Teleflora Promotional Codes for Fall, ThanksGiving & Halloween

IN THIS ISSUE:

Teleflora's Colonial Williamburg Sweepstakes

Favorite Bouquets for fall

Everyday Bestsellers

Festive Thanksgiving Centerpieces

UPCOMING CREATIVE RELEASE DATES:

Thinking of You: October 6-19

Halloween: October 20-31

Thanksgiving: November 1-30

Teleflora's Colonial Williamsburg Sweepstakes This Thanksgiving holiday, three of Teleflora's keepsake bouquets will come with the chance (for both sender and recipient) to win one of two GRAND PRIZE family adventure trips to Colonial Williamsburg. The prize package includes airfare, lodging, meals AND a $500 Colonial Williamsburg gift card. Ten SECOND-PLACE winners will each receive a $500 Colonial Williamsburg gift card. Teleflora's WILLIAMBURG Golden Pitcher Bouquet - 08T300 Teleflora's Amber Glow Bouquet - 08T200 Teleflora's Autumn Iridescence Bouquet - 08T100 This sweepstakes will be promoted across the Teleflora.com website as well as through a variety of marketing channels. For our affiliates, we hope marketing efforts on our end will create demand to your properties. It will also be a selling point you can promote on your site. Look for more information on this sweepstakes on Teleflora.com beginning 10/6/2008. Above is a preview of the beautiful keepsake bouquets that will be eligible for the sweepstakes.

Fall Favorites

Fall Grandeur TF-WEB31 - $69.95 Sunset Glow 08N620B - $49.95 Best Witches TFWWEB441 - $59.95 Mostly Ghostly TFWWEB442 - $69.95			EVERYDAY BESTSELLERS: Sunny Smiles TFWEB320 - $39.95Make a WishTFWEB164 - $29.95Stratford GardensTFWEB166 - $39.95Polka Dots and PosiesTFWEB416 - $39.95Fragrance VaseTF-F3 - $41.95

Our fall favorites are based on bestsellers and showcase new exciting products from Teleflora.com. These are great products to spotlight and should yield high conversions for your site.

Festive Thanksgiving Centerpieces Dress up your holiday with a beautiful Teleflora centerpiece. We have fun and elegant choices for every table

Crimson CornucopiaTFWEB457 - $79.95 Autumn OrchardTFWEB225 - $44.95 Red Delicious TFWEB453 - $59.95 Warm and Wondrous TFWEB461 - $109.95

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Other Great Product Offerings Check out other great offerigns from Teleflora, including political bouquets AND charity bouquets supporting Stand Up To Cancer, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Injured Marine Semper-Fe Fund. Stand Up To Cancer Sweet Liberty Pink Blush

Flowers to Gift, Flowers to Eat

I wonder if you knew that there are certain varieties of flowers that are edible too. “Calendula” which is an edible flower has been named as the Herb of the Year by the Herb Society of America. The flower petals are good in cooking and nice in salads; tangy, savory flavor.

Other delicious varieties are:
Cornflower/bachelor button, or Centaurea cyanus. Used in cooking; sweet, spicy, clove-like flavor.
Daylily, or Hemerocallis species. Used in cooking; mild onion flavor.
Hibiscus, or Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Flowers and juices used in cooking; slightly acidic taste, cranberry flavor.
Jasmine, or Jasminum - grandiflorum or sambac (Arabian jasmine). Flowers are used in cooking; great in tea; delicate sweet floral flavor. Another variety called Carolina jasmine, is poisonous. So you better beware.
Lilac, or Syringa vulgaris. Flowers used in cooking; lemony, floral flavor.
Marigold, or Tagetes tenuifolia (T. signata). Spicy, herbal or lemon flavor, depending on the variety.
Nasturium, or Tropaeolum majus. The leaves, blooms and flower buds are all used in cooking; buds are used as capers; sweet, peppery flavor.

And there are many other such flowers.

However, there are a few flowers too that should be avoided like the Carolina jasmine mentioned above. These are azalea, crocus, daffodil, foxglove, oleander, rhododendron, jack-in-the-pulpit, lily of the valley, and wisteria. (The list is not complete)

Finally, we know that Flowers are not just gifts. They have more value than you thought they have.

Best Flower Deal of the day
I had a tough time finding out the best deal today.
This is however interesting and I am sure it will be useful. FTD is offering 10% off on flowers @ $19.99.
This is super low. Check it out:


FLOWER NEWS
Good Flower News: Annual Flower Festival at a Town Church in Ramsey, UK…. more>>
Reported by: Telegraph UK

Not-so Good Flower News: Gold that turned litter .. more>>
Reported by: The Daily Telegram

Flower Olympics

Now this shall come as a great news and I am really amazed at the awareness of flowers being spread around the world. This is really a joy-filled news. Well taking cue from the Western World, the east is preparing itself for a huge flower exhibition and the initiative has been taken by Kenya.

Kenya is opening up a flower exhibition for the flower vendors on 7th June. The exhibition is called “Soko la Maua”. (I wish I knew how to pronounce that except for my own sense of pronunciation).

The exhibition is expected to be useful for all flower vendors as they are sure to learn a lot from each other. Such an exhibition gains real importance and is a much awaited event, be it any industry for that matter. Of course the exchange of ideas and intellect adds more to the common wisdom.

So if you are fortunate enough to be in Kenya visit the Village Market’s Roof Top Parking in Nairobi to catch this wonderful event (ya! That’s right ‘roof top parking’.. that’s what even I am wondering!)

Best Flower Deal of the day:
Grower flowers offer Same Day Florist Arranged flowers at just $29.95!

FLOWER NEWS:

Good Flower News:
The Knot Magazine knows to get Wedding flowers less expensive.. more>>
: Reported by – CBS News
Not-so-good Flower News:
When even flowers are not spared of theft..more>>
: Reported by News OK.

Songs, Bollywood & Flowers

I was wondering how things change. And I wondered this while watching an old Bollywood song. I remember that as a child, the Bollywood songs had too much to say with flowers. Most of the songs in the 80s had flowers playing a major role i.e. flowers here, flowers there and flowers everywhere. And this was to create an ambience of love, romance and beauty around the sets.

This has been changing from the 90s when flowers almost disappeared from the movies. Its sad. And other things replaced flowers. Bollywood started to shoot around external locations (out of India) and they grabbed the attention. Slowly and gradually the songs also have become meaningless with more beats and loud music and less lyrics.

Take a look at the beauty of these two songs. They are simply heart-capturing. Flowers, as were common in those times, had much to add to the song:

A song was even shot where the two lovers are singing of their dream to build a sweet home in a distant "flower town". Check this one too:

The Best Online Flowers Deal of the day:
Teleflora (which happens to take my heart away with each promotion has come up with a very nicely designed product for Father's day. I couldnt help but share this with you. I will call it the best deal based upon the design which overshadows all other things. Take a look.
Give Dad a lift with Teleflora's exclusive '48 Ford Pickup Bouquet now 10% off

Flower News
Good Flower News: Celebrating Connecticut State Flower more>>
: Reported by Courant

Not-so Good flower News: Moving her flower shop again more>>
: Reported by The Tribune

Announcing Best Online Flower Deals & Gift Deals Daily

I am planning to start a Deal section on this Blog apart from the latest News Section. This deal section would essentially comprise of a single best deal that really enchanted me. Of course, this shall be the best flowers deal available online. I plan to research more and more on the Online Flowers segment and offer you with lots of opportunities to buy flowers online and strike a best deal.

So here its is today, The Best Online Flowers Deal of the day: courtesy Online Florists.

Send the best selling Fields of Europe today. Only $34.99-Same Day Delivery available

This one is at 1800flowers.com and is an arrangement of bright fresh lilies, alstroemeria, mini Gerbera daisies and more beautifully recreates the style found in European flower markets.

Contains following features:
 Gorgeous gathering of lilies, alstroemeria, mini Gerberas, button poms, solidago and more
 Artistically designed in a classic glass vase; measures 8"H
 Components may vary (to be noted)
 Large arrangement measures approximately 18"H x 14"D
 Medium measures approximately 18"H x 13"D

Best Gifts Deal of the day: courtesy Online Gift Ideas

Shop Sears 3-Sale Sale Friday 6/13 – Sunday 6/15 & find great savings up to 50% off Gifts for Dad
Since Friday is just a day away, I am sure you wouldn’t have liked to miss this.

Flower News
Good Flower News: Read about the Garden of California’s ‘Martha Stewart’
: Reported by Los Angeles Times

Not-so Good Flower News: Talk about Plastic flowers – the ‘tacky-some’. Read here
: Reported by Leighton Buzzard UK

Flowers Lessons – I

Ever wondered what a Flower actually is?
“the part of a seed plant that normally bears reproductive organs” Period.

It was amusing for me that Flowers to which we relate for Love, Purity, Sensuality, Friendship and all sort of good things will ever have any relation to Reproduction! But that’s true, a flower is nothing but a reproductive organ of the plant.

However, flowers are lovely and these reproductive organs form a very beautiful gift (ah! That’s coarse. Isn’t it?) But then that’s the truth.

Anyhow, I write today a lesson on understanding flowers starting from very basic steps. Do I have to talk about why are flowers needed? Its clear from the definition above. However, the human explanation would much vary from the scientific one. Flowers are basically needed in our lives to inculcate freshness in the garden, as ornamental objects in our homes and as a gift to present someone. A souvenir from a lover.

Apart from the parts of the flowers – Petals, Sepals, Stigma & Stamen, Petals are the most popular and widely known and used term. Petals are the leafy kinds that surround the actual reproductive parts of the flower.

Now the most popular of the flowers is Rose. Check this out:

It’s the definition of beauty.

Other flowers worth mentioning here are:
Lily


















Carnations

Gerbera Daisies

These are some of the flowers that are looked for while making flower arrangements. Each flower is a beauty in itself and has many species where the arrangements of Petals or sepals may differ giving these varieties myriad shapes and forms and adding beauty to their beautiful nature.

Cala Lilies are mind blowing. See for yourself:

And yes how can I forget the Tulips, they are simply the best flowers that you will ever find.

Apart from these basic flowers, there is whole huge range for Tropical Flowers which you may not find easily. However much in demand. I shall talk about Tropical Flowers in subsequent posts. But prior to that there is more deeper look at these basic varieties on the seasonality and more beautiful varieties.

It will be interesting if some you could just share pictures of these basic varieties with me and I shall be glad to post them in my next write-up.

FLOWER NEWS
Good Flower News: A story about a Japanese Flower Grower more>>
Reported by: The Chronicle Herald, Canada

Not So Good Flower News: Read about the Largest Agricultural theft in San Hose more>>
Reported by: Mercury News

Flowers of Love

I read the story of three beautiful ladies who were brought to life from being flowers. And I was touched by the sensibility that this story carries. The story is called The Story of Two Shepherdesses,the Blonde and the Brunette: and of a Queen of France. The Blond and the Brunette Shepherdesses are Bleuette and Coquelicot, the prettiest girls around for whom even the crickets, birds, wind and all humans, livings and non-livings loved. Apart, they had two boyfriends - Lucas & Blaise deeply in love.

It was during the time when super old Humpback Judge and a bald Squire compel them to marry themselves. They used soldiers to take the girls away and the lovers of both of them faint. While the soldiers could drag the girls with themselves, the Queen happens to pass through the way and found the two pretty girls sunk in tears. The Queen herself was 'Lily' and came out to be an old friend of the girls who was long ago happy with her solitude was proposed by the King of France whom she married and from then went unhappy, lost her solitude and privacy. She weeps with them after she send away the two crooked oldies back to home and grieves over her situation. Here are some excerpts of her grief that Lily shares with Bleuette and Coquelicot –

“........Remember,’ said she, ‘that true greatness and genuine purity can live
only in solitude. Take pattern from the lily, my child. We acknowledge its
beauty, chiefly because that to its beauty, it joins an air of guileless
innocence, which charms the heart.........’

..........“How much I
regret the time when, yet a simple flower, I was the cherished symbol of
innocence! Then was I strown in the path of virgins and chaste brides. Angel
messengers from heaven would stop a while to repose among my petals, and on the
morrow, taking me along in their arms, would present me to men, as a fresh
pledge of the good tidings which they came to announce. Then I lived on air, on
light and sunshine. My nights were passed in looking at the stars, and in the
intoxicating delights of those confused murmurs which one hears in the shade: --
whilst now” –.....

and after the two of them die, there comes a school master who passes through the cemetery..

...... he stops to cull flowers from the tomb of the two victims. “My dear
children,” he says to his pupils, while he shows them the bluebottle and the
cornpoppy, -- “this one signifies delicacy, and the other, consolation.” These
are two qualities, that have no very direct connection with the story which we
relate to you. But we must give up in the presence of the master. He knows
better than we do the language of flowers. And yet the young folks of the
village take a pleasure, when they have a chance, in twitching his queue, and
playing other pranks upon him.....

Lovely Story.. Aint it? Do you have more such stories to share?

Flower News:
Good Flower News: The flower beds are all colors with the arrival of spring's wet weather more>>
: Reported by The Columbian

Not so good flower News: Adele Wakefield has something to tell which may make someone ashamed - the florists more>>
Reported by: The People.co.uk

Online Florists' Battle

No matter how better the Teleflora flowers are, people still are more obvious to 1800flowers, ftd & proflowers.com. I struck upon this cool gadget very late. Although there are many such online free tools that compare websites but I found Quantcast better than many others.

And the first thing that I had to do was check who’s who online florists per se. And I could not but get excited to see this graph. Quantcast provides a lot of data on the various measurements for any site being searched. Take a look at this comparison graph that I generated on Quantcast.



Although one thing that I would say that I did not like about this graph is that we cannot dig into the data. So a curve is generated only when the month ends. Otherwise it would have been really interesting to check out the visitors for Mother’s Day. To know who sold the most number of flowers on Mother’s Day this year.

About the data that we see in the graph, Teleflora (which is my favorite) is still lagging far behind. And a noticeable thing is that all the online florists are actually showing the same trend which is to say that none of them is actually working to tap the untapped during the seasons. I don’t know if I can say that they are really doing well. I mean they are just getting business in seasons and lesser business off seasons. Also, we can clearly see a very close fight between 1800flowers.com and proflowers which is pretty interesting. Take a look at Feb-Mar curve, o wow, what a nice fight in the other 3 while ftd sits at the top all through out the year as an invincible candidate.

Towards the end of the curve, I would say that, proflowers is the real looser which gets far behind 1800flowers. What could possibly be the reasons – did 1800 flowers perform too well or did proflowers went sloppy!

Another interesting area is that between ftd and 1800 flower. In the October 2007 – Nov 2007, 1800flowers & ftd were in close combat but ftd lifted itself up like a rocket. Take a look at Jan-Feb slope.

While this battle among all the Online Florists would continue lets see the changing trends and hope to see more interesting results of this Mother’s Day.

BTW, I found a very cool website where you can make and design your own flowers. Check out Zefrank.

Unfortunately, I treid a lot dragging the petals to the white area but was unable in my 30 mins efforts. If someone of you is able to do that, share some tips with me. Although, I am taking another try before I write to the webmaster.

The Flower News

Good Flower News:
After Chelsea Flower Show, it’s the Auckland Flower Show: THE new Auckland Flower Show has received major backing from public and industry entities…..more >>
: Reported by Times Online NZ

Not-so good Flower News:
Flower woes in Africa: HIGH costs of electricity, diesel, freight and agricultural inputs are chocking the flower sector. Juliet Musoke, the head of the Uganda Flower Exporters Association, explained that…..more >>
: Reported by All Africa.com

Mission Flowers & Plants

I was amazed to know what Edmontonians have planned to do this spring in Canada. Well they are going about for a beautiful mission to beautify their land by planting trees one at a time. That’s a very decent drive. One thing that we miss in our busy daily lives is about thinking of the environment and the fast pace at which it is deteriorating. While one thing that can save (or majorly contribute in saving) our environment, are the trees. Planting trees is actually very pious job to do. I mean, we enjoy planting a tree and observing it as it grows, like our own child. Apart from that, its high time that we become conscious of saving our dear planet from the environmental degradation.

The green drive named as "Guerilla Gardeners Vs Jasper Ave" is surely a very bright act in this direction and we actually need more such initiatives.
“Long Live the Green”

There is nothing very cheery on the “sending flowers online” & “Online flower shops” front. 1800flowers.com , proflowers and ftd.com are still featuring the same old products with no freshness (newness). However, as always, the dear TELEFLORA has again come up with a beautiful Merchandising Text adjacent to an equally beautiful flower.

Check out their beautiful Spring Farewell Collections

I don’t know but I like the Teleflora flowers the most, they have a sense of freshness and spirit raisers attached to them somehow and they really come up with all the beautiful designs and arrangements. That might be one reason they are considered the best among all other online florists and online flower shops by the Real Florists Community. The visually pleasing designs are really a treat. What a day would they make if someone orders them.

The Flower News:

Good Flower News:
Even the badly hit economy and the surging fuel prices couldn’t put a damper on flower sales at the Toledo Flowers Market – See Vendors Joy
: Reported by ToledoBlade.com

Not-so Good to hear news:
The rapidly changing climate puts worry lines on the forehead of Designers at the Chelsea Flower Show
: Reported by The Canadian Press.

(I somehow started disliking the word “Bad” attached with flowers. It makes me feel as if the flowers are bad. So I have thought of using a phrase – “Not-so Good to hear” or if you could come up with some good, one/two words as the replacement, I will be glad to use them. As it is, I am not that good at English)

Flowers at Best

If you think, you like flowers, take a look at Tony Howell’s work on photography for flowers. Tony Howell is known to be one of England's best-known landscape photographers, and is based in Somerset. His photographs are binding and are a work from lands of England, India, Utah and Wales. The pictures are very peaceful and seem to somehow induce a serenity into your heart.

I had a good time looking at these photographs. I hope you too would like them. There are almost all kinds of flowers along with the names of flowers listed below them. The different type of flowers that Tony has clicked can come in handy with the students of floristry too as a flower identification guide. The pictures of flowers are simply breath taking. The photography is so clear that you can count the parts of the flowers as well as locate each part separately.

Really a commendable job!

Hey, check out this amusing video posted on youtube that I found today:




Good News for Flower Lovers:
Here are some tips on the classic windows box plants – Reported by Times Online UK

Sad News:
Florists facing a tough time in the flower district – Reported by New York Mag

Mothers Day Sky-Rockets

Let me start with the huge traffic that 1800flowers.com, FTD.com and Teleflora.com received this year on the Mother's day. A clear data on the Traffic is, however, not possible but the Alexa Graph is definitely going to show us a better idea of what the traffic had been.

Florist	No of Visits/Day	Alexa Traffic Rank
1800flowers.com	116,125	5,323
ftd.com	96,557	9,353
teleflora.com	9,266	47,829

Considering a 1% conversion and an average order size of US$50, lets calculate the business done in a day by any of these Online Florists.

1800flowers.com	US$ 58,062 per day
ftd.com	US$ 48,278 per day
teleflora.com	US$ 4,633per day

This is quite considerable and make me feel that the Online business of Flowers is very attractive. This is on any particular day and not Mother's day. On Mother's day, the figures are almost 5 to 8 times of a normal day. This is clear from the following Alexa Graph:


A considerable amount is spend each year by people all across the world on Mother's day and Businesses do cash it. This is a data of only the flowers, however, the Gifts category has totally been ignored here. Let me take you through a survey performed in 2006 for the no of ways money is spent on Mother's day and their share through a wagon wheel chart.


Does this make you prepare for the next Mother's Day? Then let me tell you Valentines Day attract even more traffic.

Post Mothers Day

Mothers Day is over now and I am sure all you people must have had a fabulous Mother's Day. Of course, except for those, who ordered their flowers and could not receive it timely. This problem is being addressed everywhere and there seems to be a logistics management problem that has seeped in lately into all systems. Whether its the Flowers that you send on Mother's Day. Order it online or call and order for them, its almost the same thing. A delya seems to be inevitable these days. I have been reading on blogs and visited many forums where this problem has made many people angry towards the florists they have ordered their flowers.

Well a consciuos effort is actually required at the Customers end as well as the florist's end to actually address this problem. And I can understand the way one feels when somebody is a victim of false committment.

Apart from this, I did a last post on Gifts because gift certificates are a way which you can send and wish anyone on an occasion. It has a materialistic value, however, does not have much of a personal touch (which is more required at such occasions as was the Mother's Day).

There have been a huge online traffic this year too on Mother's day and due to the paucity of time with me right now, I shall give a detailed anlaysis of the same in my next post. However, to just hint you, FTD.com received around 10 Million visitors on a single day!

C ya in the next post.

Online Florists - Misconceptions & Rumors

The USAweekend.com reported Amy Stewart, author of "Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers." Consumers receive less than what they pay for and have little recourse for resolving problems. Order gatherers appear to be local but are based somewhere else. If in doubt, call them to find out."

Well I completely disagree with her opinion and perception about so called “order gatherers”. Well, I would not call them order gatherers. A better name would be order facilitators. I look at them as a very important subject of an order. Why? Simply because they are actually increasing the reach of a florist which a local florist can really not do! A local florist who sells fresh flowers for every occasion that you could imagine round the street corner is unable to reach a person outside the city. Yes, that’s true, he collects his orders through a call or by direct walk-ins. However, he is unable to launch an expensive and dynamic website and then work over it to actually market it online. This would render him start up a new section his flower shop – that of technicals, online marketers and researchers which I am sure he would not be able to afford by his measly or not very rich income.

Now how is an Order Facilitator to send flowers online helps here. Well, it’s a relationship that an Online Facilitator builds up – a two way relationship with the Florists as well as Customers. Lets see how he does that.

Relationship of online florist with the Customer:

I am sitting in New Delhi, India and wish to send flowers to my brother who lives in 54th Street, NYC. Now what do I do? Do I call my brother up to know the no of local florist of New York and destroy the very surprise that I wanted to give to my brother? Or should I just keep researching for a local florist in New York, get his phone no and spend a huge amount of money to order him flowers. Well, how would he charge even if I do order my flowers? How do I believe him?
Wouldn’t it be much easier for me to just order to an Online florist, select a flower or bouquet of my choice and see them delivered without much hassles or without spending any money!
Yes it is. Well I am really grateful to the Online company to make things easier for me. I can also pay online, I can even track my order and what more, I can even question them if my order is not delivered or sue them for the same.

Relationship of Online Florist with the Local Florist:

I am a florist with only 20 orders per day. I want to expand my business but I am unable to because I do not have enough funds to market my products. Moreover the population where I am located is not so much and the competition with other florists is just too much that I end up with just 20 orders per day. An online florist approaches me and ask me to tie up with him because his research says that a lot of people from India send flowers to my city every day. Why would not I tie up with him. Does it really matter to me if I can offer him a commission on his services. Well after the tie up I saw an increase of 5 orders per day. That’s good news as more online florists are approaching for tie ups. More tie ups mean more orders per day.

Now as per Amy Stewart, Consumers receive less than what they pay for is actually misinterpreted and is a perception of potential short sightedness. She forgets the widening reach of a local florist and the benefits of customers to send flowers from anywhere to anywhere. They are not receiving less, they are actually gaining more through the Online Florists.

Whats wrong if an Online florist asks for a commission for his services. Everybody does that. I mean one way or the other. Don’t Travel Agents do it?

Probably, Amy Stewart should rethink over her comments.

Well, of all the altercations, check out Mother's Embrace with $20 off

Teleflora Promotion Code & FTD Flowers Discount - Mother's day

For folks who are still looking out for discounts on flowers they wish to send and yet have not found that beautiful flower or bouquet to send online to Mama this Mother’s day. Ladies & Gentlemen, Mother’s day is approaching fast now and you need to quickly make a decision in case you are left out with the last minute orders which are very doubtful to be delivered the same day.

This Page might be outdated by the time you are visiting this. A better idea would be to look for newer posts on Teleflora, FTD, 1800 Flowers promotion codes or you could also
Save 15% and toast your Thanksgiving host with a fresh Teleflora bouquet!

I did a little work for you guys to save you money this Mother’s day. But as in my earlier post, I gave you two discount coupon codes for Martha Stewart flowers & bouquet on 1800flowers. Today, let me take you through another beautiful flower designer and online florist – Teleflora.

Teleflora is a big florist of the US and can boast of a huge visitor base with specific searches on Teleflora ranging from 400-500 searches per day on Google by the users. Well, this is significant. Teleflora is picking up significantly owing to its neat interface and good brand promotion through the Media especially the TV. Their Mother’s day Specials on the NBC – America’s Favorite Mom is sure to have a lot of Mom-loving children watching it.

Following are some of the Coupon codes embedded links for Teleflora. Just click on any of these links (actually the Teleflora Promotion codes) and you should get the Teleflora discount code on the top of the landing page. So you do not have to worry but just keep browsing through the website. Read the below links carefully and select whichever suits your needs.

Celebrate Mom with fresh flowers from Teleflora. Order today and Save 15%.
Petal your way into Mom s heart with Teleflora flowers. Now 15% off
Celebrate Mom with fresh Teleflora flowers, now 15% off.
Give Mom fresh Teleflora flowers and save 20% when you purchase 2 or more bouquets.
Celebrate Mom with Fresh flowers and save $5 when you upgrade to a bigger, better bouquet.
Save $5 on box of chocolates when you purchase any Teleflora bouquet.
Save 50% off your service fee on when you purchase a Teleflora product over $50
Telefora has a wide selection of flowers for mom. Save 20% when you choose Roses or Lilies

In case you are too FTD obsessed and are looking for FTD flowers but not getting discounts, I have something for you – a 10% off link for FTD flowers. Well, bear it but this link shall enable your cookie and whenever you visit FTD, you would avail this 10%!
To validate, try browsing FTD without clicking on the below link and just check the price for the same product after clicking on this link. That should keep you coming back to my blog.

The FTD Discount Code:
Buy 15 Tulips receive Free Godiva Chocolates + Free Vase + $10 Off (This is valid till 31st May only)

Floral Ethics .. continued..

Remember what US did to Iraq and on what accounts? Well, all on economic accounts. It was all about Oil and nothing related to terrorism. This is what everyone believes and not alone me.

Whether America did the right thing or not is pretty well have been judged by the masses all across the world with no WMDs found in Iraq till date. But one thing is for sure. This way America, undoubtedly, became an inspiration to a lot of small and big conspiracies which can be masked by the face of Philanthropy. My point here to discuss US-Iraq relations and external affairs policy, is just to prove my point of the Big Hand of Economy behind every single act of most of us. For instance, the interests of Big Businessmen is always considered, before any major step is taken by the Government of any country. Whether it is the building up of new airports or development of SEZs in India, there is this Economic and Monetary background to it. Even charity shows are done to raise money.

Ethical flowers, as Arena flowers tagged it, could be a part of this thrill. Now, there are two countries involved - Holland & Kenya. It would always depend upon the mutual understanding of the two Nations, their bilateral ties and their profits over costs incurred, when an Import/export policy is formulated. Holland, being a closer nation to England and their understanding of the fact that Flowers could help their economy to a great deal, simply ties up with the English government to export all its Flower harvest of the season to them. Now what should they do so that the English companies actually buy from Holland and not from Kenya as Kenya with their long stretch of flower fields was supposed to pose a threat to Holland's cultivation with most of the Market captured by Kenya. Well, it doesnt matter to a businessman where his flowers come from as long as it meets the demand of his customers. Now something had to be done to persuade and teach the customers, rather than the companies, to buy Holland flora.
And lo! they came up with Ethical flowers. Flowers that keep our environment on a priority! So the customers are taught to buy flowers which are grown in an ethical way and hey! they come from Holland, not from Kenya. Imagine the impact that Kenya's poor economy would have to bear, in times to come.

Well, my perception of the monetary eye may be wrong but Kenya's economy is sure to suffer due to all this unless they too start growing flowers in an ethical way which I am pretty sure would involve a lot of cost to the Kenyans.

Well, the economic story ends here but the customer is the king and is the ultimate decision maker.

Friends, mothers day is round the corner and if you are still awaiting to choose a gift for your mother, check out these websites for flowers & gifts on Mother's day.

Well after such a serious article let me break the blues. Click here and you have your Mother's day message.

Have a blessed day.

Flowers for every occasion...flowers for every mood

Being on the same page really helps dudes. In a way that while you might be trying to pass on a different message, the interpretor may get something actually the opposite and the chances are fat for this to happen in case of flowers. Now adding a card or gift to your bouquet can really make things easier for you. Here, you can actually communicate the message you want.

Let me tell you about a beautiful floral arrangement known by a funny name: tussie-mussie. Tussie-Mussie is a beautiful arrangement of flowers where one flower (commonly rose) is surrounded by fragrant herbs such as rosemary, thyme, and rue tied together tightly. Its actually a beauty. Such arrangement is still common in Weddings. Take a look at the picture.

During the Victorian Era, Tussie-Mussie were carried by the Judges into their courtrooms to protect against "goal fever". And even today, judges at England's highest court Old Bailey, follow this tradition by carrying a tussie-mussie into court six times a year.

Another peculiar thing related to these tussie-mussies is that they were carried close to the nose to ward off the stench in the streets and the plague!. Aromatherapy, it seems was invented here when people used to cover pungent herbs on the floors of homes to protect the gentlefolk from germs.

Tussie-musssie found a special place in Floriography & were even given to the intended by suitors at the beginning of a courtship.

Botany and related researches have always cached floriography with more ideas.

Let me give you a few examples of what flower stands for what meaning:

angelica:	inspiration
carnation:	pure love
clover (4 leaf):	happiness
daffodil:	regret
jasmine:	amiability
lilac:	love's first emotions
marigold (African):	vulgar minds
poppy:	sleep and dreams
rose (white):	innocent love
ivy:	wedded love
wild strawberry:	perfection

Lesley Bremness is a Garden designer who lists the meanings of all the flowers here. Just check these out and you will be amazed.

Shall bring more interesting facts in my next post.
Till then smell a rose ;)






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