A local florist near the recipient of your gift will tastefully arrange
these and other flowers
prior to your flower delivery to Santa Monica California. |
|
Lily
Common names: lily, Asiatic lily, Oriental lily.
These showy, large flowered plants of genus Lilium are true lily plants.
They have a large showy flower which is six-petalled and is often fragrant.
Trumpet-shaped flowers grow to a 6-inch diameter.
Stems grow to 3 feet long, carrying four to eight blossoms, the sparse foliage
is dark green.
Because blooms open at various times, most lilies live one to two weeks.
Flower colors include white, yellow, pink, red with orange; many have a deeper
color (freckles) on inner petals. |
Alstroemeria
Common names: alstroemeria, Peruvian lily, Inca lily.
Alstroemeria, commonly called Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas, is a South American
genus of about 50 species of flowering plants, mainly from cool, mountainous regions
in the Andes.
Main stems of these cut flowers are 2 to 3 feet long branching into four to six
short pedicels; each holding two to four flower buds.
Many hybrids plus about 190 cultivars have been developed, with different markings
and colors, ranging from white, golden yellow, orange, to apricot, pink, red,
purple or lavender.
The flower, which resembles a miniature lily, is very popular with florists for
bouquets and flower arrangements in the commercial cut flower trade.
They have a vase life of up to two weeks. |
|
|
