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Walking on Sunshine

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If there were ever a flower that evokes the bright sunny outdoors it sunflowers. It’s one of the few posies that never go out of style. Sunflowers come in lots of different sizes. The mini sunflowers which are the size of baseball to huge sunflowers that are as big as a soccer ball. There are even little chrysanthemums called viking poms the size of a button that look just like a sunflower that are great in corsages and boutonnieres.

Some sunflowers have green centers and other have black centers. The petals can be bright yellow to a darker mustard yellow. Really cool are the two toned petals that are yellow on the edges and a rusty redish brown closer to the center. Also, sunflowers can be dyed with the most popular color being red.

Sunflower Varieties

Sunflowers are available year-around and at Knight’s we have them just about 50 out of 52 weeks a year. When someone wants an arrangement to cheer someone up and bring a little sunshine in a room you just can’t go wrong with these beauties.

When summer and fall comes around bridal couples just can’t get enough of radiant yellow sunflowers in their bouquets, reception flowers and for decoration. Doing an outdoor wedding, or barn wedding. oh my gosh, these settings scream sunflowers, with jute ribbon and a touch of greens you’ve got a classy country wedding. An added bonus is that sunflowers will stay fresh without wilting in the hot sunny outdoors!

We sell sunflowers from around $2 to $3 per stem and even better deals if you buy in bulk. Check us out.

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5 Pitfalls to Buying Your Wedding Flowers Online

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Many couples has they plan out their wedding stumble across ads on the internet for beautiful wedding flowers that can be shipped to you at prices much lower than your local florist. These ads are temping with beautiful photos of exotic flowers with unbelievable prices. Unfortunately, there are some dangerous pitfalls that brides to be need to be aware of.

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1.Pictures Can be Deceiving

Have you ever bought something online that looks huge and gorgeous, but when you get the flowers they are small and dinky? I’m sure we all have at some point. One of the advantages at Knight’s is we carry a huge selection of flowers throughout the week. We carry over 30 different variety of flowers in an array of colors at any given time. Many of the flowers that a bride will want for her wedding will be available to see, feel and smell right from our huge display cooler. This prevents any hidden surprises.

2. Wilted Flowers

Two of the most important components of keeping a flower fresh are water and cool/cold temperatures. When flowers have to travel great distances via FedEx they usually get hot (especially in the summer months) and are out of water. By the time they arrive in your home they can be wilted or very stressed. While re-cutting them will revive them, hopefully, the dramatic stress they endured probably knocked several days vase life off the flowers. Buying from a florist like Knights we keep your flowers in a temperature controlled cooler built just for flowers at around 35 degrees and 80-90% humidity so the flowers will be at optimum freshness for your wedding. We also hydrated the flowers in a special solution, plus store them in water mixed with just the right flower food to keep the blooms at just the perfect openness. When you pick up or have your wedding flowers delivered they will be in water with vases we give you.

 3. Sticker Shock

Online wedding flowers look to be like a great deal until you figure in the shipping and other charges the merchant tacks on at the end of the sale. Those bargain basement hydrangeas, once you’ve add up the miscellaneous charges can cost more than you can get at your local florist, especially Knights. We see brides that check our prices out and are amazed just how reasonable we are. Of course, you have to compare apples to apples-size, variety and color. With enough lead time we can get the prices way down, even  for the DIY’er.

4. Late Delivery

You have your flowers schedule for delivery on the day before the wedding and they haven’t showed up yet. Finally, they arrive really late in the day or worse the day of the wedding. Yikes! Believe me I waited on more than one bride on a late Friday afternoon desperate for last minute flowers for a wedding to replace the flowers that didn’t show up. Talk about panic stricken. At Knights we get our flowers in several days before the wedding to make sure they look great, properly hydrate them, and if there is a problem we have plenty of time to get replacements.

 5. Storage

OK, you’ve got your wedding flowers in a few days ahead of time to cover for possible problems. Now you’ve got to store them. You planned the perfect set up. Your old fridge out in the garage. This is just about the worst place you can store your flowers. I can not tell you how many brides that have ruined their flowers flowers in these fridges. What’s wrong with old refrigerators? Plenty. First, they may have old odors from leftover food that give off dangerous gases that can kill the flowers. Second, the temperature can vary dramatically from the top part to the bottom part of the fridge. Thirdly, If the fridge is in the garage or warm room the hot moisture from outside come onto the flowers in the fridges and collects on the petals and foliage causes them to turn brown or black…and possible wilt or die. Don’t put flowers in the fridge! Better to put them in a cool draft free dark room. Even better, buy your flowers from a local florist that has state of the art coolers just for keeping flowers.

Bottom Line

Stick with your local florist. At Knight’s we’ve been doing wedding flowers for over 60 years. When accidents happen, and they will, we are on the spot ready to fix it. Not 1,000 miles away sitting in a cubicle helpless to solve your problem.

Our Mission

We help budget minded couples planning a wedding make their dreams a reality with bloomin’ gorgeous wedding flowers without the stress and confusion of what to order.

 

 

 

 

 

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Peonies-When Tastes Exceeds Budget

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Peonies, one of mother natures most beautiful flowers. Big, fluffy and sweet they are the ‘in’ flower for weddings in 2014.  Peonies come in range of pastel and white colors. Unfortunately, peonies have one big drawback for brides on a budget. Price.  Peonies are very expensive.

Why are peonies so expensive?

It takes a peony 2 years to grow from seed to bloom

More importantly, peonies have a very short growing season. The main peony growing season in the continental U.S. is in the spring-April through June. Now growers in Alaska are starting to grow peonies during the summer months , but the supply is limited. Also, in the winter peonies are available in small quantities from Chile during the winter months.

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Peony Varieties

There are about 25 to 30 major varieties that florist use as cut flowers. The hottest variety for weddings in 2014 is undoubtedly ‘Coral Charm’.  With one of the big color trends in weddings this year is coral, ‘Coral Charm’ fits the bill perfectly with it heady ruffled bloom that give weddings that garden look.  One thing to keep in mind with ‘Coral Charm’  is the color changes from day to day as it opens, going from a pinkish shade to coral as it fully opens. Below is a brides bouquet we did for a wedding last month that was filled with ‘Coral Charm’ peonies

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Another wonderful peony is ‘Red Charm’ with its deep scarlet palate that is wonderful in the fall. We feature this peony in a beautiful wedding package called ‘Rumba Red’.

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Of course we can’t forget the most popular peony in weddings over the past several years, the gorgeous pink ‘Sara Bernhardt’. This huge blossom will work in with lots of shades of pink and it holds up very well.

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They are out of my budget

OK, you’ve just seen the most beautiful wedding bouquet on Pinterest or in a bridal magazine that has peonies in it. It’s to die for. You go to your florist and they quote you a price that is also to die for. Way more than you can afford. What’s a bride to do?

Well, at Knight’s we specialize in  finding substitutions for peonies that are less expensive. The best substitution are with garden roses. Many garden roses open up as big as a peony and have those ruffled petals and wonderful smell. In fact some garden roses look so similar to peonies most people would be hard pressed to noticed the difference. Check out a previous post on garden roses.

gardenrosepinkSo if your dying to have peonies, but they are out of season or just too darn expensive for your budget we here at Knight’s can help. Don’t hesitate to call or come by our shop. We can make your wedding memorable with or without peonies to fit any budget.

Our Mission

We help budget minded couples planning a wedding make their dreams a reality with bloomin’ gorgeous wedding flowers without the stress and confusion of what to order.

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5 ways to do your wedding reception for under $50

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One of the last items left on a brides to do list quite often will be decorations for the wedding reception. It can also be something that is over looked when budgeting for the wedding, which means no or little money left for the this important event. What’s a bride to do?

Here are 5 simple low budget do it yourself ways you can decorate a reception for under $50 that will take very little time.

1-For that vintage look that is so popular right now, buy some mason jars and fill them with similar flowers from your wedding. If you want to be a little more decorative you can try spraying you mason jars different colors. There are several sites online that will show you how to do this. At Knight’s we also carry several lots of mason jars that are tinted in the more trendy color palates.

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2-Candles are a great way to make your reception pop. Votive candles put in little glass vases can really make a plain reception decor sparkle. For extra impact get some glass mirrors and put under the candles

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3-Adding a single flower to a cube vase can really add a touch of elegance to a reception, especially if the flower is something exotic or has a high perceived value like a hydrangea, open rose or lily. Check our shop for some incredible deals one single stem flowers.

 

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4-Spread rose petals over the tables. Simple but effective way to give your tables a little pizzaz. At Knight’s we sell a box of rose petals for only $10 in any color.

5-Buy some 4″ plants like rose plants, kalanchoes or other blooming or foliage plants that are in season and place throughout your tables.

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These are just a few of the ideas for simple, inexpensive ways a bride can transform her reception into trendy setting without breaking the bank.

At Knight’s we have lots of ideas to help  budget minded bridal couples have a trendy, fashionable wedding. Check us out!

Our Mission

We help budget minded couples planning a wedding make their dreams a reality with bloomin’ gorgeous wedding flowers without the stress and confusion of what to order.