The Knowledge — Crop Report

  Hope you all had a busy weekend and kudos to those of you opting out of Mother's Day and doing weddings - you have nerves of steel! - with all the complications of imported products recently it certainly has not been without challenges! The consensus is that many consumers left Mother's Day to the very last minute - most florists receiving a flurry of orders late in the week or even at the weekend. Many large shops putting the brakes on with in answerphone messages, banners on websites and social media posts. Seems many consumers 'simply forgot' too much...

  Where there's flowers there is hope - and let us hope as much as we can for the current situation worldwide to improve. Last week we donated some boxes of Daffodils to brighten up some dull days and give a bit more hope to communities across the UK. Flowers are a fabulously mindful product for making people feel better and with the situation in #Ukraine affecting so many people worldwide, we have to use what we have to help where we can. The blue and yellow heart I made has been travelling around the local outlet shopping centre to...

Valentines done and dusted and the three named storms of last week have certainly blown the cobwebs away! Growers are gearing up for Mother’s Day and the final bulbs for the peak of Mother’s Day are being planted.# The 8th March is International Women’s' Day - this year the hashtag is  #BreakTheBias. This is an important day to support an ideal warm up to Mothers Day which presents an opportunity to promote early and International support for women all around the world. Check out the IWD website here https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ Tulips This week we have double tulips 'Icoon' a full and...

Join Our New Instagram Page! --> Click Here Welcome back to those of you who took an extended break - we all most definitely needed it! and it seems many more of our florist community around the world also decided that the time for a recharge was January and not to wait until summer. Firstly I would like to say a heartfelt Thank you to all of you in the Evolve community; especially those 'founder' members who have been with me since the start who have been a constant support and have kept me going through the many up's and down's...

Join Our New Instagram Page! --> Click Here   TULIPS Lots of colours online now - rainbows and pastels galore! The shortest time between cropping and arriving in a florist shop was 26 hours this week #justsayin #howfreshareyours AND they were delivered on water with treatment to prevent stretch and maximise vase life !!   Narcissi 5 varieties of Isles of Scilly Narcissi arriving for next week - Erlicheer, Hugh Town, Sol D’Or & Island Pride  When comparing prices with other suppliers please check stem lengths!!  we are concentrating on premiums 40cm ++ welcoming back these elegantly scented blooms; let’s celebrate...