The ultimate showdown between lilies and sunflowers took place this week on our Instagram page. If you missed it, here’s a recap: This month, YOU are choosing what we write about on the Enjoy Flowers blog. Each week, our Instagram followers will vote on which variety they want to learn more about. In these articles, we’ll be including fun facts about the variety, its history, its look, and growing tips! Want to participate? Follow us and vote on our Instagram here. And in the meantime, it’s our pleasure to announce our weekly winner: the sunflower! By popular demand, follow along as we cover the sunny story of the spectacular sunflower…
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A Luxurious Voyage into the Decadent World of Garden Roses
Roses are undeniably the most popular flower in the world, beating out 400,000 other types of flowers for this enviable title—quite an incredible feat! We all love roses, but why? Nearly everything about this species is flawless. And just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, breeders came in and created the modern garden rose, and nothing has been the same since! The Grand History of Roses Before we get into the garden roses of the present, let’s head way back to understand how we got here. Roses are one of the world’s oldest flowers known on the planet. In fact, a rose fossil was found that dates all…
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The Charming Charmelia®: A New Standout in the Luxury Flower Market
Are you familiar with the relatively new variety known as Charmelia®? Meaning “charming beauty,” this stunner hit the premium flower market fewer than 10 years years ago. So if you’re not familiar with it, welcome to the Charmelia® fan club! It’s nice to have you; we’re the club’s founding members, and if you make it to the end of this article, you’ll likely want to join the club as well! The Charmelia® Origin Story You may not know Charmelia®, but you’ve likely heard of Alstroemeria. Charmelia® and Alstroemeria are related, so you’ll see some similarities when it comes to size, look, and color. It’s important to know that Charmelia® is…
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The Enjoy Flowers Designer Collection: A Deep Dive Into the Protea
Flip the ho-hum of the daily grind on its head with the element of surprise. Open the door each and every month to a new bouquet design of fresh flowers that will infuse excitement and sunshine into your days. Our designer Hernando Salazar crafts each monthly design with powerful pops of surprise and delight to always keep you interested and inspired. The Enjoy Flowers Designer Collection features some of the world’s most breathtaking varieties. One such unforgettable bloom is the protea. Read on for an indulgent look at the protea and learn how you can get your hands on some of your own! The Protea Origin Story The protea is…
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Garden Like a Pro 4 Tips from the Enjoy Flowers Farm Team
Thank you for joining us in celebrating National Garden Month this April. We laughed, we cried, we dug and we pruned! But the big question remains—have you started working on your garden yet? For most of the United States, the best time to start is, well, now! Follow along for more about our farms and tips from the gardening team that makes our Enjoy Flowers subscriptions a (pretty) possibility. Meet the Gardening Pros at Enjoy Flowers Our Colombian farms are run by an incredible team of 1,500 employees that manages the planting, tilling, pruning, recycling, quality control, designing, packaging, logistics, customer service, and more! We proudly employ an equal number…
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TIPS FOR GARDENING LIKE A PRO FROM THE PROS AT ENJOY FLOWERS
To properly welcome plants to their new home in your garden, dig a hole that’s 2x as wide and the same height as the root ball of the plant. Once your plant is in the ground, make maintaining good moisture levels for the first few weeks a priority because this helps properly establish its roots. Before planting new areas, till the soil and add organic materials such as compost. The better your soil, the better the garden. You can actually use eggshells, coffee grounds, or fruit and vegetable scraps to make your own compost. Good for your garden and good for the environment: a win, win! Place rocks on the…
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Celebrating Happiness and Personal Growth for the upcoming International Women’s Day
This upcoming International Women’s Day, we will be celebrating stories from the Personal growth in women at Enjoy Flowers. As a family-run company, we’re not just invested in our products, we’re invested in our people. Without them, we’d never be able to bloom. TOGETHER WE GROW, TOGETHER WE RISE Meet Gladys Garay, a 42 year-old single mom from Colombia. Before joining us at Enjoy Flowers, Gladys was in a difficult marriage and endured psychological violence. Her ex-partner made her believe that she was ugly and could never accomplish anything on her own. To make matters worse, her son was diagnosed with leukemia. Full of fear and without any resources of…
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10 facts about the wildflower and other plants
If you are a nature lover, here you will find some interesting facts about the wildflower, those you’ve seen out in the wild, and those cultivated in your garden.
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See the Farms and Meet the People Behind Enjoy Flowers
Check out a behind-the-scenes tour of our flower farms in sunny Colombia where we grow the fresh flower varieties that are featured in your bouquets.
