Summer Flowers are on their way! It’s a bit early to see them in their full glory, but we’ll add them to the July Flowers on Starbrightnyc.com all month long.
Purple Rain
The elevator can’t bring you down when this fresh arrangement is around.
Sunny Delight
Bring the summer sun into air conditioned offices.
Dahlia Fusion
Dahlia’s make everything more fun
Take Me To The River
Disclaimer : this pond is not deep enough to dip toes in.
We’re excited to share more fresh summer floral arrangements
Its time to celebrate Hanukkah again. Hanukkah is a celebration, the festival of lights. Many New Yorkers help brighten the celebration with flowers. Starbright’s NYC flowers collection has something for everyone. Whether you are searching to adorn a dinner table with a Hanukah centerpiece in NYC or to beautify a space within NYC with Hanukkah flowers, Starbright is here to help.
For some great ideas on flowers in NYC please visit our website at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/ and take complete advantage of all the great flowers that the season has to offer!
Hope you are all have a happy and healthy Hanukkah celebration.
Old man winter has made a frosty entrance and Thanksgiving is almost upon us! Discerning NYC flower lovers know that there is no better way to decorate their dinner table than with Starbright’s Thanksgiving flowers centerpieces delivered in NYC. The weather is cold but our hearts are sure to be warmed when we gather with family and friends on Thanksgiving day.
Let NYC’s “Best” florist help you celebrate Thanksgiving with a beautifully designed flower arrangement in NYC from Starbright’s NYC Thanksgiving flowers collection.
For some great ideas on flowers in NYC please visit our website at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/ and take complete advantage of all the great flowers that the season has to offer!
Hope you are all have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.
Autumn is the favorite season of many NYC residents. The temperature is not too hot nor too cold. Fall weather in New York City is perfect for a stroll or jog in the park. The magnificent colors of the changing leaves are only matched by fall flower arrangements in NYC. This year’s first day of Fall is September 22. Come celebrate with Starbright’s unveiling its NYC Fall flowers collection.
For some great ideas on Fall flowers in NYC please visit our website at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/ and take complete advantage of all the great flowers that the season has to offer!
Hope you are all able to enjoy the splendor and beauty of Fall.
Gladiolus is the August birth flower. It has been dubbed the flower of the Gladiators and a much-loved flower in NYC. It represents strength of character, sincerity, generosity. In the Victorian age with its secret language of flowers it was said to represent “love at first sight”. Gladiolus derives its name from the Latin word for sword and is sometimes called the sword lily. As a member of the iris family it contains about 260 species. Only about 10 are native to Europe the rest are native to southern Africa. The species vary from very small to the spectacular giant flower spikes you see in floral designs. The flower stalk of the Gladiolus contains an extended row of trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers, all of which face in one direction. Their colors include pink to reddish or light purple with white, contrasting markings, or white to cream or orange to red.
For some great ideas on summer flowers in NYC please visit our website at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/ and take complete advantage of all the great flowers that the season has to offer!
Hope you are staying cool and are surrounded by the splendor and beauty of Gladiolas!
Sincerely,
Nicodemus Faitos and The Team at Starbright Floral
Tom Sebenius, Creative Director at Starbright Floral Design at the Macy’s Flower Show.
For 39 years, Macy’s has welcomed spring with their annual Flower Show. A celebration of all the joy that flowers and plants bring to our lives, the Herald Square flagship store is decked to the gills with blooms and greens. This year’s event was themed, The Painted Garden and featured arrangements and displays of plants native to South Asia. The dramatic showpiece for this year was a life size elephant, elegantly draped with a blanket of flowering vegetation.
The other highlight of the Flower Show was the second appearance of Starbright Floral Design. We were thrilled to be asked again this year to participate in one of the live floral design demonstration given throughout the two week long show. Starbright’s resident performer/designer, Tom Sebenius lent his flair for the dramatic once again to the cause. This year’s selected topic was succulents.
Tom is demonstrating different floral varieties and how we use them at Starbright Floral Design.
Tom demonstrated how to make a desert inspired planted garden to a knowledge hungry crowd gathered in the Fine China department on the eight floor of Macy’s. Showing how sand, moss and stones will complement the strong and bold architecture of the unique succulents, Tom explained that succulents have become increasingly popular among Starbright customers. Because the Flower Show is a celebration of spring, Tom also demonstrated how he often includes succulents in wedding flowers. Much to the delight of the attendants, Tom fashioned a chic and modern bridal bouquet using orchids, arabicum, folded leaves and succulents that he showed how to wire and tape appropriately.
Macy’s has long been a mainstay of both New York City and America at large. We are proud to have been included in their majestic and spectacular floral extravaganza. Not only does Starbright appreciate being included in this long standing New York tradition, but we also join Macy’s in welcoming spring and saying thank you to the flora that makes this season sing!
Creating a magical garden of succulents before everyone’s eyes!
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
The Daffodil is the March birth flower and amongst the earliest blooms in spring. Its appearance signifies that the frost has broken and spring is here. There is little that invokes images of spring and feelings of tranquility more than a field filled with Daffodils swaying in the breeze. Their rhythmic movements in the wind inspired the famous poem “Daffodils”, by William Wordsworth. “…and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.”
All Daffodil species have a central trumpet surrounded by a ring of six floral leaves. The traditional daffodil consisted of a yellow color all over. Today both in the wild and due to breeding, blooms range in colors to include yellow, white, orange, pink, red and green.
Starbright is fortunate to be situated in New York City’s Flower Market making all variations of Daffodils available to our clientele. Let Starbright Floral NYC help liberate those spring smiles from the winter blues with Daffodil flower delivery in NYC. Choose from a vast array of springtime NYC flowers from Starbright’s Springtime Collection.
This scribe is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, NYC, Voted NYC’s “Best” florist. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers in NYC. Starbright Floral Design NYC delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist – Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
Peony derives its name from the Greek Paeon; physician of the gods. If anything can cure the ills of winter it’s the site of a peony flower. Its majestic blooms of white, pink and red have aptly earned it the nick name “King of Flowers”.
In the language of flowers a display of Peony expresses bashfulness. The meaning is an oddity considering the flamboyancy of the flower. Any arrangement containing Peonies shouts out “take notice of me!.”
In today’s global community and travel, Peonies are available throughout the year. However, their vibrancy and quality peak in spring.
Starbright is fortunate to be situated in New York City’s Flower Market making the “King Flower” available to our clientele. Let Starbright Floral NYC help liberate those spring smiles from the winter blues with Peony flower delivery in NYC. Choose from a vast array of springtime NYC flowers from Starbright’s Springtime Collection.
This scribe is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, NYC, Voted NYC’s “Best” florist. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers in NYC. Starbright Floral Design NYC delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
Tulips are at that peak of their season. The Dutch varieties come in amazing colors!
New Yorkers it is time to rejoice. Spring flowers are here to whisk away the winter blues. Bright colored blossoms a plenty. A plethora of flowers to choose from. Where do I start? A good place would be with perhaps the most symbolic and popular images of spring; the Dutch Tulip.
Originally a wildflower growing in Central Asia, the Tulip was introduced in Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century. Colors, textures and shapes never seen before contributed to the Tulip’s meteoric rise in popularity amongst Europe’s elite.
Today they are commercially available all year long but their vibrancy and quality are peaking in springtime.
Starbright is fortunate to be situated in New York’s Flower Market making every variety and color Tulip available to our clientele. Let Starbright Floral NYC help liberate those spring smiles from the winter blues with flower delivery in NYC. Choose from a vast array of springtime NYC flowers from Starbright’s Springtime Collection.
For pictures follow this link. Click here for another blog entry on Dutch Tulips!
This scribe is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, NYC, Voted NYC’s “Best” florist. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers. Starbright NYC delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
The chrysantemum is the flower that welcomes the fall season every year since the start of time…
Florists can tell that it’s autumn when chrysanthemums show up in the market. Their large, full heads are the embodiment of the last offerings of the warmer weather, and they are generally found in typical autumn colors- golds, bronzes, reds, oranges and yellows. Some chrysanthemums even lean towards brown, and the green varieties help unify both summer and autumn designs. Chrysanthemums, which are the most widely grown potted plant in the U.S., bloom towards late summer and throughout fall, further making them a perfect symbol of the season.
There are over one thousand varieties of chrysanthemum, which are part of the family Asteraceae. There are actually such an abundance of varieties within that category that they are further divided into thirteen sub-families. Sunflowers, spider and football mums, aster, carnations, gerbers, chamomile and daisies are all part of the Asteracea family! How they are further grouped is dependent upon the shape of the petals, which may lay flat, curl underneath themselves, be reflexed, or even only partially closed in the middle of the petal.
The chrysanthemum pictured is called a football mum, so named for its popularity in use for mothers’ corsages at American football games. Its petals, which are a dark orangey bronze, are a much lighter shade on their underside- a yellow-beige- which make it a visually interesting and quite attractive flower. Although one of the longest-lasting flowers available for floral design, (and gardening,) chrysanthemums have gotten a “bad rap,” in Europe, where they are widely used as funeral flowers, due to their inexpensive cost. In Japan, however, chrysanthemums have been cultivated for so long that they hold a revered place in Japanese history. The emperor’s throne is called the Chrysanthemum Throne, and the highest level of chivalry awarded to Japanese military is called the Imperial Order of the Chrysanthemum.
So next time you call Starbright for a fall arrangement, consider requesting that chrysanthemums be included. There is no more perfect flower than the “Queen of Fall Flowers.” In case you’re wondering, Aster, a member of this same family, is the September birth flower; chrysanthemums are the birth flower for November, officially bringing autumn to a close as the season gives way to winter.
One of the best orders our designers can be asked to fill is a seasonal arrangement. If you call (800) 520/8999 or place your order online at www.starbrightnyc.com, during fall, we will be sure to make it all things autumnal, be that through the colors or the quintessential chrysanthemum!
Starbright Floral Design is a full-service florist located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District. We deliver flowers and all kinds of great gifts throughout Manhattan, all of New York City and to the rest of the country. Give us a call, stop by or visit us on the web. Many have said that we are the best florist anywhere!
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