A Mother's Day Heartfelt Moment from Marco Island Florist

Durable- Robust Color

Sometimes we overlook everyday flowers for Special Event work...

Durable- Robust Color and Textural excitement are key to attracting attention...
and bringing two complimentary colors together for a topiary style
event piece doesn't have to 'break the bank'
 I show how to create this cost
effective- Stylish and Colorful topiary style arrangement out of Alstroemeria
and Hypericum.

Fashioned in an elegant gold tone container from Accent Decor... these
"workhorse" flowers... make an eye catching event centerpiece that will attract everyone's attention... 

P.S. You can take any Flower to a Special Event... WOW!

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Prom in style 2017

Stop by click or call,  Marco Island Florist Home and Gifts, 
experts in couture fashionable floral wear.  

Are you waiting to discover your dream prom flowers? Lets talk today!  

Place your prom flower order in the month of March and receive 2 roses complementary one for your mom and one for your dates mom. 

 Use code word: Make mom smile. 

   

Experience the difference... over 37 years.

   

Fun way to mix up food and flowers...

Here's a fun idea for some kitchen flowers....

I took a pepper and cut out the stem and seeds... and then
placed a small piece of flower foam into the pepper...

and then just added flowers...

It's a fun way to mix up food and flowers... 

P.S. I'll take my flowers... with Peppers Please!!!
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Welcome March!

The official Flower of the Month of March... and the common name for any flower in the Narcissus family... It was also the name of the rabbit on the Children's animated show- "Clifford's Puppy Days"... and a Swedish Musical Group...and American Record label... P Allen Smith- has over 400,000 of these planted on his Moss Mountain Farm ... and you can tour them... It's also the name of a Dutch Automobile from the 1960s... Mine are starting to come up in my yard.... and I love to float the flower heads in a bowl... as well as arrange them!!! There are a wide variety of colors- Yellow, White, Peach- even GREEN... and sizes... both large and small... including fragrant flowers, double blooms and much more...  Ball Horticultural Company is the breeder of quality cut flowers grown the world over- Ball technology insures the finest quality for consistently beautiful cut flowers.  Learn more about Ball cut flower varieties here!  P.S. We call this Flower- the Daffodil... Welcome March! #marcoflorist @marcoflorist

2 Lips... get it... kiss-kiss!!!

Tulips are a Natural for Valentine's Day...
2 Lips... get it... kiss-kiss!!!

And Tulips on the Bulb are unusual and a bonus gift...

Arranged in a hand bouquet style... bound with a bit of craft wire...
they stand on their own... and can be displayed on a tray or in a shallow
 pan of water... for longer life...

Once the tulips have bloomed... you can plant the bulbs... and they'll
come up the following year... (and there after)...

It's a fun way to celebrate Valentine's Day...

Also check out the "100's" of different tulip varieties that Sun Valley
grows... (they have the Tulips on the bulb too)... 


P.S. Tulips on the Bulb... Another way to say "I love you" with Flowers!

#marcoflorist #tulips

4 Paper like petals.... on each flower...

Also known as "Clarkia".. or "Farewell to Spring"...

This flower is native to the western North America...
extending a range from Northern British Columbia - south
to San Francisco...

4 Paper like petals.... on each flower... 

Ball Horticulture Company is the breeder of quality cut flowers grown
the world over- Ball technology insures the finest quality for consistently
beautiful cut flowers.  Learn more about Ball cut flower varieties here! 

P.S. We call it "Godetia"... (pronounced - Go-deesha)

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Giving your pencil another life...

Here's a brilliant idea....

Pencils filled with Organic Seeds... made from Sustainable wood...
when the pencil is too short to write with...
After much use...

You plant the pencil... and a plant grows...

Giving your pencil another life...

Watch the video here... 

P.S. Plant your pencils... and reap the benefits!!!

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#BetterWithFlowers!

It's Not Too Early to start thinking about these Summer Flowers...

And especially since they are part of the one of the Hottest Trends
for 2017... "Garden Centered"... is a trend that is all about the Garden and the beautiful flowers that reside there... 

Download your FREE 2017 Flower Trend Report here!

These annual flowers come in a wide variety of colors, styles and sizes... 


And since their name starts with a "Z"... don't let them get pushed all the way to the back... hehehe!

Start planning now - to include these vibrant composite flowers in your garden plans for 2017!

Ball Horticulture Company is the breeder of quality cut flowers grown
the world over- Ball technology insures the finest quality for consistently
beautiful cut flowers.  Learn more about Ball cut flower varieties here! 


P.S. The ZINNIA is here... after all Gardens are #BetterWithFlowers!

@marcoflorist #marcoflorist #weloveflowers #florida #becausewecare #LINKEDIN

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"Blue Throatwort"..

With romantic variety names... Lake Forest, Lake Louise and Lake Michigan

These filler flowers are lacy, and lightly fragrant... and come in wide variety of colors...

also known as "Blue Throatwort"... it's native to the Mediterranean... but grown throughout the world... for cut flowers.

Ball Horticulture Company is the breeder of quality cut flowers grown
the world over- Ball technology insures the finest quality for consistently
beautiful cut flowers.  Learn more about Ball cut flower varieties here! 

P.S. We call this flower- Trachelium (

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Template made from a grocery bag...

Here's a fun idea...

Taken from "The Sand Hill Diary"... a fun blog - (Read it here!)

After getting a "little tired" of all the Snow... she created flowers
to look at in her yard... with a bit of Food Coloring in Spray Bottles
and a Template made from a grocery bag...

It's a fun idea... and something that will certainly have the neighbors
talking... 

P.S. Snow- it's #BetterWithFlowers!

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I thought it was pretty interesting... Kangaroo Style!!!

A Native to Australia... the Kangaroo Paw Plant is named after the famous
Marsupial...

Not only because of the "fuzzy" exterior of the flower bud... shown here in Bright Red...

But because the Kangaroo "Paws"... or more descriptively "Claws"...
have 5 appendages... just like a human hand... and when they are open they look very much like the open bloom of the Kangaroo Paw Plant...shown here in green!

So now you know... I thought it was pretty interesting... 



P.S. High Five... Kangaroo Style!!!

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Edible Certified USDA Organic Flowers

Winter time is a great time to try out new recipes...
and I remember an ad campaign way back in the 70s...

"Put Flowers on the Menu Tonight"... and it was referring to a
bouquet of flowers... (Still a GREAT Idea By the way... ;)

I found these edible Certified USDA Organic Flowers... at the grocery
store.. next to the herbs... Yep... in Michigan! Can you believe it?!!

I added the flowers to our salads... Snapdragons: sweet and fruity...
Pansies- slightly peppery... and Marigolds...tangy with a touch of spice!

It was a great addition... plus... what's not to love about eating flowers!
P.S. Everyone can Put Flowers on the Table... in a vase OR even on the Plate!
Bon' Appetite!!!!!

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my GIN TRICK... kept them from getting too tall...

The Paper-white Narcissus are in Bloom...

I love the fragrance... and it's a great way to start the New Year...
with Flowers blooming in the house...

And my GIN TRICK... kept them from getting too tall...
(1 Tablespoon of gin added to the container... per bulb - when you start them)...

The Gin stunts their growth and they are Blooming... Nice and Short!
P.S. Happy New Year... #BetterWithFlowers - especially Paper-Whites!

Clean the Air... - Spider Plants and Palms are good at that...

Now that the Christmas decorations are coming down...

It's a good time to think about adding Plants to your home...

Plants can many miraculous things...
Clean the Air... - Spider Plants and Palms are good at that...

Enhance your cooking- Rosemary- Thyme or Lavender...

Create Positive Energy -Feng Shui - Succulents for Wealth & Prosperity...

Or these 5 Beauties that are proven to help Insomnia...
So "planting" these guys in your bedroom can be super beneficial
Read the Article here...
Or Watch the Video on Facebook... here

Do you wonder where your Foliage comes from?

Florida Fresh Foliage & Flower Tour - This Special Florida Series is Free to Watch on uBloom.com!

P.S. Goes here

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This amazing Film from France TV Zoom...

This amazing Film from France TV Zoom... " La forét est magique"

Watch the video on facebook here... and be sure to enable FULL SCREEN

Is a great example... about how our world is #BetterWithFlowers

P.S. Enjoy the video... and thanks to France TV ....

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Poinsettias will forever be linked to Christmas

Poinsettias will forever be linked to Christmas... and I can't imagine
Christmas without a Poinsettia...

You know that the Bloom is actually the Glistening Yellow Berries in the center of the colored "Bracts" or Petals...

And that Poinsettias are harmless... they are not poisonous- as folk lore may have you believe (I've eaten them on TV more than a few times... and still here to tell about it...)

Now these Amazing Flowers come in a wide variety of colors...
I've got (Clockwise from Top Left- Jingle Bells, Pink Marble, Ice Punch, Leaf on Jingle Bells and Orange Spice... adding to my holiday decorations...

Poinsettias are amazing.... and certainly a herald of the Christmas Holiday!

P.S. Wishing you and yours a Flower Filled Christmas - full of LOVE and Happiness! Merry Christmas...

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Nature is amazing... cheers to being good stewards of the Planet!

The Winter Solstice- (yesterday) marks the shortest day- and thus longest night of the year...

From this point forward the day light will increase until it's at it's peak... ... yesterday marked the Summer Solstice for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere...

Here's to them... celebrating summer... and nature at it's most lush point... 


P.S. Nature is amazing... cheers to being good stewards of the Planet!

@marcoflorist #marcoflorist #weloveflowers #florida #becausewecare #LINKEDIN

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All you need is a few magnets and some rubber cement or glue dots...

 (Watch the preview here)

I show you how easy it is to create Flower Magnets for your refrigerator...

I also show how to create ones with succulents too... Air Ferns would work
too...


You can place the glue dots on shot glasses... or glue a magnet to a
 succulent... or straw flower... it's a fun way to add flowers to kitchen...



P.S. STICK WITH US- (get it... ) we'll give you lots of flower ideas!

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You can really dress up a common....

Botanical Accents like these can really dress up a common Poinsettia...

And the process is easy...

here's a fun Video - they created for P Allen Smith's Garden
Style Show... that shows the steps to creating these beautiful accents that can easily dress up your Poinsettia... 

P.S. Nothing says Christmas like Poinsettia!!!

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