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Summer is party season. From backyard barbecues and graduation celebrations to bridal showers, baby showers, anniversaries, family reunions, girls night, and DIY weddings, flowers have a way of making any gathering feel a little more special. To help you celebrate the season, PFG is offering a Summer Celebration Flowers special. Beginning next week and running through August …

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As summer settles in across our region, one of the unsung heroes of the flower farm begins its annual performance: perennial phlox. Often overlooked in favor of showier blooms, phlox earns its place in the vase through reliability, fragrance, and versatility. A staple of the early summer garden, perennial phlox produces tall stems topped with …

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Sweet William is one of those flowers that quietly earns its place in the spring lineup year after year. It’s not flashy in the way peonies or ranunculus are flashy. But when the season starts to shift from early spring hoop house and greenhouse crops into the first true flush of field-grown flowers, Sweet William …

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Local lilac is in full swing in late April and early May!  These fleeting nostalgic blooms are in high demand with customers but can be a real headache for florists.  They seem to wilt and shatter on a whim. Here are some quick tips for making lilacs last longer: Keep stems in deep water. Fill …

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Late winter and early spring flowers are always exciting.  We’re so hungry for color and freshness after the long lag since local fall blooms.  But how those spring flowers are grown matters just as much as when they arrive. This season, PFG is pleased to offer tulips and other early spring flowers grown in geothermal …

Geothermal-Grown Flowers: A More Sustainable Way to Start the Spring Season Read More »

In hot humid late July, it’s hard to find many happy campers, unless it’s a bunch of kids eating popsicles while bobbing around in a wave pool. In the flower fields, most everything goes limp in the blazing afternoon sun. Our growers rush to get their morning harvests done by 10AM or else it will …

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If you love the wild, meadowy look that’s trending in wedding work and daily designs but wish delphinium would last a touch longer, meet baptisia. Sometimes called false indigo, this native perennial delivers graceful spires, nuanced colors, and surprising versatility—yet it remains under-used in the cut-flower world. Here’s why it deserves a prime spot on …

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