Flower News Archive - Feb 2008

WHILE "GREEN" FLOWERS HAVE BEEN on high-end consumers' radar for several years now, this Valentine's Day may well be the tipping point. Sam's Club, owned by Wal-Mart, and 1-800-Flowers have begun selling Fair Trade-certified flowers, making the once-niche products available to the flower-buying masses.

It's been 75 years since Charleston Florist opened its doors at 184 King St., and with Valentine's Day just around the corner, the family-owned florist is in full bloom.

NYTIMES

THE Bonny Doon Garden Company, a downtown flower kiosk here, had signs posted all around it last week for Valentine?s Day, but the sales pitch wasn?t just about romance....

The Hindu

Exotic in beauty and elegant in radiance. Flowers are words which even a child can understand. And if properly arranged they can take your breath away.

It is roses all the way at Jubilee Hall in Public Gardens where the 32nd annual rose show organised by the Hyderabad Rose Society opened on Saturday. One can see roses of different hues, sizes and variety. Flower design can be very easy and unfussy. This impression comes across after seeing the way the expression of nature is captured here...

Seacoast Online

The canna, the old-fashioned bedding flower, is coming back into favor after having been banished for awhile with Victorian houses.

The Star Online

It is a plant with an awful stench but its beauty is enough to stop nature-lovers in their tracks.