Jo-Ann's Corner: Your Best Guide to Flowers in Auckland

BLOG - Senior Florist Jo-Ann gives hints and tips about arranging flowers, fun flower facts
and other useful information about flowers in New Zealand.

Top 5 Spring and Summer Flowers in NZ

What are Your Favourite Spring & Summer Flowers? Here are our Top 5 most popular seasonal blooms. Sunny days are here and we want to celebrate with the most beautiful flowers in season! So, here s a lovely bunch of the top five spring and summer flowers in New Zealand.

Our 15 Best Selling Flower Arrangements

We've been taking orders for flower deliveries online for many years, and over this time we've seen many arrangements become firm favourites with both new and repeat customers. We profile the top 15 best sellers since we began online deliveries.

It's Tulip Season!

It's spring, and with Spring comes bulbs and of course Tulips, the colourful favourite that's only here for such a short time. They're also a fascinating flower with a rich history and interesting facts. Read on...

What Flowers are Available in which Colours?

Looking for flowers within a specific colour range? Try these lists of popular flowers across all colour palettes with helpful colour swatches of blooms.

Guide for Colour Selection of your Flowers

Working within a colour harmony for floral arrangements will create a look that is pleasing to the eye, enhances the blooms and makes them Smile all day. We all think of yellow as happiness, red as passion, white as serene and orange as hot - How do florists make them all blend together?

100,000 Online Flower Orders!

Exciting Milestone for Best Blooms Florist! This week we have sent out Online Flower Order number 100,000. We are honoured and humbled by the trust our customers place in us, to ensure their flowers are delivered on-time throughout Auckland New Zealand.

How To Pin On A Buttonhole Or Corsage

Advise for wearing your buttonhole or corsage correctly on your special day!

The Meaning of Roses - Symbolism of Rose Colours

What does that Colour Rose symbolise? I want to give her Roses but not Red! What would be a good colour to send? What do pink roses mean? Do Yellow Roses mean Jealousy? Read more about the Meaning of Rose Colours here...

Why Best Blooms Loves New Zealand Grown Flowers

At Best Blooms Auckland us Florists love Flowers - it's a Fact!... But What's the Difference between N.Z. grown flowers and Imported Blooms?

Winter Flowers - Is there Anything in Bloom

As the trees lose the last of their autumn leaves and we hunker down inside getting cosy by the fireside - is there anything still blooming?

Latest News from Best Blooms Florist. New Store. New Location

Best Blooms, a local florist business, announces their relocation to 653 Rosebank Road, Avondale, due to its successful internet sales. Currently based in Henderson, the Great North Road location will close Wednesday the 26th of August, 2015. They will be taking phone and internet orders only, for a duration of one month, as they set up their exciting new retail store to open 1 October.

Video Best Blooms Auckland Florists

We Love designing with flowers and making beautiful floral displays for our customers to enjoy. This Video shows some of our more corporate flowers which have been delivered all over Auckland.

Birth Flowers by Month Birthstones and Star signs by month

Have you ever wondered what your birth flower is? Or how about your birthstone? Here is a fun chart that lists the month, star signs with their symbols, the traditional birth flowers and birthstones. Please keep in mind when birth flowers by month were set - they were in the Northern Hemisphere. We have to take this list with a pinch of salt but it is always fun to look at.

Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts by Year

When you are looking for Wedding Anniversary gift ideas, whether for parents, aunties and uncles or close friends. Often people start with the traditional Anniversary gifts by year, as a place for inspiration for the perfect present. Here is the list of Anniversaries from the 1st Anniversary till the 10th and then 20th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th Wedding Anniversary gifts.