Flowers - The Most Ancient Calling
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the origin of St. Valentine’s Day is the Roman festival of Lupercalia. The festival celebrated the coming of spring and included themes of fertility and love, hence the frequent depictions of the Roman god of love, Cupid. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a...
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Fancy Tulip Varieties Cheat Sheet
Do you want a High -Res. PDF of this File? Email Us!Last week, I asked Lane how many Fancy Tulip varieties Sun Valley is growing. I expected a tidy, one-line answer like, 6 or 7 varieties. Lane with our current Fancy Tulip varieties, more to come! Oh boy, I had no idea. Lane sent me to the coolers with a list as long as my arm. I grabbed a bunch of each one and set to putting them...
Rosemary - Bred for Floral
Sun Valley is unique among flower suppliers and farms, in that we can create "Enhanced Bunches" quickly and affordably. Consumers are looking for a little extra pizazz in their floral purchases. Using items such as Salal, Beargrass or Huckleberry branches, we have been able to add the pizazz, very inexpensively. Did you catch this article in Super Floral?Tulips and RosemarySun Valley'...
Win/Win Valentine’s Day
For those of us in the flower industry, Valentine’s Day is a crazy push, both a harrowing few weeks of high drama and a (hopefully) a joyful success and sweet victory.For consumers, especially men, this is one of the few times a year they buy flowers. So, Valentine’s Day is not only important for today’s sales, but also for tomorrow’s sales. If a flower purchase doesn’t perform at the...
Butterfly Ranunculus Primer
Butterfly Ranunculus are a special type of Ranunculus relatively new to the market. Sun Valley is growing the most popular varieties, especially Ariadne, which is a soft pink.Just Picked Butterfly RanunculusButterfly Ranunculus feature delicate blooms with about 5-7 blooms per stem. The flower petals develop a tiny layer of wax that gives them a beautiful sparkle, which is very unique...
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100,000 Stems at The Rose Parade [SNEAK PEEK]
Make sure to tune into the Rose Parade on New Years Day, there are over 100,000 Sun Valley flowers in the Parade! California Flowers Showcased On Record Number of Tournament of Roses Parade® Entries CA GROWN Certification Ceremony Kicks Off Rose Parade FestivitiesPASADENA, Calif., Dec. 21, 2018 — Entries from Cal Poly Universities, Blue Diamond Almonds, FTD Companies Inc., Wells Fargo...