Gifting flower to Girl friend

Gifting flowers to your girl friends to her personal taste is a big challenge. Often you land up selecting a flower based on your taste. Some of you might give flowers based on usual meaning of the flowers and their colors. If you go by traditional meaning here is what different flowers mean:
· Hibiscus stands for delicate beauty.
· Red roses and tulips both signify passionate love.
· Sunflowers convey adoration.
· Pink roses and carnations imply friendship.
· White roses are synonym for purity.

Alternatively you can pick flowers that reflect memories that associate with them – your girl friends habit of wearing a dress with certain flowers; the dress that she wore on your first date or the flower that you gave her on first date or that resulted in happiest moment.

However, you might be careful in a flower that has negative connotations while gifting to girl friend. Orange blossoms are symbolic of fertility, and rhododendrons in any color mean, “beware!” Lavender flower traditionally means “distrustful.”

Roses tend to be the first choice for many, though some express a little annoyance at always receiving roses. You can wisely select newer verities of roses or big red roses or long stemmed roses to impress your girl friend.


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Floriculture boom in Hosur, Tamilnadu

While Floriculture taken a hit in and around Bangalore due to steep raise in land price, with its proximity to Bangalore, hosur has become the largest Rose producing zone in India and Asia. Several small and medium and large floriculture units have come up in and around hosur last decade. Rayer Flora, Ceera blooms, Cauvery are few of mid-size floriculture units each having 2-3 hectares of green houses growing roses.

Better climatic conditions, availability of labour couple with push by Tamil nadu government over a decade promote this are as Floriculture AEZ (Agriculture Export Zone) were primary reason for this growth. TIDCO(Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation) has also setup a floriculture area for small (1-2 hectare) promoters with common facility.

The state government in order to give further push to floriculture further asking for an international flower auction center in Hosur.

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India Flower news - April 2008

Flower centres to bloom in 6 more towns
Times of India, Bangalore, India
The city's flower auction centre - the only one of its kind in Asia - is in expansion mode. The International Flower Auction Bangalore (IFAB) Limited, which auctions lakhs of flowers every day, is all set to expand its activities with the opening of six more centres ....for procuring, grading and auctioning flowers....

Flower auction centre plan for Hosur
The Hindu, Hosur, Chennai, India
An international flower auction centre is likely to come up in this major hub of floriculture. The town now handles more than 35 per cent of the cut flowers traded in the country. Roses are cultivated on about 500 ha in the region. The region has more than 20 hi-tech floriculture units spread over 120 ha. The plan is for an auction centre on the lines of the International Flower Auction Centre (IFAB) in Bangalore. IFAB gets a major chunk of the flowers handled by it from the Hosur region...

Jasmine to dazzle Europe with her fragrance
Mangalorean.com, Managalore, India
"Queen of fragrance" the modest jasmine belonging to the botanical 'Oleaceae' family, considered by the ancients as 'a one-way ticket to paradise when one is down or sad,' is all set to hit the European shores. Along with these flowers, the cultivators too will be traveling to the international flower fair to be held in Netherlands, to promote jasmine by show-casing the fine art of expertly stringing these delicate flowers. After successfully exporting flowers like cut roses and anthurium from Karnataka to the International flower market..

India Flower news - March 2008

The Easter lily
The Hindu, Chennai, India
The flowers laughed at the lily and wondered how a flower without any colour or fragrance could be in their garden...

Flower exporters in Karnataka seek ports of entry
Business Standard, Bangalore, India
Port of entry for Flower Exporters in Karnataka : Aspiring to emerge as a flower-power in the international floriculture market, Karnataka has requested the Union government to declare Bangalore and Mangalore as ports of entry. A port of entry is a place either an airport or a seaport where goods imported from other countries are allowed legally. Presently, there are 10 ports of entry in south India four in Tamil Nadu and three each in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala...

Sikkim to host first international flower show
Business Line, Sikkim, India
he Saramsa Garden near Ranipool in East Sikkim, about 15 km from here, will be in full bloom when it opens for the International Flower Show starting from March 14. Themed "Sikkim-Nature's Own Garden," the first International Flower Show in the region...

Mumbai joins global flower trade map
Economic Times, Mumbai, India
Mumbai's first flower auction centre, that promises to place the financial capital on international flower trade map, is complete and ready for inauguration. The new centre will provide flower growers from south Gujarat and Maharashtra, a state of the art platform to trade range of flowers including rose, chrysanthemum, marigold, jasmine, aster gladious, zinnia, lilies, gerberas and carnation..

The power of flowers
Times of India, Delhi, India
What can be better than spending time with the blooming beauties .And Kanpurites got this fragrant opportunity when the Floriculture Society of the city organised a power packed flower show. .. The show witnessed approximately 69 varieties of flowers including Lili, Lilium, Marigold, Ranunculus, Dahlia, Coronation and a huge variety of Roses and few bonsai...

India Flower News - Feb 2008

Rose exports bloom on Valentine's Day eve
OutLook, Bangalore
That roses grown in Bangalore play cupid across continents during the Valentine season has been a fact for nearly a decade now. But this February 14, the red roses from the garden city will demand a higher price and also command a greater presence in the international ..

Six million Indian roses for Europe
The Hindu, Chennai
About six million stems of cut roses are being exported from Hosur to the U.S., Germany, the U.K., The Netherlands, Japan, Australia, Middle East and Far East countries for this year�s Valentine�s Day...

Valentine's Day: Big business for luxury brands
Econimic Times, Delhi
In 1891, an Indian prince sent his beloved in London, a Valentine card set in carved ivory surrounded by diamonds. It cost him �250,000. you could present her cymbidium flowers nicely arranged in a ribbed vase from IK. The tag is Rs 1,71,500�Rs 1 lakh for the vase and Rs 1,500 per flower..

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Don't celebrate Valentines day 2008 with Plastic flowers

Day be day artificial flowers are gaining popularity among Indian buyers as their love for flower and its beauty increasing. What buyers fail to realize is that most of these artificial flowers are made of plastics that damages the very environment that required to grow these beauties.

Not only these plastics flowers lack in fragrance like natural flowers, they also contain chemicals like coloring agents that are very much harmful to drinking water. These plastics when disposed takes millions of years to decompose.

Once can always can select dried flowers that does not have any artificial coloring that gives better pot lift. Many natural loving flower enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to celebrate valentines day 2008 by gifting roses grown naturally and taking oath not to get plastic flowers anymore to their home.

Roses are the most popular flower

Roses are the most popular flower sold at florists and flower markets, and enjoy more than 2/3rd share of the flowers sold worldwide. Rose has become the symbol of love, affection, and friendship and so popular that the colors represented some sign of emotion.

History says other wise - roses were not always the top florist flower before 1850s due to their seasonality in bloom. Birth of Hybrid roses since then changed the whole story. Hermosa (China, light pink, <1837) was the first hybrid tea rose to make a big splash in the florist market and is the first rose that could bloom during the winter. Safrano (apricot, 1839), Bon Silene (Red) are two hybrid tea roses became popular after Hermosa. As rose gained popularity, more and more hybrid roses produced with deep red in color and long-stemmed roses. It was during this time around 1900, that roses became one of the most popular florist flowers, replacing carnations.

In recent times Grand Gala (long stemmed) and First Red both are hybrid tea roses which attracted most flower buyers in most part of the world. Now these two Red roses are facing stiff competition from newer verities like Royal Baccara, Upper class as these flowers have bigger flower size and better vase life.

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Rose care / Flower care

Vase life of flower arrangements depends on the care you give to the flowers. Some simple steps can extend the vase life of the flowers including rose.
1) Make sure that you are filling the vase with good water. Avoid salty water or water from water softener. Often tap water will do.
2) Cut the stem alternate day. You can cut the bottom part of the stem about 0.5cm and put it back into the water immediately. This will keep the flower fresh and avoid water from stinking that caused by stem rotting of the cut part.
3) Add additive with water: Add a small spoon carbonated drinks like sprite / 7-up / other lemon soda or few drops of lemon juice. This will increase vase life of the flower. Common additive used by floriculture growers are citric acid.
4) Keep it in a cool place or avoid direct sun light. Stuffy or warm place will cause quick blooming of the flower and falling of flower petals.
5) Make sure no petals get sinks in the water. It will stop water from smelling though may not impact vase life.

If the flower arrangement is made using flora foam, make sure it is saturated with water mixed with additive.

Avoid adding bleach as it will affect the flower life. Also, adding sugar will force the flower bloom very fast (probably you can use it if roses are not blooming !!)

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Secrets of Roses

Roses are symbol of love and beauty today and the in the ancient time as well. Interestingly the Greek word “Rosa” means “to keep secret” as the roses were used in the room where confidential matters are discussed in ancient Rome.

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Growing Roses in your garden

We all love flowers and, of course, Roses are the most liked flowers by everyone which we want to gift and also wanted to grow in home garden. I had often come across people wanting to grow Roses in their garden either fail or do too many experiments before succeeding.

The few simple steps that you need to take care while attempting to grow Roses in your garden to make it a wonderful experience. Here is a simple list :

1. Know your water better – Rose love water with little acidity.
Water plays key role in growing water and scientifically speaking they like water having PH around 6.5. In simple common words roses like little acid water than what we drink at home. At the best the plain water that we are able to drink is good for Roses but not water that tastes salty. If you have water that tastes salty, just forget growing roses, unless you can get water from some eternal source.

2. Nursery saplings are better than creating your own.
Most people try to make their own plant from flower stems that they buy from nearest florist. It is sure recipe for failure than succeeding in your attempt. Best option is just go to nearest nursery and buy a plant / sapling. If you are living in places like Bangalore or Pune which are floriculture belts, you are lucky and you can try to get Hybrid Rose verities (Dutch ones). Hybrid varieties grow much faster and produce better flowers.

3. Plating care – Red soil is the best, but with lots of cow dung.
Here is how you should try to plant your rose in your garden

• Rose grows better in Red soil and try to get RED soil if you can.
• Make a pit of ½ to 1 feet deep and fill it with mix of 1/3 soil, 1/3 cow dung and 1/3 of coir (coconut husk). More the cow dung or vermin compost, it is better. Just planting should not be deeper than 3-5 inches depending on the plant size. Just make sure that the entire root goes below the soil. .
• Rose requires better sun light – Shadow will kill them. Plant them such that they get enough sun light. Artificial light with yellow radiation (sodium vapour lights) can also help roses – but no replacement to natural sun light.
• Rose loves Rain water – but plant after rainy season. Excess rain may cause certain deceases which can completely kill the plant.
• Select a place that will not cause water logging during rain. Also continuous running water in not good for rose plants.

Often people say sunlight in no good for yellow roses and good for red roses etc. The fact is rose plants require sufficient sunlight. If you try to grow them in shadow you may not succeed.

There are several other tips the could help – eg., pruning the stems that are old / over grown or dead and not bearing flowers etc would do wonders. But above simple steps would do wonders and you will be able to produce enough flowers that even you can gift. If you lot of time in hand, then you can google to find out best practices used by Green house floriculture growers and adapt them.

If you do not have enough space to grow rose plants, there are enough florists and online flower shops for you to order flower gifts like http://www.florstand.com/ etc.

Happy gardening.