Birth Month Flowers

January – Carnation
February – Violet
March – Daffodils
May – Lily of the Valley
June – Rose
July – Larkspur
August – Gladiolus
September – Aster
October – Calendula
November – Chrysanthemum
December – Narcissus
There are many uses for birth month flowers. Some people use them to create theme gardens. You can have a memorial garden honoring those you love with their birth month flowers. They make thoughtful birthday gifts. Also, you can use them for a fun baby shower theme. Just decorate with flowers from the baby's due date! Tall and elegant, with sword shaped leaves, gladiolas comes in many different colors and varieties. Most originate from southern Africa, though there are a few varieties from Europe and Asia. The name “gladiolas” comes from the latin “gladius”, which means sword.
The gladiolas is a member of the Iris family. It grows well in sandy loam, but can tolerate a variety of soils. It prefers a slightly acidic soil, and cannot overwinter outdoors if the temperature drops below freezing.

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New Direction

We at The Flower Box are excited to see our business go in a new direction. It has been 14 months since we launched our own website hosted by Teleflora. Our website has really started bringing in new customers and repeat customers. We're so thankful for every order ya'll give us from the website. When I say it is hosted by Teleflora, I mean they supply the templates and pics, and we supply the actual in the shop designs to match the pics. We couldn't do it without their help. I'd like to take a minute to explain how ordering flowers online works. If you order from a 1-800 or .com "florist", you might be reaching a clearing house of computer operators that know nothing about flowers or design. They charge you the price listed on the website, then a "handling" fee of usually 15.00$. They then send the order to a local florist in the town specified for the florist to create the design you selected. The problem comes when the florist receives the order and they don't have all the specified flowers or the container pictured. We then have to contact the clearing house and tell them of the problem. They then call the customer and explain. They then either email or call the florist again to let them know what to do. As you can see, this can be quite a lengthy process and can result in the delay of your flower order. Another problem with these companies is the way they "drop ship" flower "arrangements". You see a beautiful picture on their website. But what you don't realize is these flowers will be delivered to your location in a box with a vase strapped in. The recipient then has to "design" their own arrangement. What fun is that? You get a present, then have to build it. Now for ordering off of our website, or another local florist website. If you see something on my site you like and you place your order online, if I have to substitute I can call you direct and have the go ahead from you in a matter of mins rather than waiting hours for response times. Any time you need to send flowers just google "florist in _________ _______. Add the city and state in which you would like something sent. There is no middle man. You speak directly with the florist, they can tell you exactly what they have in their shop and what would be appropriate to send for your occasion. When you use a local florist you know that they will take pride in what is sent on your behalf. So, thanks for choosing our website and always use a local florist.

Well, we made it through another Mother's Day holiday rush...what an adventure!!! We made close to 400 deliveries in 6 days. In comparison, we make about 150 deliveries on a normal week. All the arrangements were made by myself, David and Regina..that's an amazing feet. We worked late Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. By late, I mean 11:00pm or so. By Sunday, we were walking zombies. Flower orders are so different than they were years gone by. In times past, we made arrangements, and the customer came by or called in and bought them. Now days, the customer picks an arrangement on a website, then we have to create it. So much planning has to go into a holiday now. We started watching for new pics on websites at least 6 weeks ahead of the holiday. We ordered flowers according to what it seemed like you, the consumer, wanted. It's a very tricky business now. But thanks to all of you shopping on our website, we had a great holiday. It's always so interesting to hear the stories of the person you're ordering for. How you want to send something to you're favorite, Aunt, Cousin, In Law etc, or especially your Mom. We enjoy helping you tell them how much they mean to you. That's what we love to do. :)

Beginnings Of Trail Tradition Go Back To 1929

Beginnings Of Trail Tradition Go Back To 1929 This is a link to an article I thought everyone might enjoy. It tells the beginings of the spring trail and how the azalea was first introduced to Tyler. It was very interesting to me. It's amazing to think there were men and women that spent so much time making Tyler a better, more beautiful place to live and work. Hope you enjoy.

Azaleas

Public Domain Clip Art: Azaleas Sping Time flowering shrubs
We are now in the middle of the Spring Azalea trail in Tyler. With this strange winter we had, not many bushes are blooming yet. The trail goes for two weeks, so we still have a little time. Hopefully we will continue to have 70 degree weather, so the dogwood trees and azaleas will start blooming. We are still about a month behind what is normally blooming this time of year. We had snow last weekend. So, I'm not surprised everything still has buds. As a florist, we enjoy this time of year. Everything is bright and full of sunshine. Everyone that comes in the front door has a spring in their step. People are sending azaleas and other spring arrangements just because it is spring. When everything blooms, I will post some pics of the local Azalea Trail.

Easter Lillies

It's so exciting! I know spring is near because it's time to talk about Easter lillies (or lilium longiflorum in Latin ). An Easter lily is the traditional flower for Easter and presents a lovely picture.
With a large, trumpet-shaped white flower, the Easter lily symbolizes purity, hope and life, it is both a beautiful plant (and very symbolically correct) for celebrating Easter as well as the spring season in general. You may not have guessed this, but the Easter lily is one of America’s most popular blooming plants – it is, in fact, the 4th largest potted plant crop in the US! Sending an Easter lilly plant as a gift is a great way to share the joy of Easter with friends and family who celebrate the holiday, but also makes a great gift for those who simply want to enjoy the beauty of a great spring flower. This is one of the most fragrant blooming plants you can buy. It really makes you realize spring is here.
The Easter lily is only available for sale for a short time across most of the US – normally just a few weeks, meaning there's only a short time to find and send one. We can send an Easter lilly in different containers, or in a double basket. They look really nice in all white with ribbon. If you look under the Easter tab on our web site, you can see an Easter lilly.

January

Wow, what a month. It is the in between Christmas and Valentine's month. Everyone has spent their money on Credit Card bills, and is waiting on Feb 14 for their next gift purchase. This month is notoriously slow in the florist business. This is the month we clean closets, take inventory, restock, figure our plan for the rest of the year. We know that Valentine's day is coming. And we enjoy a few quiet days of winter, while getting ready. It is actually very nice to have time to think, and clean and get ready. Whatever we're getting ready for is coming one way or the other. We have been buying up some cute things for spring and lots of red and white cute stuff for Valentine's day. New teddy bears that light up and talk. Lots of new vases. Teacups. Spring ceramic containers. We have a lot of fun with all the new containers to design in.