We at Medford Designs Florist, want you to feel confident that your purchase of tulips from your local florists will last longer.

Now that Spring is here, There are many types of flowers that become available in the floral industry and tulips are defiantly one of the most well know flowers that are in their peak. Here are some tips for prolonging the life of your tulip arrangements.

Place your tulip arrangements in a cool area in your home or office and keep them away from any types of heat sources.

The tulip stems will also continue to grow once placed in water. They will often begin to curve and grow towards any light source.

Fresh tulips should arrive in your flower arrangement standing straight up however there are times that they will bend down. This is a normal reaction perhaps from being in the florist cooler and reacting to the sudden change in temperature. All they need is a little light and other times they will stand straight up on there own.

Keeping your tulips in fresh clean water and making sure the water line is covering the end of the stems. This should be done on a daily basis since tulip like to drink.

Even though they are available all year round in the spring time you can enjoy the many colors and varieties that are available. Just give your local florist a call and let them introduce you to a taste of what spring has to offer.

THE DAFFODIL

DAFFODILLS

The Daffodill the flowers of spring it meaning- "Symbolizing rebirth and new beginnings"

All through the year we purchase flowers for all diffrent events and holidays,but we never think of a little something for ourselves to enjoy. Around the spring there are a lot of beautiful flowers in season that we just do not take advantage of and Daffodills are just that flower. Daffodills can be purchased for just about $5.00 a bunch and last for quite a while. They are beautiful, bright and hearty and come in straight yellow, yellow & white & orange & yellow.

Daffodills I think are one of the most under appreciated flowers because so many people know what they are they just dsimiss them, but if you take the time to look the are quite unique. The lovely cup detail and the soft plate like bottom is so stunning. Sometimes I wonder how God came up with so many diffrent and wonderful varieties of flowers.

If Daffodills are not you thing some other great flowers for the sping that are also rather in expensive are Tulips, Alstomarium Lillies(2-3 stems) and cut Hyacinth Or Lilacs (these smell fantastic too) . So let a little spring in this year.

TULIPS COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS TOO MANY TO LIST AND IN STYLES LIKE THE PARROT TULIP.

LILACS AVAILABLE IN PINK,WHITE, PURPLE & MORE

ASSORTED COLOR HYACINTH

ALSTROMERIA LILY IS AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF COLORS . THE LIST GOES ON AND ON !!!

HELPFUL HINTS # 3 A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

#3 Everything in its place

If you just put everything were it belonged you would not believe the extra time you would have . Practice this, and you can skip the time you end up putting on the side for a "big cleaning" day. Seriously more free time!!
So how do you do it? It’s simple. For everything that you have, designate a place for it. Maybe you can even label some of those places just to make it easier for you and the family to remember in the beginning . Find something that doesn’t have a place and designate a place for it. Then simply start putting things back where they belong when you’re done using them. It sounds simple, but it actually takes time to create this as a permanent habit.

Eventually you'll be doing it like it's nothing at all and you won't have to worry about a surprise visitor finding a messy house.

Flower Facts about Hypericum

HYPERICUM

Being a Florist we have access to many beautiful flowers and see all the different varieties available .The Hypericum berry has stormed on to the scene as one of the newest flowers/accents to just about everything ,but the wedding flowers is where we have been seeing it alot as either a elegant accent or the main bouquet. You will be surprised how much more there is to know about the flower.

While the hypericum berry is available in many colors from a rich rusty red ,pale pink,soft peach, light green to a pale yellow they also bloom a flower.

Hypericum is also Called 'St.-John's-Wort' And The 'Coffee Bean Berry.'The Latin Form Of Their Name Is "Hypericum" From A Greek Word Meaning "Resembling Heather."During The Crusades, The Knights Of St. John Used The Plant To Heal The Wounds Of The Crusaders. In Modern Day, This Plant Is Used In Many Medicines That Help Treat Depression.

The anual or perennial herbaceious herb is 5-10 cm tall for shrubs and small trees up to 12 m tall. The leaves are a simple oval and either fall off or evergreen. The flowers vary from pale to dark yellow and are 0.5-6 cm in diameter, with approximatly five petals. The fruit is usually a dry capsule which splits to release the numerous small seeds and in some species it is berry-like.

YELLOW HYPERICUM

PEACH HYPERICUM
RUSTY RED HYPERICUM
GREEN HYPERICUM

PINK HYPERICUM

HYPERICUM FLOWER

Helpful Hints # 2 -Update Your Pantry

Update Your Pantry
Take a look at what you have. Go through the cabinets and get rid of old soups,broth etc. Check the expirarton date and get rid of what’s no longer good and what you do not use bring to a food pantry at a local church or at your childrens school. Pick up an inexpensive risers to organize the rest of your items.) Consider putting a dry-erase board on the inside door and write on it what you have & what you’re low on.

***** GETTING READY FOR SPRING *****

As our clocks are moved forward to welcome spring back we are all burdened with the horrible thought of spring cleaning. Every year we begin our tasks of cleaning the windows,organizing the closets, fertilizing the grass, what rooms need to be repainted, painting or staining the fence and maybe even preparing to have one replaced to avoid the job. Maybe just cleaning our the clothes that do not fit because we splurged for the holidays ( you know the extra piece or pieces of cake. Well we are on a mission and we have decided to post different ways to help you get organized and give a few tricks along the way. We will post new ideas regularly and maybe with a little help we can all get on track. You never know you might just get to enjoy the SUMMER!

HELPFUL HINT # 1. Organizing your linen closet-

A-Fold your set of sheet

B-Put the whole set in one of the matching pillowcases

C-Place them in your closet folded side in.

D-Continue with all of your sheets

E-Now when you open your closets there is a beautiful presentation

***Plus when you go to get a set of sheets they will not be falling all over and you will not have to dig for the matching pieces because they will all be inside the pillowcase. Make this a new habit and we are on our way to less mess.****

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MAY THE FLORIST BE WITH YOU !!!!!

On Valentine's Day we had guest visitors welcoming customers to Medford Designs Florist. Darth Vader made a special trip with a jet winged fighter and R2D2 to show he has a soft side and is a bit of a romantic. Outside of holding up the owner he took the time to sell a young lady some beautiful roses. If you drove by you may have caught a glimpse of him with his notorious sign" MAY THE FLORIST BE WITH YOU" Something I am sure all men need around February 14. Our jet winged fighter also sported a way cool sign" DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE ROSE" . If there is one thing I learned through our Silly event it is that in the times of a recession adding a little fun makes things a touch easier and more enjoyable. Special thanks to all who helped especially the Star Wars helpers who fit us in their busy schedules." MAY THE FLORIST BE WITH YOU"ALWAYS!!!
Enjoy some fun pic's