Monthly Archives: November 2022

Looking for Ways To Stretch Your Holiday Budget?

Are you looking to stretch this year’s holiday budget while still giving top quality presents that will delight your recipients? Scroll below for a handful of shopping tips from the elves at White Flower Farm:

Mini Flowering Plants

Our mini flowering houseplants, which come in sets of four (starting at $65), can be divvied up to make four individual gifts. Pictured above are our Mini Orchids in white ceramic cachepots. For more mini plant options, click here for Mini Red Cyclamen in ceramic cachepots, and here for Mini White Cyclamen in glass cachepots.

Bareroot Amaryllis Bulbs

Our premium, large grade, bareroot Amaryllis bulbs start at an affordable $23 per bulb. Wrap up a bareroot bulb and give it along with a printout of our potting tips, or go the DIY route, and pot up a few bulbs yourself to give as gifts. Click here to find a wide variety of Amaryllis varieties, all available as bareroot bulbs.

For an easy guide to potting a bareroot Amaryllis bulb or growing it on pebbles, click here.

Bareroot Paperwhite Bulbs

Buy any single bag of 12 premium bareroot Paperwhite bulbs (starting at $35). Divvy them up and give the bare bulbs as is or do a little DIY project and set a few bulbs atop pebbles in  a hurricane vase or in several smaller glasses or bowls to multiply the number of gifts. Tie a ribbon around the vessels, and you have several great presents that will flower and bring fragrance to any indoor space (and smiles to the faces of your recipients).

For bareroot Paperwhite ‘Ziva’ bulbs, click here.

For bareroot Paperwhite ‘Ariel’ bulbs, click here.

For bareroot Paperwhite ‘Wintersun’ bulbs, click here.

Tabletop Evergreen Quintet

Our Tabletop Evergreen Quintet ($115) includes five different mini plants along with five canvas boxes. The quintet can be divided up to make five individual gifts, each charming, lasting, and easy-care. Click here for the quintet.

Lavender Sachets by the Yard

Our popular, fragrant Lavender Sachets by the Yard ($32) arrive as a single segmented yard of eight fragrant Lavender sachets stitched inside lilac-colored organza fabric. Simply cut apart the segments to create eight great individual gifts or stocking stuffers.

Gifts Priced To Include Standard Shipping

A number of gifts we offer are priced to include standard shipping. From lovely pre-potted bulb gardens to favorite gardening gloves and boots to stylish botanically-themed scarves and our charming new Flower Garden Tea Towel Calendar. All of these gifts make budgeting easier because the shipping charges are already included in the price. For more gifts priced with shipping included, click here.

3-Gift Offers That Include Standard Shipping

Our 3-gift offers are among our bestselling items year after year, mainly because they provide a great value. For starters, choose what type of gift you wish to send: Amaryllis (red, white, pink, or bicolor); pre-potted Bulb Collections; or Citrus Samplers. We’ll send three gifts of your choosing, one to each of three addresses, at a price that includes standard shipping. For all of our 3-gift offers with shipping included, click here.

A White Flower Farm Gift Certificate

A White Flower Farm Gift Certificate never expires, and it invites recipients to choose whatever they might like from our wide array of garden plants, indoor plants, tools and gear, fresh-cut flower bouquets, seasonal decorations, botanically inspired home and garden accents, and more. Our gift certificates start at $25. Those valued at $50 or more receive a 10% discount. We send your recipient a gift certificate along with a copy of our latest catalog. Click here to order.

On behalf of the staff at White Flower Farm, we hope your holiday season is merry and bright!

Favorite Holiday Decorations & Gifts Selected By Our Staff

Need a little help with your holiday shopping this year? Take some inspiration from our staff! We polled a variety of team members about their favorite holiday items, and the responses were just what we hoped – a representation of some of the best of our diverse inventory. Scroll below and enjoy seeing both longtime favorites and new finds singled out for their superior quality as decorations and gifts at holiday time. There is something for everyone! Check out our website for more.

Canella Berry & Cone Table Basket

“This basket rests on our coffee table, generously stuffed with highly scented fresh-cut greens, cones, and berries. It makes for the perfect Christmas morning – the Canella berries gleaming from the light of the fireplace as my two young sons open presents from Santa. Five stars from me!”

~Michaela P., Customer Service Representative

Picnic in Provence Bulb Collection

“Talk about making an impression and being the envy of family and friends! There was great fun watching the bulbs emerge, and then the real show of color exploded into cheerful and enchanting hues of spring. This bulb collection really brightens up a long winter’s day.”

~Tom B., Retail Store Manager

Amaryllis ‘Red Pearl’

“‘Red Pearl’ is absolutely the most velvety, deep red Amaryllis. Hands down my favorite.”

~Pam W., Customer Service Representative

Cretan Candle Lantern

“Whether outside for a summer or fall evening or indoors in the bay window on a winter night, I light a candle in my Cretan lantern throughout the year. It always provides a welcoming glow. A unique, handmade gift that many have enjoyed.”

~Mary A., Product Information Manager

Jasmine

“Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) is one of my favorite gifts to give (and receive) because it’s unusual, beautiful, and hard to find. The dark green, filigreed vine arrives covered in clusters of pinkish-white buds. They open into small white flowers that release an exotic scent reminiscent of warm, tropical places. In wintertime, it’s pure heaven.”

~Deb H., Senior Writer & Editor

Scandinavian-Style Christmas Tree Quartet

“Small but eye-catching. I love the contemporary yet timeless style. We’re using these charming trees as a centerpiece on our coffee table.”

~Teresa F., Art Director

Spiced Orange Wreath

“This wreath is my favorite holiday item offered this year. Orange is my favorite color, and I remember having an Orange stuffed in the toe of my stocking each year of my childhood.”

~Sheryl M., Customer Service Representative

Mini Orchid Quartet

“I just love Orchids, and nothing is better than sharing them as gifts at the holiday season. This quartet allows for just that. Perfect as teacher gifts and for friends and family, too! Moth Orchids are easy to care for and very cheerful during short winter days.”

~Lorraine C., President

Holly & Greens Runner

“This freshly assembled Noble Fir and Holly runner brings the holidays to your home. Love the enduring, rich evergreen fragrance.”

~Samantha F., Customer Service Representative

Paperwhite ‘Ariel’

“While the end result is spectacular, it’s the process of growing Paperwhites from bulbs to blooms that so endears them to me. The fragrant, slightly earlier-blossoming white trusses of ‘Ariel’ are heavenly. Seeing them develop from humble beginnings is a powerful reminder of the miraculous during this special season.”

~Erica A., Assistant Editor/Writer

Amaryllis ‘Cherry Nymph’

“I love Amaryllis ‘Cherry Nymph’ for sheer petal power. Those bright red double blooms keep coming, brightening up the winter days.”

~Liz Z., E-Commerce Director

Dianthus ‘Little Pink’ Trio

“These adorable Dianthus gift us with a sweet, spicy scent and pretty flowers that last for weeks. The plants come as a set of three, great for a presentation or for giving a couple away as gifts. Don’t forget to keep one for yourself!”

~Caitlin L., Customer Service Representative

Wildflowers Glass Night-Light

“This night-light is more colorful, beautiful, and different than any other I have ever seen. I’m very impressed by the description (on our website) about how the piece is made. The colors are stunning, and I bet they’re even more stunning when it’s lit up in a dark room.”

~Jodie T., Customer Service Representative

Clivia miniata

“This is the sturdiest, longest living flowering plant we sell. Its dark green, glossy foliage always looks great. It is very happy in clay and blooms when you least expect it. A great gift for the plant lover when you are looking for something just a little different.”

~Cheryl D., Nursery Inventory Manager/Buyer

Cape Primrose ‘Grape Ice’

“This cheerful Cape Primrose is the gift that keeps on giving. Perky purple flowers strikingly marked with delicate white throats, veins, and edges keep appearing for months if you remove spent blooms. I’m starting the holiday season by treating myself!”

~Karen B., Senior Horticultural Advisor, Customer Service