Flowers insolita Blog

Yes, we can get “Tulips” now.
These are called “Ice Tulips”, meaning that they are tricked into thinking that it’s the winter.  They come from Sun Valley California or Holland.
Tulips need to go through seasonal stages to grow.  Ice tulips are stored in different stages of refrigeration to replicate the winter temperatures.
Because their quantities are limitted, […]

As many of you know, there are many, many Internet “florists” who advertise themselves as “local” florists but are in fact telemarketers residing somewhere else, some even in Canada or India.  They just transfer your order to a real florist, earning the sales commission.
At Flowers insolita, we consider their practice deceptive and do not knowingly […]

Hello all! This saturday some family members are throwing a surprise party for my aunt. She is going to be 80. Not sure that is a good age for some one have a bunch of people jumping out and yelling surprise at them…i know that would scare the bejesus out of my and I’m only […]

I found an interesting comment by a former JustFlowers employee about their business practice.  Click here. Scroll down to the bottom of the page (last message).

Almost every week, DOA (Department of Agriculture) has been halting our flower shipment from Holland.
How it happens is that, when they discovered that a certain flower has an insect in it, they halt all the mixed flower boxes that contain that particular flower.  Every week, the flower in trouble is different.
We are using another source […]

Who is that man that is an enigma wrapped in a cloak of mystery, who appears every week to ruin someone’s day? Why it is our local Huntington ticket man and he has come to give you a parking ticket! He is usually greeted with an exasperated ‘What the F@#%”! and thats on a good day. […]

Lilies are one of the most expensive flowers. Many customers are “shocked” to hear how expensive some of the lilies are!
The prices of lilies depend on two factors: (1) kinds of lilies and (2) the number of buds per stem.
(1) Kinds of lilies
There are three kinds of lilies usually sold in retail florists: Oriental, […]

Please just read the comments from their customers… They are destroying our industry. It must be stopped.
Order gatherers:

1-800-flowers
FTD
JustFlowers
11Flowers (listed as “Hall of Shame” in our web site)

Direct shippers:

ProFlower

Try Googling “Florist near Huntington NY.”  We are #1 in the search results!  Wow!
If you look for “Florist in Huntington NY” or just “Florist Huntington NY”, we are still ranked low, usually in the 4th or 5th page.  I don’t know why that is.  If any of you know the possible reason for this discrepancy, […]

I got an email from a florist in Eugene, Oregon yesterday. He told me that a customer had come to his shop to order a funeral casket cover. The customer brought a sample picture with him, which turned out to be one of our casket-cover arrangements shown in our web site! Apparently, […]