Chocolates By Leopold and Dillenbeck’s Flowers are feeling the love as people pick up their Valentine’s Day Staples.
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Alison Routledge, who runs Vandella flowers on the corner of Raffles Parade and Newtown Road in Carlisle, said: “Roses are still the favourite”.
With the shipment of red roses leaving for Europe over, the domestic industry estimates that India’s exports for Valentine’s Day this year will increase 10% in value as well as volume over that a year ago even as the rapidly growing domestic market leaves fewer flowers available for exports. “It will probably be our busiest delivery day because everyone wants them delivered at work”, said Niki.
Zigmond-Hensley said the flowers could quickly die in this bitter cold but there are steps you can take to protect them.
Tip 3: If your flowers come with the powder or “food” make sure you use the food in a new vase of water, not old water. “We have an terrible lot of walk-in traffic, people trying to do things earlier, versus later, but with it being on a Sunday, I really don’t know what to expect”. The store is wrapping all arrangements in plastic from the time it leaves the shop so the flowers don’t die.
“Up until two years ago, flowers would have been the most profitable part of the farm”, he said.
Rosamungthorns will be open on Sunday from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. and will be making deliveries on Sunday as well.
“People have Friday and through the weekend to arrange for flowers to be delivered, so it gives them more time to think about it and decide what they’d like to do for Valentine’s Day; and it gives us more time to prepare”. The Valentine’s Day period for air cargo carriers generally starts during the last two weeks of January and ends the first week of February.
With all of that said, it would be a good idea to call your favorite florist now, today and get the job done.
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“Most floral arrangements last four to seven days or longer, depending on the flowers used and the care they receive”, wrote Lisa Greene, a floral marketing director in MA for Flower Factor.
