A local florist near the recipient of your gift will tastefully arrange
these and other flowers
prior to your flower delivery to Downey California. |
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Bouvardia
Common names: bouvardia.
Description: A native of Arizona and New Mexico, this cut flower is also related
to the coffee plant and gardenia.
Grown in greenhouses, bouvardia is available year round from cut flower growers,
although supplies are more limited in winter.
Bouvardia can have a single or double star-like flower that opens from a tubular
neck.
Thin, branching stems open up to clusters of blooming florets.
Leaves are bright green and pointed. Bouvardia comes in white, pink, salmon, and
red and lives one to two weeks.
To prolong vase life, every 4 - 5 days recut the stems plus clean container thoroughly.
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Liatris
Common names: liatris, spike gayfeather
Liatris belongs to the Compositae family.
About 40 species of this hardy perennial flower grow across North America, from
southern Canada to northern Mexico, also east of the Rocky Mountains through Florida.
Liatris spicata, L. aspera Michx. and L. pycnostachya Michx. are major commercial
species, often used as colorful accents in cut flower arrangements or bouquets.
Unlike other flowers, liatris flowers open from its stem top downward.
Clustered along the spike, the flowers have a feathery look.
Various shades of deep lavender are most common; other flower colors are bluish
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