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Friday, July 22, 2011
Siena Rose Bodon Smiles in the Shop
Siena Rose Bodon visited Hoogasian Flowers today with her mom and dad. Her Nona, Nikki, happened to be visiting. She and Christine (Mom) coaxed a little fifth generation San Franciscan to smile in her grandpa's flower shop long enough to capture this picture.
Monday, July 18, 2011
280 Southbound Trees Need to Be Trimmed!
The video shows 280 South of the 25th street off ramp. As one
drives in the outside (slow) lane, one will come upon an on ramp
of traffic. You can't see the traffic until that traffic is
already up to speed and the driver already in the traffic lane is
obliged to slow down (often) to avoid hitting the merging traffic.
The merging traffic does not see the extant traffic and the reason
both drivers can't see the other is the grove of overgrown trees.
The trees should be pruned down to the level of the road bed and
drivers in both traffic flows (the outside lane already driving
AND the on ramp traffic) could see the other and better anticipate
the merge.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Did You Know That The Artichoke is A Flower?
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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Larkspur is July Birth Month Flower
Larkspur
Botanical Name : | Consolida spp. |
Common Name : | Larkspur |
Product Use : | Cut Flower |
Pronunciation : | con-SOL-i-da |
Family Roots : | Member of the Ranunculaceae (buttercup family). |
Personality : | Flowers are 1/2 inch wide, cup-shaped with a spur at the back and many occur in a long terminal spike. |
Availability : | Year-round. |
Flower Color : | Blue, lilac, pink, white. |
Decorative Life : | 4-12 days. |
Ethylene Sensitivity : | High |
Ethylene Comments : | Flower shattering easily results from ethylene exposure. It is therefore important to treat with an anti-ethylene product. |
Post Harvest | For maximum bud opening, remove bottom leaves if present, recut stems under water and place into a fresh flower food solution. |
Storage Specifics : | 36-38F (three days or less), 32-34F (more than three days), dry storage not recommended. |
Preharvest & | Harvest when 2-5 flowers are open. |
Tidbits : | Consolida is from the Latin "to make whole" referring to possible medicinal properties. As a garden plant it is often plagued with insect and disease problems. Larkspur is the Birth Month Flower for July: http://www.hoogasian.com/BirthMonthFlowers.html See More Hoogasian Flowers A to Z at: |