September 2019 - Allen's Flowers

Fall Flower Wedding Trends

Allen's Flowers San Diego's Favorite Florist For Weddings Allen's Flowers has grown to be recognized as an industry leader and has been awarded a top 100 florist in the USA for several years now. This award is one of the most prestigious in the industry with over 36,000 florists competing for the honor. Locally, Allen's Flowers has been selected as the best florist in San Diego by the readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune and signonsandiego.com for 8 years. We have flower shops throughout San Diego, including our main location in San Diego, downtown San Diego, El Cajon, and La Mesa. Our San Diego flower and gift shops along with our website are ideal partners for your gift-giving and decor needs. Fall has officially arrived and it's time to plan for all fall events, including the harvest season, Halloween, and Thanksgiving not to mention any fall events like a fall wedding. Here are some of the floral trends for fall weddings that we are seeing for this year: Grasses and dried flowers Greenery has moved beyond the traditional and toward ornamental grasses and dried flowers, including Pampas grass and wheat stalks. Dried flowers focus on creating a bohemian or minimalistic look and often include succulents among the bouquet and fall wedding floral decorations. Ferns Ferns are popular for fall weddings in garland form or as bouquet accent. This type of greenery has even been found on a wedding cake. Leafy silver dollar eucalyptus and dusty miller are also popular, however. Seasonal and local flowers Seasonal and local flowers are popular as fall wedding flowers for their exceptional beauty, low cost, and easy accessibility. Here in San Diego we are fortunate to have a wide range of flower farms to deliver on this [...]

flyline content2019-09-28T16:47:07+00:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Weddings|Tags: fall flowers for weddings, fall wedding flowers, wedding flowers San Diego|Comments Off

The Perfect Way to Welcome a Baby

Allen's Flowers San Diego's Favorite Florist Allen's Flowers has grown to be recognized as an industry leader and has been awarded a top 100 florist in the USA for several years now. This award is one of the most prestigious in the industry with over 36,000 florists competing for the honor. Locally, Allen's Flowers has been selected as the best florist in San Diego by the readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune and signonsandiego.com for 8 years. We have flower shops throughout San Diego, including our main location in San Diego, downtown San Diego, El Cajon, and La Mesa. Our San Diego flower and gift shops along with our website are ideal partners for your gift-giving and decor needs. A new baby is definitely a cause for celebration. Whether you deliver your baby gift to one of the San Diego hospitals or to a San Diego residence, our San Diego flower shops and website have some thoughtful gift for the new bundle of joy. Here are some gift ideas from our Baby Collection: BABY GIRL TUB Celebrate the arrival of a baby girl with this gift of hydrangea, spray roses, and gerbera daisies that are arranged in a pink metal tub along with a stuffed teddy bear. BABY BOY TUB The same arrangement is available for the arrival of a baby boy with masculine colors, the same floral arrangement, a blue metal tub, and a stuffed teddy bear. SWEET BABY BOY This baby boy arrangement includes hydrangeas, roses, and greenery that's been arranged in a blue ribbon-wrapped clear glass cube. The flowers are shades of blue and white. SWEET BABY GIRL A similar arrangement is also available for a baby girl arrangement with hydrangeas and roses in shades of pink and [...]

flyline content2019-09-23T19:50:55+00:00September 23rd, 2019|Categories: Baby|Tags: baby flowers, baby gifts, celebrating new baby|Comments Off

Best Plants For Indoor Decorating

Allen's Flowers San Diego's Favorite Florist and Garden Center Allen's Flowers has grown to be recognized as an industry leader and has been awarded a top 100 florist in the USA for several years now. This award is one of the most prestigious in the industry with over 36,000 florists competing for the honor. Locally, Allen's Flowers has been selected as the best florist in San Diego by the readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune and signonsandiego.com for 8 years. We have flower shops throughout San Diego, including our main location in San Diego, downtown San Diego, El Cajon, and La Mesa. Our San Diego flower and gift shops along with our website are ideal partners for your gift-giving and decor needs. Flowers are beautiful, but plants also create a beautiful natural ambiance to your home. We have an extensive collection of indoor plants for indoor decorating like these: Let's start with succulents. While they may seem trendy, these plants offer a wide range of colors and textures to blend with all types of indoor decor. SUCCULENTS AND DRIFTWOOD This arrangement offers a diverse display of San Diego-grown succulents and colorful kalanchoes that are accented and arranged in a circular glass bowl. RUSTIC SUCCULENT TIN Four different succulents are presented in a rustic designer tin, which is nice to create a comfortable ambiance. SUCCULENT GARDEN Locally grown California succulents are combined with kalanchoe and displayed in a clear vase. There are so many other indoor plants that are ideal for indoor decor: ZZ PLANT The ZZ plant is ideal for an area with no natural light and offers a unique look with its z-shaped leaves. SANSEVIERIA GEOMETRICUS Also known as the "Snake Plant," the Sansevieria is an eye-catching, low-maintenance plant that brings the outdoors [...]

flyline content2019-09-13T21:07:45+00:00September 13th, 2019|Categories: Plants|Tags: garden center San Diego, indoor plants San Diego, San Diego plant store|Comments Off

Birthstones, Birthdays, and Bouquets

Allen's Flowers San Diego's Favorite Florist Allen's Flowers has grown to be recognized as an industry leader and has been awarded a top 100 florist in the USA for several years now. This award is one of the most prestigious in the industry with over 36,000 florists competing for the honor. Locally, Allen's Flowers has been selected as the best florist in San Diego by the readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune and signonsandiego.com for 8 years. We have flower shops throughout San Diego, including our main location in San Diego, downtown San Diego, El Cajon, and La Mesa. Our San Diego flower and gift shops along with our website are ideal partners for your gift-giving needs. Each birthday month has its own color and birthstone, which is a great place to start when you want to plan birthday flowers for a special person in your life. Here are the birthday months with gemstone colors: December Birthstone – Blue Topaz November Birthstone – Citrine October Birthstone – Opal September Birthstone – Sapphire August Birthstone – Peridot July Birthstone – Ruby June Birthstone – Pearl May Birthstone – Emerald April Birthstone – Diamond March Birthstone – Aquamarine February Birthstone – Amethyst January Birthstone – Garnet Here are some birthday bouquets that may go nicely with these special birthday gemstones and colors: PETITE SENSATION This festive floral design features orange and pink roses, two types of hydrangea, a cymbidium orchid, and other seasonal flowers and greenery in a keepsake ceramic container. ALL SMILES This floral arrangement is a birthday party all on its own. It showcases a range of premium flowers in bold and bright colors. PRETTY IN PINK This birthday bouquet has pink Oriental lilies, hot pink roses, pink carnations, fuchsia stock, light [...]