Lilies for Brides

Lilies are popular with couples who are planning to marry
Spring is the most popular season for getting married, and it is therefore marked by an increased demand for lilies.
Flowers have always played a key role at weddings. White varieties were particularly popular, as they symbolise purity and innocence. White lilies also have the advantage of a wonderful fragrance. Nowadays the flowers at weddings are more colourful. Lilies are still popular, and one reason for this is that more coloured varieties are available. Another reason is their emotional impact. The lily stands for 'the complete life'. The stylish flower is regarded both as a sort of indulgence and as a way of expressing one’s spirituality. Eminently suitable, therefore, for the 'the most beautiful day of one’s life'.

Range of colours
Florists like to work with lilies on account of the beautiful flower, the splendid range of colours and the availability of varieties with stems up to 1.5 metres in length. The fact that the dark pistils of the lily can cause stains on a wedding dress is overcome in practice by simply removing them.



Range of fragrances
Lilies are available all the year round. The Longiflorum peaks from early to late summer. The range of fragrances offers something for everyone. The Asian hybrids have little or no fragrance. Longiflorum has a sweet and not too penetrating fragrance. The oriental hybrids have the strongest fragrances, emitting a sweet, spicy odour.

Weddings

We are seeing an interesting trend in weddings this year. The number of brides "to be" who live outside Cornwall but who want to get married here is increasing. WHY ?? Arranging and designing wedding flowers by e-mail is not the best way, it can never replace face to face discussions but it can be done. It takes time and lots of correspondence with photos/graphics, The bride to be also has to trust our experience and advice on what looks best. We have successfully completed a number of these this year with more to follow.

Whats the significance of the photo ? None its a Dahlia growing in my garden, with such a vibrant colour I couldn't resist it

Busy,busy

Thursday 23 July. Early start today, had a meeting with an event organiser who is organisng a big event for one of our customers in September. September is looking like a very busy month with this event plus all of the weddings we have booked. Our staff will be busy!!

Only in America

When will these arrive in the UK ??

Toyota’s drive of planting sun-powered Wi-Fi daisies in major cities of the US, as a part of national marketing effort for the 2010 3rd-generation Prius launch, is on heat. These solar flowers are representing the Prius theme “Harmony between Man, Nature and Machine.” These 18-feet-high flower sculptures provide for a comfortable place to chill out for 10 people at a time, allowing for free access to Wi-Fi and a means for charging cellphones, laptops and other gadgets. Powered by solar panels embedded at the back of the petals and the base of the stem of the flower, the solar station models the solar roof of the 3rd-generation Prius that will be using solar power to ventilate the interior when parked in the sun. The Prius solar flowers, after revitalizing Boston, are all set to campaign across major cities in the US. These beautiful, attractive and eco-friendly statuettes have an intoxicating effect, providing all you freaks with a place to get closer to nature accompanied with your gadgets.

Visitor counter

We know from our web site statistics that we have around 200 plus visitors a day to our web site on www.jackiephillipsflowers.com. Have never thought of adding a counter to our news blog before but have now found a good free counter that works well so have added it today

Monday 20 July 2009

Whilst we maintain a large range and stock of flowers in our shop, the growers, followed by the markets, are always producing exiting new colours. We dont automatically stock these of course, the shop isnt big enough- for example there are around 700 different varieties and colours of Chrysanthmem alone, and new varieties tend to cost considerably more than the more established varieties. However its nice for our customers to see what is available , so here are a couple which have recently been launched :-

Dendrobium Polar Fire.

The white flower with its purple heart is certainly something special. Polar Fire almost appears to to have been "made up". In beauty circles the look is called the "smokey eyes effect" In addition the plant produces lots of flower buds, which naturally increases its impact. The attractive, compact format makes the plant perfect for small areas. I has an excellent life span of 6 - 8 weeks. Now available all year round. Sold in 11cm pots, the plant reaches a height of 50-65cm.

Lily Sensation Chiara

The result of crossbreeding between Longiflorums and Orientals Lilies.

The first thing that catches the eye about this Longiflorum is the size of the large pink buds, which already give the flowers visual impact. Once in full flower the Lily achieves gigantic flower diameters of 15 to 20cm and exudes a pleasantly sweet scent. Sold with at least 3 buds per stem

Winners

Congratulations to two of our staff, Diane and Donna, for winning a number of prizes in floral art at the Stithians Show. Well done