April 16, 2010
Volcanic Ash Halts Flights
Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe – We are uncertain at this time the level this will impact our industry. Delayed or canceled flights…
April 9, 2010
Where is the Lilac Capital of the World?
California Dreamin' By Jason Edmonds Aside from Roses there is no flower quite as beautiful and aromatic as Lilac. Unfortunately, Lilacs bloom for only a very brief period in…
April 9, 2010
Gladiolus Grower in California
“Bob Wilkins quest for the best” These Pictures where from Bob’s recent trip to a Premier Gladiolus Grower in California. You are only viewing about…
April 3, 2010
Effects of Water Quality on Cut Flowers
Care & Handling By Floralife No matter whom you speak with, Floralife, Chrysal, Dr. George Staby or Dr. Terril Nell the one thing that they…
April 3, 2010
Statice in the genus Limonium
California Dreamin' By Jason Edmonds Statice Sinuata is a large group of plants in the genus Limonium, all of which have distinctive spiky flowers and…
April 3, 2010
Grower Direct just keeps growing! !
No other wholesaler can offer so many choices of grower to customer varieties each and every week as DV’s Grower Direct program offers. Every customer…
April 2, 2010
Greeting’s From the West Coast!
Hello from the Flower Capital of the USA! Yesterday I was visiting some of our vendors out here and decided to check on our Statice grower. Let…
April 1, 2010
Pictures Of Tulip Fields In Holland
My friend Angela Henry from Pikes Peak Wholesale sent me the following pictures of the tulip fields of Holland. I thought you might enjoy. Thanks…
March 25, 2010
How Did We Get Here?
By Pete McBride Florist, Entrepreneur, Passion Seeker One day as a young boy my father was walking past the local florist in Brooklyn when he…
March 23, 2010
Facebook Demystified: A Retailer’s Guide
About a year ago, I got turned on to WhizBang Training. While attending the Michigan Florists' Association convention, I won their Retail Mastery System in…
March 19, 2010
Eucalyptus and Calla Lily
California Dreamin'... By Jason Edmonds - Transflora EUCALYPTUS Several great Australian botanists were active during the 19th century, particularly Ferdinand Von Mueller whose work on Eucalyptus…
March 19, 2010
Retail Sales and Miami Airport Cargo
Miami Airport Cargo receives 86% of Flower Imports Into the United States. Miami's airfreight industry is top-ranked in the Western Hemisphere for international air cargo,…