A local florist near the recipient of your gift will tastefully arrange
these and other flowers
prior to your flower delivery to Redondo Beach California. |
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Bird-of-Paradise
Common names: Strelitzia, Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise.
Strelitzia reginae is a flowering plant indigenous to South Africa.
Common names include Strelitzia, Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise, though these
names are also collectively applied to other species of genus Strelitzia.
Named for their similarity in shape to the heads of tropical birds, these have
multicolored 6-inch flowers held inside green, pointed bracts.
Florida and California are the main areas of cultivation, due to their warm climate.
It is a common ornamental plant in Southern California, and has been chosen as
the Official Flower of Los Angeles.
Their blooms are bright orange with purple, living up to two weeks. |
Iris
Common names: iris, netted iris, Dutch iris.
Iris is a genus of flowering plants with showy flowers which takes its name from
Latin for rainbow, referring to a wide variety of flower colors found among its
many species as well as countless garden cultivars.
They are perennial herbs growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises),
or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises).
Flowers open to 1 to 3 inches across.
Long, thin, pointed leaves grow from the stem base.
Flower colors include bluish-purple, deep purple, lavender, white or yellow.
Many have yellow petal markings.
Vase life is two to five days. |
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