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How can I improve Flowerona? I’d love to know your thoughts…

June 17, 2014 By Rona 1 Comment

2014 has already been an incredible year and there are many more exciting developments that I’m working on ‘behind the scenes’. This is where I’d really appreciate your help! I’d LOVE to know what you think about Flowerona and how I can improve it. So, I’ve put together a short survey. And as a little incentive for you to complete it, there’s a prize draw for UK residents (I’m so sorry, overseas readers!), where the winner will receive two wonderful books:

Decorate with Flowers by Holly Becker & Leslie Shewring The Cut Flower Patch by Louise Curley

Simply click here to take the Flowerona Survey.… Read more

Eight wonderful chrysanthemum varieties for you to get to know…

March 3, 2014 By Rona Leave a Comment

I hope you had a lovely weekend. This week, we’re starting off with a look at chrysanthemums. I took these photos when I was in Holland last November at a floriculture trade fair. They’re called single-headed bloom chrysanthemums and they were on show on DecoNova‘s stand. There are so many different types of this well-known flower, with new varieties coming on to the market all the time. The first five are the incurve type, so called because their petals curve upwards creating a domed bloom.… Read more

Advertising on Flowerona…all you need to know

February 22, 2014 By Rona Leave a Comment

Many people, when they first meet me and discover I’m a blogger, ask how I make money. Well, one of the ways is by having advertisers on my blog. The wonderful businesses who currently advertise on Flowerona include flower schools and a floristry college. And their adverts appear in the right hand column on my home page. I’ve decided to open up some more advertising slots. So if you might be interested in placing an advert on Flowerona, I thought I’d give you a little bit of background information to help you make your decision.… Read more

All you need to know about the humble Snowdrop…

February 11, 2014 By Rona 3 Comments

I’m a huge fan of photographer Katie Spicer’s beautiful floral images. So, I asked her if she would like to write a guest blog post for Flowerona…and she chose the harbinger of spring, the snowdrop.

Over to you Katie…

There are few things as thrilling as seeing the first snowdrop of the year. Their delicate white petals bobbing in the breeze and if you are lucky enough to see a whole host of them, you could catch the very faint but sweet, honey-like perfume they give off. … Read more