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There are many exotic town names in Long Island, especially in Suffolk county, such as Ronkonkoma, Hauppague, etc. Non-Long-Islanders can’t even pronounce them correctly.
If you are a Long Islander, you probably know that these names came from Native Americans’ language. But do you know the meanings?

Amagansett: “place of good water”
Aquebogue: “head of bay”
Commack […]

OK, this has absolutely nothing to do with flowers, but…
Do you watch “The Apprentice” on NBC? You may not like Donald Trump (not many people do), but do you know that four of the Apprentice hopefuls actually have connection to Long Island (one of them was already “fired”)?
Martin “The Philosopher” Clarke, an Atlanta-based […]

Here in Long Island, Canada goose is seen everywhere - park, golf course, parking lot, school yard, and so on. Not everyone likes this large bird (wing span 5-6 feet), because their droppings are proportionally large and they do it whenever and wherever they feel like doing it.
Fortunately to Canada geese, the bird is […]

Realated news in this blog: California weather alert 
It looks really bad. In California, many flowers are grown in outside fields; they can’t take freezing temperatures. According to one grower, this cold snap is the second worst disaster in his 30 years of business (the worst was 1990 when everything was lost).
Some flowers, such as roses, are […]

As many of you might have heard from TV news, freezing temperatures have decimated Colifornia’s agricultural industries, including flower growers.  The losses are said to exceed one billion dollars.  Governer Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in 10 of the state’s counties.
As the result, some of the common flowers are hard to get right now, […]

Actually “Kiwi” is not a flower.  It’s the name of a fictional bird.  Here’s the story of “Kiwi”:
“Kiwi - a type of bird that cannot fly, who spends its whole life working towards achieving his dream. The kiwi strived to create the illusion that it was flying over a forest as it soared down through […]

Roses: Red roses have been practically impossible to get for the last couple of weeks.  Now it’s getting better.
Tulips: Local tulips will become available around the week of the 15th.  The price will go down after that.
Lilies: White oriental lilies (Realto, Casablanca, Siberia, etc) are very expensive now in Dutch auction.  We are getting South American […]

Here’s a video of Annual Orchid Show 2006. The video is a little bid too long, but some of the Orchids displayed are very interesting.
Here’s an unusual Thai education TV program featuring a florist. The flowers they are selling appear to be common flowers (carns, mums, etc). I wonder where they are […]

We have been updating our delivery info lately.
Part of this effort is to provide a little information (history, demography, famous residents, etc) about each town we deliver to.
Currently we have the following towns available for viewing. Please email us if you have any comments or information about these towns. After review, we will […]