Category Archives: Knight’s Flowers

The World’s Greatest Dozen Red Rose Arrangement

Over the years at Knights we’ve striven to carry the world’s finest roses. With red roses, we feel it’s very important that we sell only the best, since it’s the most popular color among consumers. During the last 20 years we’ve only sold 3 red rose varieties in our shop-Kardinal, Charlotte and Forever Young.

Our red roses go through rigorous testing before they are ever sold to our customers. We look for vase life, head size, aperture and beauty, plus how well it stacks up against other roses in its category. Sometimes these tests can take months before we add a new rose to our collection.

For the past 10 years we’ve used Forever Young as our premium long stem red rose. We were one of the first florists in the United States to carry this rose. It has truly held its own against every red rose that has come out during this time. It has a phenomenal vase life, doesn’t droop and has a beautiful bloom. Rarely ever did we get a complaint when we sent these out to our customers. There have been a slew of new red rose varieties that have be introduced since we started carrying Forever Young, and we’ve tested many of them, but in our opinion, Forever Young always came out on top.

A Star Is Born

These past few months we have been testing a new red rose that has blown away everybody here at Knights. It has consistently passed every test we’ve thrown at it. ‘Amazing’ is the only way we can describe it. It’s grown for us by the world’s most discriminating rose grower- Rio Roses. We introduced this new red rose Valentine’s Day this year and since then we’ve not had 1 single complaint. Astounding!

The name of this mindblowing rose? It’s called ‘Corazon” . It’s Spanish for heart. If this rose doesn’t stimulate your heart, nothing will. Without a doubt it’s the most breathtaking red rose we’ve ever introduced in the 57 years Knights Flowers has been in business.

What makes Corazon so spectacular?

  • Vase Life-It lasts for up to ten days. We’ve even had some customers that have said it has lasted for them 3 weeks!
  • Doesn’t Droop-The vast majority of roses droop after a certain length of time. It’s normal. Not Corazon. No need for Viagra for this baby.
  • Huge Bloom Size-Corazon has one of the largest bloom size of any red rose on the market. 2.5″ bloom size and a gigantic 5″ across when full open.
  • Opens Fully-Unlike our previous red rose star Forever Young, Corazon opens fully. Nothing worst than a rose that never opens.
  • Beauty-Opens to a classic circular rose shape with a timeless true red color. Petals are firm, almost velvety and leaves are a dark rich green.

We’ve taken these awe-inspiring Corazon roses and created what we call ‘The World’s Greatest Dozen Red Rose’ arrangement. 12 of the most fabulous red roses you’ve ever feasted your eyes on. Arranged in a garden style glass vase with a mixture a classic greens, accented with vibrant waxflower blossoms and ribbon. Sure to set your love one’s heart aflutter.

The World's Greatest Dozen Red Roses Arrangement

Knight’s Flowers Goes Mobile

Knight’s Flowers is excited to introduce our new mobile website. No matter where you are at or what time of day it is you can shop at Knight’s Flowers. Our mobile site can be accessed on any smartphone including the iPhone, Blackberry, Android and many other smartphones that can connect to the internet. Plus, it free!

No more belated birthdays or anniversaries. Just found out at the last minute that you need to send flowers to a funeral, but not near a computer to see pictures of what you might like to send? Our mobile site is just a click away.

On our mobile site we display the top selling items for just about any occasion. Just scroll down the list and look at the images for the occasion that you’re sending flowers for, then click on telephone number and you’ll be immediately connected to one of our wonderful salespeople that will assist you in taking care of your order.

No matter where you are, in a car, at the airport, walking down the street, the Knight’s Flowers mobile site is available. When you have have that last second idea to send your loved one some flowers Knight’s Flowers is just a click away.

It’s simple to use. Just type in knightsflowers.com in your web browser on your mobile phone and you’ll be automatically directed to our mobile site. While you at it go ahead and bookmark the page for quicker access.

Knight’s Flowers mobile website. Ordering flowers on the go couldn’t be any easier.

What Everybody Ought to Know About Valentine’s

Hey guys and gals, how’s your love life? Is it active, boring, worthless or just wimpy. Do you kiss you spouse or fiancé or lover or girlfriend/boyfriend daily? Once a day. Twice a day. Several times a day. Once a week. Never!? How often do you send flowers to your love one? Weekly. Monthly. Only on birthdays and anniversaries? Or maybe just when you’ve screwed up. Man, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve unlocked the keys to the doghouse with our famous roses.

Now there is one time of the year you just can’t be wimpy or screw up. That’s Valentine’s Day. You’ve got to remember to send your true love a big bouquet of flowers, cause I ain’t got enough keys to get you outa that doghouse. No siree! No amount of kissin’ and huggin’ will make up for not sending your sweetheart flowers on Valentine’s Day.

At Knight’s we are here to make that day very, very special. Our designers have been working tirelessly to come up with arrangements that will blow you away. They are sexier (the flowers) than socks on a rooster. We have arrangements with roses in an assortment of colors. We’ve created bouquets of roses and stunning pink oriental lilies. Tulip bouquets are becoming very popular and we have a gorgeous arrangement of 10 sexy red tulips in a vase. Of course, we’ll have our wonderful assortment of chocolates, plush animals and balloons.

A tradition here at Knight’s is our rose feature at Valentine’s. It’s always a non-red rose feature. Did you know that 80% women prefer roses in colors other than red? Because we want to make sure your sweetie pie is happy, huggy and kissy we’ve gone all out to come up with a truly unique rose arrangement this Valentine’s

The rose we are featuring this year is call ‘Fame’. It’s a new rose that just became available this past year. It was born in Holland in 2007. One of its unique characteristics is its unusual color. It’s a silvery, mauvish pink. Light pink roses suggest a sense of fun, happiness and whimsy. It opens up fully and will last well over a week. When we first saw this rose a couple months ago here at Knight’s all our designers screamed “This is it! This is our rose for Valentine’s!” Immediately we made contact with Rio Roses, the world’s most discriminating rose grower. We bought all we could get our hands on. Because this rose is so new there is not a lot of supply out there. You will not find this rose anywhere else but Knight’s Flowers. Place your order early, supplies are very limited.

So now there you have it. Now you know what to get for Valentine’s. Put your faith in Knight’s Flowers to give your flame a Valentine’s they will always remember with roses that they will cherish for days and days.

Check out our complete lineup for Valentines at knightsflowers.com.

Tango Lilies

Over the last few weeks we’ve been receiving ‘Tango’ lilies for the fall. These are some of the most beautiful and unusual lilies I’ve seen. They are the latest rage in asiatic lilies. Tango lilies have a fantastic vase life of up to 12 days.

These lilies are characterized by their black speckled centers. As of now they come in eleven varieties. At present we carry 2- 3 of the ‘tango’ varieties. We are the first florist in the Knoxville area to carry these lilies, definitely not something you see in other area flower shops.

‘Kentucky’ is bright orange with cocoa speckles in the
center that’s perfect for fall arrangements.

‘Coastline’ has a pastel yellowish tint to it with burgundy speckles in the center.

We are now doing some gorgeous roses and lilies bouquets with tango lilies in them. These lilies are great in sympathy arrangements and really stand out. Of course, you can also just come by and buy them buy the stem and arrange them in your own vase at home.

Here’s a cute video about the ‘tango lilies’:

Just a Single rose

So often in the flower business when we think of roses we think in terms of 1 dozen roses. Here at Knight’s we are famous for our 2 dozen rose specials. We sometimes loose sight of the fact that just a single rose can convey a wonderful heartfelt feeling and have just as much impact as 1 or 2 dozen roses.

Several times a month we have a customer from Norris by the name of Carl that comes in and gets just a single rose to give a friend in the apartment complex he lives in for being such a nice person. This week he came by to get a single pink rose and wanted to share a card he got from a friend he gave a rose to. Below is the message on that card:

Carl,

I love flowers and I think a flower was one of God’s most phenomenal creations.

Thank you so much for the beautiful rose. In this day and age, it seems like people giving flowers was a thing of the past. It is really nice to know people still give them.

Also thanks for the smiley face.

Thank You,
Marilyn

I tell our employees here at Knight’s a customer that buys just 1 rose is just as good a customer as someone who buys 1 or 2 dozen roses. For several years we had a customer that would come by every week and buy a single yellow rose to put on his wife’s grave. When he past away his family remembered their father’s devotion to his wife memory and knew he came by Knight’s to get the roses. They wanted to make sure they got his casket spray of roses from Knight’s. A single rose ended up turning into a big order. Just a single rose can say it all.

Beanpod Candles Come to Knight’s

You can now find your favorite Beanpod candles at Knight’s! If you’ve never smelled a Beanpod candle, we’ll just say they smell so real you’ll never go back to any other candle. If you’re into aromatherapy, their mood selecter will help you choose which scents you’re in the mood for.

We carry a wide range of scents, both seasonal and year-round, in the Soy Beads, tea light, and 8, 16 and 25 ounce jars. The jars burn for approximately 120 hours (8 oz), 180 hours (16 oz) or 210 hours (25 oz) when you follow their burning instructions. Since soy wax burns cooler than paraffin and the wicks are cotton, Beanpods may burn a little differently than other candles you’re used to.

We’ve even created an arrangement called Flowers and Fragrance that our customers really love. Beautiful flowers and a keepsake candle. 2 for 1!

The Soy Beads can be melted in almost any tart warmer (flame or electric), placed out as pot pourri, or used in vacuum cleaner bags (but not a cannister) to freshen your house when you clean. Soy beads can be mixed and matched to create unique recipes, too! We have some recipe cards at the shop with suggestions, or create your own.

Beanpod candles are made from American grown soybeans, and are made in Iowa. The wicks are made from cotton and are lead free. Soy wax is superior to petroleum-based parrafin because soy wax is:

  • environmentally friendly
  • cleans up with soap and water
  • a renewable and sustainable resource
  • supports farmers

So, stop by Knight’s, and Go Green, Burn a Bean!