A Sweet Treat

Melissa Mullen Photography

Melissa Mullen Photography

A Little Extra Sweetness for Valentine’s Day Pre-Orders!

This year, we’re partnering with Dean’s Sweets to bring you Maine-made hand dipped truffles (double dark and milk) with your Valentine’s Day arrangements.

Melissa Mullen Photography

Melissa Mullen Photography

As an extra bonus, if customers order before 1/31/20 they will receive a complimentary box of truffles with their order!

Dean’s Sweets is located at  475 Fore St., in Portland, Maine.

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How to Make Your Flowers Last

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A little care is the key to longevity.

  1. Keep your flowers away from intense cold or heat.

    In the winter months, pay special attention to your flowers when moving them from one controlled environment to another. Always cover your flowers with a plastic bag or paper if the temperature. Inside, keep your flowers away from any heat vents or wood stoves. Flowers prefer to be slightly cool but not below 40 degrees.

  2. Change the water every day and recut the end of each stem.

    Stagnant water invites bacteria. The easiest way to keep your flowers lasting long is to change the water in the vase every day with lukewarm water. Snip the bottom of each stem at an angle so the stems can absorb the maximum amount of water. Once trimmed, immediately get the stems back into water before air is trapped.

  3. Remove any greenery on the stem below the water line.

    As mentioned in #2, if greenery is floating around in your water source, bacteria will grow even quicker. Avoid this easily by stripping the stems below the water line.

  4. Keep your flowers out of the light.

    Avoid displaying your cut flowers in direct sun. The sun heats up the stem and weakens them, causing stress.

  5. Leave ‘em alone.

    By far, the best advice is to avoid over-handling flowers. Pulling the flowers out one-by-one and laying them on a counter will only bruise the delicate petals and stems. Instead, when changing the water, create a cuff with your hand and pull them out of the vase in one gentle grab. With the other hand, replace the water and recut the stems. Gently guide the flowers back inside the vase and return them to their cool spot away from direct sunlight.

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The Delphinium Peddler →

A customer called us the other day to order flowers. While I took her order, she recalled how she used to buy Delphinium from Amy for $1/ stem many years ago. This was the first I'd heard of it. 

Amy grew up in California where she experienced the magic of flowers in bloom year round but it wasn't until after she had gone to college (where she studied Art Education), then worked as a boat broker, got married and settled down before she revisited her love of flowers and plants. 

She got her start when she bought 700 Hybrid Delphinium plants from Ball Seed (their minimum at the time) and planted them in a 800 square foot garden beside her garage. She grew the cut flowers and sold them to neighbors and Skillin's Greenhouses.

It was from then that Amy got attention for her gardening and floral design talents. Not long after, she booked her first wedding and garden design client and the rest is history.