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The Web Changed Flower Delivery Forever
“I still wonder if the flowers were wet because the stems were damp or my palms were so sweaty,” said Jim McCann, president of 1-800-Flowers. “But from then on, I knew flowers would be an important...
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Delphiniums Are A Finicky, But Beautiful Flower
Where Delphiniums are concerned, good taste flies out the window,” essayist and devoted gardener Eleanor Perenyi conceded in 1981 in Green Thoughts (Vintage Books; $12, paperback). Flaunting “all the...
View ArticlePreserve Fresh Cut Flowers Easily
Make summer flowers last. Our guide to easy drying methods. The Basics * When you dry flowers is key; cut garden blossoms at their color peak, in the midday sun. If you’re not preserving them...
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Blue Flowers Are The Best
EVERYBODY LOVES BLUE. Blue skies, blue eyes (at least in Nordic and Anglo-Saxon countries), candor, innocence, all such connotations. Blue flowers are in such demand, are such certain sellers, that...
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Orange Flowers Underrated
A widespread bias against orange prompts writers to resort to such euphemisms as flame, tangerine, and apricot. Yet there’s an inconsistency here. Marigolds are popular annuals, and marigolds serve up...
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