In early April 2009 Only Florists Directory was redesigned, a new logo, colour scheme but the same layout. Additional functionality was added to the site making it easier for users to find a florist and send flowers. The sites search button always allowed users to search for a florist by keyword, now we have placed the search box at the top of every page making it even easier to use. This amoungst other additions we feel makes Only Florists stand out even further from the rest, image is important and we like to feel even more so now we really do have the edge.

Ireland Florists, new to Only Florists! Florists and shoppers in Ireland can now start using the site.

Common names: gerbera, gerbera daisy

Description: blooms like daisies that grow to around 5 inches wide with many layers of thin petals. Gerbera’s grow in many sizes including tiny varieties; single-flowered or double-flowered; and spider varieties. Colors include white, cream, yellow, gold, pink, magenta, salmon, orange, red and mixed colours.

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Common names: Daffodil, narcissus, jonquil

Description: Six outer petals surround a cup creating a trumpet-style look of this cut flower. Some stems produce one flower; others produce clusters. The outer petals are yellow or white; cups may be white, yellow, orange or salmon, and some have an orange edge.

Special care: Daffodils secrete a sap that can harm other flowers if not properly conditioned. If mixed with other flowers, do not recut as you will cause sap to be released again.

Common names: chrysanthemum, mum

Description: There are many flower forms out there and the flowers stems may carry one flower or multiple blooms. There are also spoon-shaped, quill-shaped, threadlike or spiderlike florets. Used as both cut flowers and blooming plants, their colors include red, white, pink, yellow, bronze, magenta and purple.

Common names: Carnation

Description: Flowers are 2 to 3 inches wide on 1-to-2-foot stems. Tiny carnation varieties feature several small flowers on a single stem. Carnations come in a variety of colours including white, yellow, pink, fuchsia, deep purple, red, salmon, light green, bi-colors and flecked. The fragrant cut flowers live up to three weeks. Carnations are popular as potted plants because of their long blooming season.

Have joined the Florist Blog and have now made their first posts and started blogging, to find out all about their activities, the services they provide and what’s going online visit them here www.bouquetsofnewmarket.co.uk.

Common names: bouvardia

Description: Bouvardia can have single or double star-like blooms that open from tubular necks. 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. The dainty flowers and soft colors bestow an air of femininity wherever they make an appearance.

Common names: bird of paradise

Description: Named for their similarity in shape to the heads of tropical birds, these flowers have multicolored 5/7-inch flowers held inside green, pointed bracts. Their blooms are bright orange with purple and live one to two weeks.

Common names: aster, monte casino, rainbow aster, spray aster.

Description: Asters are dainty, daisy-like flowers with yellow centers distributed over airy sprays. They come in all colours of the rainbow including white, pink, lavender, red, purple and white. Vase life ranges from 7 to 14 days.

Special care: Cut stems every two days because they become slimy quickly. Check bouquets for foliage below water line.

This is what the florist blog community is all about, if you are a new florist,  a hobby florist or have an interest in arranging flowers then check out Rays Florist Video Tutorials.

Here on the florist blog community you can link into florists who are blogging as part of the community and share with them your views, ideas and opinions as well as read about what’s going on in their flower shops. All of the florists that make up the community are here to share with you their knowledge, ideas, tips and more.

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