Early pre-orders, rose bouquets make Valentine's Day successful at Shreveport flower shop
The flower shop has been on Youree Drive since 2007 and the business manager, Heather Zahn says she has stepped in since 2013 to help her mother who is the owner.
Zahn says this Valentine's Day has been a success and it has been a big year for roses.
'We've had a massive influx in pre-orders, so instead of people waiting the day of, we had, people started ordering last week but it started really heavy on Monday. And so, our delivery spots believe it or not filled up by yesterday evening,' said Zahn.
Because of the magnitude, Flower Power was not able to deliver same day, rather people were able to pick up orders until an extended shopping period of 6pm.
Zahn spoke of the service that comes by buying from a local florist.
'Louisiana, we have to have a license to be able to do what we do. And so, we order in all of our flowers fresh. I have designers on staff that know exactly how to process and extend the longevity of the flowers that you get from us, so your flowers are going to last probably a good two weeks when they come from us because we get them direct from the farm,' said Zahn.
Zahn says Flower Power gets their flowers from places like Ecuador and California.
For increasing the longevity of your flowers Zahn said:
Always make sure that your water is clean
Don't put the flowers under a direct air source
Make sure all your stems are fully immersed in water
Zahn says people have just been happier and coming in to celebrate the holiday.
'We're seeing more men come in and actually shopping instead of just saying just send something, you know I don't care what it is. they're actually being thoughtful. They're bringing in their own cards. They're picking out the flowers, picking out the rose colors so they're actually taking the time so ladies they're really thinking about them.'
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