyday for this week-long affair with flowers. Upto six lakh visitors are expected this year to watch a dazzling spread of over 1,000 varieties of flowers.

Bedding Plant Award

All four are distinguished by having been announced as 2010 All-America Selections (AAS) winners. This year's winners are two in the Flower Award category, gaillardia "Mesa Yellow" and zinnia "Zahara Starlight Rose," with viola "Endurio Sky Blue Martien" as the Cool Season Award winner and snapdragon "Twinny Peach" as the Bedding Plant Award winner. Although there are several AAS categories, not all have winners each year.

Direct2Florist

A BOLTON-based online florist business is blossoming big style. Direct2Florist has achieved a 300 per cent year on year growth and has more than justified its reputation as one of the rising stars of the floristry industry.

Horticulture development scheme

Himachal Pradesh government will spend Rupees 198 crore on horticulture under the second phase of Pt. Deen Dayal Kisan Baagwan Samridhi Yojna, a horticulture development scheme. The scheme would bring 20,000 hectare area of horticulture under irrigation.

Flower bulb grower

Whoever wrote the phrase "strength in numbers" must have been a flower bulb grower. Gardeners for decades have been planting bulbs in mass beds.

Fall flowers

When homeowners contemplate incorporating fall colors in their landscaping they normally think of trees or shrubs that bear colorful leaves in the fall.

Rose-of-Sharon

You might be familiar with the summer-blooming shrub commonly called Rose-of-Sharon. Its common name is shrub althea and its scientific name is Hibiscus syriacus.

Dried flowers

Homemade gifts still score big in "heart points" without being a huge hit to the pocketbook. These projects using dried flowers and herbs make wonderful hostess gifts or are just a nice way to express how much you care for friends or family.

Kashmir Flower Growers Assoction

The Jammu And Kashmir Flower Growers Assoction (JKFGA) hailed the initiative taken by the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim

Edmond's City Council

Several months ago, at an Edmond's City Council meeting, a woman representing a garden and floral group defended the need for beauty to not be considered the same as functional carpet, or a new coat of paint.

Lilacs

If a plant is blocking your view, it should be removed or pruned regardless of the impact on flowers or the time of year.

Golden Flowers

Volunteers at Darts Farm have been busy picking golden flowers to offer customers in return for a donation to be given to charity.

Lotus flower

RECENT YEARS have seen a series of books of popular botany devoted to just one plant type. The most successful, Anna Pavord's The Tulip , chronicled the ?tulipomania? of 17th century Europe. Jane Brown's Tales of the Rose Tree followed.

The Human Shrub

An anonymous plant-lover, dubbed the Human Shrub due to his head-to-toe costume of foliage, has organised his own flower competition after council bosses banned him from entering the town show.

Fresh flowers

Fresh flowers have the power to lift our spirits. Even a tiny vase of pansies can dress up a windowsill.

Franklin Flower Shop

The historic building in downtown Franklin that was destroyed by fire early Monday morning is set to be torn down.

guardian

The lotus provides foodstuffs, medicines and natural chemicals (such as those that ensure the seed's astonishing longevity) which have long sustained indigenous peoples and now intrigue modern biologists.

newsticker

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, the world's leading florist and a provider of specialty gifts for all occasions, today announced that the Company will release financial results for its fiscal 2009 four quarter and full year (ended Sunday, June 28, 2009) on Thursday, August 20, 2009.

JournalLive

BRITAIN remains a nation of garden lovers, with many people believing that spending time among flowers, lawns and trees is important for their quality of life, and is even a way of boosting their love life.

sanmarcosrecord

The Hays County Extension Service, San Marcos of Texas is now accepting applications for the new Master Gardener Training Class beginning Sept. 2.

stuff

Recent sunny days have tempted the first of the spring flowers to boom, among them the popular anemone.

ITBusinessEdge

If there's one thing "Sex and the City" has taught us, it's that shopping is an inherently social activity. Which is why it makes perfect sense for retailers to sell stuff from online stores on Facebook as 1-800-Flowers is doing. The launch of the store led to a threefold increase in Facebook traffic for the retailer.

contracostatimes

The Monkey Flower, also known as Mimulus aurantiacus, was selected by the Claremont's City Council, California last week as the official flower of the city from an array of six California native candidates.

Examiner

Throughout the month of July when the temperatures are the highest, the days the longest and the light intensity the strongest a few die-hard plants continue to push out a few flowers that give the landscape a splash of color here and there.

Fox8

A subsidiary of Westbury-based 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. will open a new distribution facility in Maple Heights, Ohio, the company announced Tuesday, 3rd August morning.

nazret

Ethiopia secured 138 million US dollars from the export of cut flowers during the just ended fiscal year.

Horticulture Week

Statistics from the Flowers & Plants Association show a near 30% year-on-year increase in pot plant sales in the UK for July.

Examiner

Planting annual sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) in August will have you knee-deep in perfumed flowers in the often gloomy month of December.

BERNAMA

Sarawak, Kuching, Mlaysia on July 28 named a new and rare hybrid of orchid at its Orchid Park after the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.

Freep

Every week, 6-year-old Zakiya Brown visits a small lot to check on the vegetables and herbs she and seven other children planted as part of the Pontiac Urban Garden Explosion project, which teaches gardening and business skills.

The Chronicle Herald

GARDENERS ALL have our lists of must-have plants, those perennials, annuals, shrubs and trees that we have to have. One of the top perennials in my gardening life is the echinacea, or coneflower.

naplesnews

Portulaca grandiflora (Moss-rose Purslane or Moss-rose), is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay.

Thousand of visitors

NICK Hamilton of Barnsdale Gardens took a little piece of Rutland to the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park in Cheshire this week. The theme for the 2009 show was "Holidays" and Nick's display proved a popular feature with the thousands of visitors to the show.

Jones the Florist and Jack Herb Florist said today they will create a business with combined gross sales of about $ 6 million annually. Under the merger, the two Jack Herb Florist locations at 8621 Winton Rd., Finneytown, and at 7848 Hamilton Ave., Mount Healthy, will remain open and will continue to operate under the Jack Herb Florist name.

Corner of a garden

More than 70% of people believe spending time in the garden may improve their quality of life, suggests a survey for the National Trust. One in three people also considered gardens to be romantic places which could boost their love lives.