Halloween flowers can make a great addition to your October 31 celebrations. A couple of weeks ago, we suggested a few ideas to help you dress up your home with beautiful flowers for Halloween. It’s not too late to order Halloween flowers, but if you’re going to go ahead, now would be a good time. Substituting flowers is a last resort for us (take a read of our substitution policy sometime), but our florists do all need to plan ahead to create your Halloween flowers.

Halloween flowers: Choose golds, yellows and bronzes

As a reminder, yellow-colored roses are a popular choice for Halloween flowers. They have two things going from them (aside from their sheer beauty, of course): First, they are bright and sunny, a warming color for late fall days; and second, they have no romantic connotations at all. They’re safe and pretty to decorate your porch or form an attractive table centerpiece.

Lilies, gerberas and sunflowers also come in “Halloween” colors. You can add red tones for a little fire to go with your Halloween ghosts and ghouls. We can still arrange same-day delivery of your Halloween flowers if you order by 1 p.m. local time where flowers are to be delivered, but the earlier you order, the better.

Order Halloween flowers now for the best results

Whether you want to order Halloween flowers or flowers for a Halloween birthday, we have you covered with our generous guarantee and bilingual customer service. We send Halloween flowers to cities through the Americas and, increasingly, to Asia and Europe too. You and your loved ones must be 100 percent satisfied with our garden-fresh, gorgeous blooms — or we’ll work with you until you are.

That’s just part of the daFlores difference and we look forward to serving you with amazing Halloween flowers.

Halloween flowers: Hopefully, the things that go bump in the night won’t be your daFlores flowers! One of the more fun holidays, Halloween is a festival of ghosts and ghouls and small children draped in sheets. Whether you love to make your own kids’ costumes or like to visit Halloween warehouses to pick out the perfect trick-or-treat, daFlores wishes you a happy Halloween.

Halloween flowers at parties and to say thank-you

If you’re hosting a Halloween party this year, we have a few suggestions for decorating with Halloween flowers. Fall-themed colors are orange and yellow, and you’ll find those shades in gerbera daisies, sunflowers and roses. There are no romantic connotations to yellow roses, so you can safely order a selection and use them in funky Halloween vases, thus bringing a little sweetness to the table. Or you can create a Halloween flower feature by placing a vase or two outside your front porch with a beautifully carved pumpkin.

Our fall collections are starting to come in now, and they make ideal Halloween flowers. Pick the country where you want them to be delivered and look through our bronzes and golds. Kids can get together to send mom some Halloween flowers or you can simply use them to brighten up the longer evenings.

daFlores.com guarantees week-long freshness for all our Halloween flowers

Regardless of the occasion, our guarantee that they’ll stay fresh a week or longer applies. While we don’t recommend filling the vase with candy, don’t forget that a little sugar or cut flower powder goes a long way towards extending the life of your Halloween flowers.

DaFlores delivers Halloween flowers right until October 31, but we’d suggest ordering early to avoid disappointments. If you let our florists plan ahead, they can get in supplies and make sure you get exactly what you ordered. Take care of this detail and we’re happy to say that our flowers aren’t ghosts: They’re a welcome and lovely addition to your Halloween decor.

A story about the Callaway Gardens in Georgia caught our attention: One of the people featured in the article said that, in spring, the azaleas had “colors to knock your socks off.” Colors to knock your socks off is something we provide when you send flowers to Colombia, Mexico and beyond. Our garden-fresh flowers were growing the morning we arranged them, and we won’t work with partner florists unless they promise that level of freshness. It’s how daFlores can keep on promising that your flower  delivery will last at least a week.

Callaway Gardens opened in 1952. The founder, Cason Callaway, was a textiles millionaire and figured that all children should be able to see something so beautiful they’d never forget it. He donated 2,500 acres of land and got started on a huge park that had azalea gardens, a variety of different habitats and even a golf course or two. Since then, it’s grown to 13,000 acres.

At daFlores.com, we  want to provide you and the world with that level of beauty. We’re not in the business of building gardens, but we are in the business of filling your homes with gorgeous, colorful blooms. Whatever the occasion, birthday, anniversary or just-because, we have the yellows, pinks and purples you require. Vivid sunflowers, delicate pink lilies and a host of roses from snow white to blood red (not to mention peach, lilac, orange and yellow) are all at your fingertips.

Callaway Gardens is a four-season park. We are a four-season florist. We deliver flowers for every major holiday and quite a few minor ones too. From Christmas poinsettias to Easter-time lilies, daFlores is your source for satisfaction-guaranteed color, beauty and freshness. And, while you have to visit the gardens yourself, with a daFlores.com flower delivery, those beautiful garden flowers come straight to your door.

As April progresses, so does spring in the desert. An area that is barren and empty-seeming during most of the year is a riot of color at this time of year. Yellow is the favorite in the western Sonoran Desert; since March, sagebrush, buckthorn and other shrubs have been pushing up yellow “daisies” on long stalks, tiny, compact yellow blooms that become fluffy seedpods after a few days, and even tall, catkin-like flowers.

Now, the palo verdes are starting to blossom, and the ocotillos and beavertail cacti…well, we’ll get to those in a moment.

For other colors, you need to look closely at ground level. From microscopic white blossoms to large white cups, wildflowers tuck into the shade of trees and shrubs. You’ll also find tiny purple blossoms if you look carefully enough. Desert flower hunters should walk gently and keep their eye on the ground. (This is a good plan in any case: unfriendly creatures, such as rattlesnakes and scorpions, coexist with more attractive and non-toxic coyotes, owls and kangaroo rats.)

Flowers of the desert in California

But now that it’s April, cacti are blossoming as well. Tall ocotillos produce long, upright stems which, in winter, are woody, thorny and bare. But in the early New Year, they start to grow small, oval leaves and then push out stalks from the tips of their “arms.” These stems grow buds, lupin-style, and then over a period of weeks unfurl into red-hot pokers of bright red blossoms. Hummingbirds visit them, attracted to the red and, of course, the nectar.

Beavertail cacti push out large, fat pods like fingers. Each pod bursts to reveal a glorious, fuchsia pink blossom with an almost translucent look. These flowers somehow manage to combine a sense of toughness with their delicate, rose-like beauty.

To find out where your desert wildflowers are growing, chat to staff at one of the Bureau of Land Management offices or at a desert national park. They’ll be able to advise you on safety for this harsh environment. Tread carefully and enjoy the brightness of the desert; take only photographs. And, when you’re done, check out daFlores.com for further floral beauty that you can enjoy at home.

When you use daFlores to send flowers to Venezuela or any other country in the Americas, you’re sending the best. We’re gearing up to send Mother’s Day flowers now – in daFlores, that event takes place on May 8 – but, year-round, we are your perfect source for flower delivery in Venezuela. Here’s why.

Why send your flower delivery in Venezuela with daFlores

Simply put, we work with the best to provide the best. That means that your Mother’s Day flowers in Venezuela are lovingly crafted by experts who’ve been in the trade 10 years or more. We visit all our florists in Venezuela periodically, and only work with one partner per city or large neighborhood. This means that, when you send flowers to Venezuela or any other country in the Americas, you have the full, undivided attention of our florists. This is a good thing.

The second point for your Mother’s Day flowers in Venezuela is that our florists commit to bringing in fresh flowers every morning. You can trust daFlores to bring your loved ones a gorgeous, fresh flower delivery in Venezuela. There is no recycling on our watch! Whether you send lovely tropical flowers or just want a cheery mixed bouquet, we can make that happen for you.

How to arrange your Mother’s Day flowers in Venezuela

Browse to our website, flowers.daflores.com, and pick Venezuela from the list. You can also choose from English or Spanish customer service, online and offline; we’re always happy to help you send flowers to Venezuela or any other country in the Americas and will answer any questions you have. Browse through our Mother’s Day flowers section and see what you like. Click your favorite bouquet, add a message and delivery details, and add extras like chocolates and wine, if you like.

Within minute, you’ll sending flowers to Venezuela (or any other country in the Americas, for that matter). Now, wasn’t that easy? To delight your mom on Mother’s Day, send her some gorgeous Mother’s Day flowers from daFlores. We guarantee that, when you send flowers to Venezuela or any other country in the Americas, they’ll be right every time. That 100 percent guarantee of satisfaction is one of the mainstays of our flower delivery in Venezuela.

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Mother’s Day is coming up in Colombia: This holiday takes place on May 8, which still leaves you plenty of time to send flowers to Colombia — or any other country, for that matter. As you well know, our flower delivery service in Colombia is the happy result of using only the best florists and the best flowers. When you use daFlores to send Mother’s Day flowers to Colombia, or any other country, the end result is always stunning.

Mother's day flowers to Colombia

It’s easy to send Mother’s Day flowers to Colombia with daFlores

To send flowers to Colombia or any other country, browse to our website. Pick the country you need – Colombia springs to mind – and check out our “occasions” links. There’s one for Mother’s Day at this season, and you can browse those arrangements for flower delivery in Colombia. Add extras, such as chocolates and wine, to make your Mother’s Day flowers even more special and personalized.

We have other options too. Our range of gift baskets makes a lovely gift; you can send it or send Mother’s Day flowers.

Flower delivery in Colombia with daFlores

Whatever you choose, when you send a flower delivery in Colombia with daFlores, you’re taking advantage of our years of experience. We don’t know if you know this, but while we send flowers to many other countries besides, we have our deepest roots with flower delivery in Colombia.

Whether you send flowers to Colombia or any other country, daFlores covers you with a wide range of lovely bouquets and bilingual customer service. We will help you by phone or online, making your flower delivery in Colombia absolutely painless. And our 100 percent guarantee of satisfaction means that you can feel safe every time when you send Mother’s Day flowers to Colombia.

The 37th Macy’s Flower Show is in full swing now, ready for spring in one of the colder parts of the USA. The show ends on April 10th, so it’s not too late for New Yorkers and their neighbors to check out the happenings. This year it’s spectacular as always: you’ll find 100,000 plants in all their glory on the Main Floor of the Broadway Building, on Herald Square (so-named for the Herald Newspaper which was headquartered there).

Each year the flower show has a theme, and this year it’s “Towers of Flowers.” This means that visitors can expect to see architecture and 11 special gardens made all out of flowers. One centerpiece is a 16-foot tower and the windows are full of flowers as well.

Famous architecture, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Great Pyramids of Egypt, have been made up in floral versions. There’s even a tropical and cactus section. (While daFlores.com doesn’t deal in cacti, we do have an extensive selection of tropical flowers for delivery.)

And there’s magic in the air: the organizers are pumping the scents of lavender and chamomile through the air to entice you in. This is a far cry, of course, from the Macy’s parade and all that good stuff, but it does have one thing in common — the show is a real spectacle. If you love flowers, like we do at daFlores.com, then you should check it out. The website is macys.com/flowershow.

While this kind of thing isn’t what daFlores.com does, we are in the business of stunning flowers. We have several towering arrangements that are sure to bring admiring comments: check out our Sunburst Tower Basket, for example. This cheery arrangement with big yellow sunflowers is just right for birthdays, thank-you messages and is a happy gift for those who aren’t feeling well. Browse through our arrangements and, just like Macy’s, you can fill your home with gorgeous flowers.

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If you’re an average joe who leaves taxes to the last minute this year, spare a thought for the tax preparers. The next two weeks mark the busiest and most stressful periods of their year as documents turn out to be missing, requests come in three days before the 15th and the paperwork just keeps piling up.

Taxes are bad enough for ordinary people, which is why many of us choose to have someone else take on the hassle. So why not acknowledge the work these people do for us and have a bouquet of flowers sent over on the 16th of April?

While the work doesn’t stop immediately on April 15, much of the pressure is off. Sure, there are the refunds and the revisions and the late-filing returns. But a lovely daFlores.com flower arrangement to say thank you for the service is sure to be appreciated.

This simple and friendly gesture is sure to be appreciated and will maybe alleviate the sense of burnout. Mixed arrangements, such as our assorted gerbera and sunflower arrangements are perfect, but for a more elegant gift (or a gentleman) try our tropical flowers. Add a  bottle or wine or box of chocolates to make things a little more special.

You can browse daFlores.com arrangements by price or occasion, and we’d suggest looking in our tropical flowers or birthday sections for ideas. With so many gorgeous flower delivery choices, we are sure that you’ll find something that fits the bill. Set the date for April 16 or April 18 (the next Monday) and you’ll stand out as a thoughtful person who truly appreciates the service.

DaFlores.com works only with florists who’ve been in the business for 10 or more years, ensuring that the flowers you send for this professional gesture are absolutely second to none. And as always, they were growing fresh that morning. Give your tax provider a smile today with a daFlores.com flower delivery.

Do you know where tea comes from? We do. It’s derived from the leaves of the tea camellia plant, Camellia sinensis. That plant first graced our shores in the 1600s, but wasn’t cultivated here until much later. Even here at daFlores that heritage is apparent: in a few of our gift baskets you’ll find sachets of gourmet tea!

We suppose that the ornamental versions would have gotten here sooner or later, but mixed in with those early tea camellias were a few that you couldn’t drink and it’s those, like Camellia japonica, that became beloved of growers in the warmer states.

Camellias flower brightly in pinks, whites, purples and mix-and-match. They grow tall and vine beautifully, which means you can train them into living fences. These gorgeous flowers come in simple forms and big, fluffy, many-petaled forms that look a bit like carnations. They also need a bit of warmth, so they grow just beautifully in Alabama.

Over the years, growers have perfected thousands of varieties of camellias. Some are cold hardy enough to survive zone 5 or 6 winters, but mostly they nestle in temperate to warm areas. There’s even a camellia society and growers who list hundreds of “introductions.”

Not all flowers are really suitable for bouquets. At daFlores, we guarantee that our flowers will last for a year, and camellias are too delicate to withstand such a promise. That doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate the huge variety of flowers around us.

If you need a stunning bouquet for a loved one, we can always help with that. Our all-occasion offerings pair with seasonal gifts for Valentine’s Day and the holidays – among others. And we work only with the best florists who commit to a high standard of quality and experience. Whether you want to send flowers to Alabama or any of our dozens of additional countries, daFlores is the place to come.

Go out into the desert and you’ll quickly realize that, while everything looks the same from a distance, there’s a huge variety of plants when you get up-close and personal. However, with the cholla cactus, you might wish to keep a respectful distance while admiring this interesting plant.

Cholla, pronounced “cho-ya,” look a little like trees in that they have a variety of thin branches. These branches look a little furry but, close up, you realize that the fur is very prickly. (In fact, the prickly pear is also a type of cholla, but we’ll talk about that another day.)

There are around 20 chollas in the opuntia, or cactus,  family. They are special in that their spines, called glochids, have a papery covering that is colored red or yellow. You really, really don’t want to brush up against a cholla and, if you have a dog, keep him safely on a leash around these plants. The spines comes off at the drop of a hat and quickly lodge in your skin. In fact, one of the reasons the jumping cholla is so called is that the spines appear to “jump” at you!

The cylindrical stems of most chollas are, upon closer inspection, jointed. These joints are multi-tasking: they produce flowers, store water and feed the plant through photosynthesis (the spines on any cactus are actually desert-adapted leaves).

There appears to be a cholla for every occasion. They grow in most western deserts, down low and up as high as eight thousand feet. They grow together in clusters. You might be able to find out information about flowering times through Bureau of Land Management or National Park Service offices. The range is from April to June, usually, and you’ll see these inhospitable-looking plants bloom orange or yellow-green.

DaFlores.com doesn’t sell cacti in any shape or form. But we do appreciate each blossom for what it is: a precious thing that’s utterly beautiful. Each year, we shape thousands of blooms into exquisite arrangements so you can tell your loved ones Happy Birthday, Get Well Soon or just plain, “Hello.” We work with only the best local florists to bring you flower arrangements across the globe…even in the Southwest. Send flowers to the Dominican Republic or any other country in the Americas with daFlores.com