Floral

During the Gerbera meeting on Wednesday, 13 February, Gerbera growers representing 100 per cent of the turnover voted for the promotion plan of the FloraHolland Gerbera Product Commission (FPC). In total, 78 per cent of total product sales in 2012 was included in the vote. …

"ProFlowers would like all of our customers to know that we hear all the feedback, tweets and posts and we understand that in some areas we didn’t deliver the “wow” experience that we are committed to giving to our customers." …

Decisions, decisions – which of these twelve new roses will you add to your garden this year? All will be available in this spring from Star® Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle. …

For the second year in a row, a chrysanthemum from Deliflor Chrysanten has carried off the FloraHolland Glazen Tulp award. The extraordinary disbudded chrysanthemum Sombrella, grown by Arcadia Chrysanten from De Lier, was judged to be this year’s best market introduction in the Cut Flowers category. Arcadia Chrysanten collected the award on Thursday 31 January during an awards ceremony held at Hotels van Oranje in Noordwijk. Arcadia and Deliflor have therefore retained the title of winner of the Glazen Tulp, which they also carried off last year with Anastasia Star Pink. …

Sending flowers to your loved one on Valentine's Day is a great way to show how much you care, but it's not exactly a complicated task. With so many companies that will ship blooms online, all you have to do is click and pay and you're on your way to looking like a real hero — unless of course your sweetheart receives an arrangement that's incredibly sparse and well, ugly. …