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Florapedia – ProFlowers new flower guide

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Can you believe that today is the first full day of Spring? Time certainly flies doesn’t it? Before long it will be Easter and then Mother’s day right after that!

I don’t know about you, but my garden is only just beginning to wake up. I certainly won’t have flowers growing by Easter, and they’ll only just be starting to bud when Mother’s day arrives.

Having said that, I have bookmarked a great site called ProFlowers. They specialize in flower & plant delivery, and have quite a nice assortment of bouquets, plants, planted baskets and even gourmet gifts. They even offer International delivery.

There’s one special feature of the ProFlowers site that I think many of you will enjoy. It’s their new flower guide. It’s called Florapedia. The Florapedia has great information about choosing the right kind of flower for a particular occasion, care and tips, Floral factoids, and decorating tips and ideas. This is a great added bonus to the site, and I’m certain you’ll learn something new in the Florapedia.

So keep Proflowers in mind the next time you need to send someone a special occasion gift, and remember to take a peek at the Florapedia too.






A Gift for my US friends

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This is a photo of my Thanksgiving Cactus.

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Naturally it didn’t bloom for our early Canadian Thanksgiving. Nope, it’s named for the American Thanksgiving obviously. Each year without fail my Thanksgiving cactus starts blooming like crazy.

Most people would call this a Christmas Cactus because they don’t realize that there are actually three types of Schlumbergera. There is one that blooms in November in the Northern Hemisphere, one that blooms around Christmas time and into the new year, and yet another species that bloom around Easter.

I have two of these species- the one in the photo above is a Thanks Giving Cactus and I’m watching my Christmas cactus begin to develop tiny flower buds already. I guess I gave it a very good cool down this autumn because it seems very happy.

This cactus has orangey red flowers, but my Christmas cactus has bright pink flowers. If I had to pick between the two I’d say that the colour of my Christmas Cactus flowers are my favorite.

If you are interested in learning how to tell the different species apart please come back on Monday and I’ll have an article posted about the differences between these three species.

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