Mother’s Day is just around the corner and a delivery of fresh, lush, gorgeous flowers for your Mum is the best way to thank her for being the best – See our Mother’s day flowers range here

One of the best things about being a florist is creating and delivering flower arrangements, gifts and hampers to celebrate the arrival of a new life. We have a range of flower and gift designs especially for new babies and we are currently in the process of creating a range of gorgeous baby gift hampers that will be available shortly in our online flowers shop…

Our beautiful, soft teddy bears come in a range of colours and sizes and our quality chocolates are Australian made by the well known Chocolatier company, also in a range of small to large boxes in a variety of milk, dark and flavoured chocolates.

On Valentine’s Day some choose to express their love and affection by giving big, lavish flower arrangements and gifts and some prefer to show their true feelings in a more subtle and ‘low key’ way so for those wanting the latter we have come up with a simple and elegant design for Valentine’s Day this year, a modern take on the single red rose. This design has been walking out the door since we first started creating them a few weeks ago, especially for our Richmond store…

Well Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and  the flower shop is a hive of activity with all the Valentine’s Day flower delivery preparations, which for us is definitely one of the busiest days of the year…Our drivers are preparing themselves to brave the busy streets of Richmond, east Melbourne and South Yarra and the many other suburbs of Melbourne to deliver the gorgeous flower arrangments, bouquets and boxed roses we prepare for wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends, friends, etc. Red roses for Valentine’s day are still the most popular flower and colour to convey the sentiments of love and affection. Here’s a snippet of what we’ll be creating and delivering throughout Melbourne next week

Who can deny that roses have a timeless elegance and charm that never dates…We have beautiful, quality fresh roses delivered every week to our Richmond flower shop. We use them mainly in our arrangements, bouquets and posies and regularly have special orders of roses arrive for weddings, functions and events…

Here are some of our most popular designs

Phalaenopsis orchids originate from south east Asia and are one of the longest flowering orchids. Commonly referred to as the ‘Moth’ orchid they produce blooms for up to six months of the year, this combined with the fact that they are beautiful, elegant and very easy to look after is the reason why they have quickly become one of the most commonly grown orchids in the world. Following is a guide to caring for your flowering Phalaenopsis plants.

Light & Shade:

Phalaenopsis orchids don’t require a great deal of light so position them in a spot where they will receive a resonable amount of bright light during the day. If you wish to place them on a window sill an easterly aspect is best but avoid direct sunlight as this will burn the orchid – a sheer curtain should help filter the sunlight. During the winter months where the amount of daylight decreases it would be best to try and move the orchid into a position where it will receive more daylight if possible. Generally the leaf colour is a good indicator of whether your orchid plant is receiving too much or too little light. The leaves should generally be a bright green colour – dark green leaves mean that there is insufficient light and reddish green leaves indicate too much light.

Temperature:

Phalaenopsis orchids enjoy a fairly warm climate, in fact the average temperature range in most homes is generally the ideal climate for phalaenopsis orchids, therefore they make excellent indoor plants. In the southern parts of Australia where there is not a great deal of humidity it would be ideal to keep your phalaenopsis in the more humid parts of your home like the bathroom or kitchen area, 50% to 70% is considered ideal, however, if they are kept well watered, over time they will adjust to lower humidity levels.

Watering:

It is best to water your Phalaenopsis orchid early in the morning, approximately every 5 to 12 days or when the potting mix is approaching dryness but should not ever be left to completely dry out. You should not leave your orchid sitting in water for long periods of time as it will develop bacteria or fungal rot.