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Order your V-Day flowers early to beat the rush

Posted at 8:18 AM, Feb 10, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-10 09:28:56-05

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Better order those flowers

Or they’ll be a “Boo hoo!”

Okay, so it’s not exactly Walt Whitman or Hallmark, but the time is running low for you to get your order in before Valentine’s Day.

With the holiday falling on a Sunday, it complicates matters a bit.

Dana Nigro with Blue Springs Village Gardens says they will be working overtime the next three days to get the special deliveries done.

 

 

Wednesday morning, another truck load of flowers arrived.

Dana says that red roses, which go for around $69.95 a dozen this season, still account for about half the sweetheart orders, but more women are wanting something unique.

Her advice: let the floral designers turn on their creative juices and go to town.

She also urges all of us to buy local this Valentine’s Day. That way, if there is something wrong with the order you can reach a real person in your town to make it right.

But, again, time is short!

Sure, according to Shakespeare, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,”  but Old Bill won’t be around to help you if that rose…or other arrangement…is late.

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Joel Nichols can be reached at joel.nichols@kclive.tv

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