When ordering flowers for someone, it is helpful if you can answer some of the following questions:
- What colors do they like?
- Do they have any favorite flowers?
- What type of personality is the recipient? see below
- What are the recipient’s hobbies?
- What kind of feeling do you want to convey? see below

Since there are many different types of personalities, consider matching flowers to the recipient's personality using the following as a guide:
Expressive – seeking personal growth & advancement; exotic flowers and unusual combinations of shape, color and texture.
Contemporary – innovative and vivacious; monochromatic bouquets or arrangements with a few, large vibrant flowers.
Natural – casual, "down-to-earth", enjoy nature; flowering or green plants, earth tones and woodsy accents.
Traditional – dependable, family orientated, and prefer timeless styles; lavish bouquets with great variety of flowers.
Romantic – big-hearted, impulsive, extravagant; soft colors, subtle fragrances, and accents of lace or ribbon.

By choice of color and/or design style, you can convey the right feeling or emotion with your flowers. Read the following to assist us in creating an appropriate design for you.
Tranquility – to release tensions, relieve stress, express a sense of calm; clear their mind and let them unwind with blues, violets and lavender.
Encouragement – inspire power, support courage, restore energy; encourage their life with the power of red, orange and fuchsia.
Wellness – reflect serenity, enhance emotional health, promote balance of mind, body and spirit; heal their energy with yellow, greens, white.
Success – wish for good health and fortune, encourage financial strength and power; inspire distinction with the richness of reds, purples, shades of gold.
Appreciation – recognize your blessings, show gratitude for a favor; make a heart-felt gesture with the love and thoughtfulness of pastel pinks, peach, and lavender.
Love – promote passion, inspire intimacy, spark romance; energize your love with rich and lush burgundy, red, pinks, and peaches.
Optimism – stimulate joy, instill enthusiasm, welcome changes; sprout the excitement of growth with vibrant orange, white, and green.

A Blooming Place offers the following products and services for our customers:
Centerpieces – essential to a gathering of any size, the style should complement the occasion, mood, and surroundings.
Window Decorating – this service is provided for businesses with display windows that they need decorated, whether seasonally or custom-designed, to enhance their property and attract attention.
Floral Arrangement – many styles to choose from (formal, garden-style, contemporary, high-style, traditional) arranged in an appropriate container that vary to fit occasion, sender, message conveyed, recipient, season.
Cut Floral Bouquet – same as Floral Arrangement, except arranged, wrapped, and presented in cellophane and decorated with coordinating ribbon and a bow.
Corsage – worn by a female, most commonly for prom, wedding, banquets/awards ceremonies, bridal/baby showers; can be customized to match personality, clothing, favorite colors, or event for which they are designed; can be worn on wrist or pinned on.
Boutonniere – worn by a male, most commonly for prom, wedding, banquets/awards ceremonies; can be customized to match personality, clothing, favorite colors, or event for which they are designed; worn on the lapel.
Dish Garden – an assortment of green plants that are planted in a container, such as a basket, ceramic pot, or novelty container, typically decorated with stems of fresh cut flowers (for temporary color) and a coordinating bow.
European Garden – an assortment of flowering plants and green plants that are planted in a container, such as a basket, ceramic pot, or novelty container, typically decorated with stems of fresh cut flowers (for temporary color) and a coordinating bow.
Decorating Services – this service is provided for any of our customers that require or desire their office, home, event/party to be professionally decorated, custom-designed following the needed consultations.
Plants – we can provide a variety of sizes and types of indoor plants to enhance the interior environment of your home/office, or also to send as a gift.
Bulb Gardens – an assortment of blub plants such as tulip, iris, hyacinth, daffodil that are planted in a container, such as a basket, ceramic pot, or novelty container, typically decorated with a coordinating bow.
Wreath & Door Décor – custom-designed door décor can include swags, wreaths, and charms, all of which can be made with fresh or permanent flowers & greenery to match your office, home, seasonal or holiday decorating needs.
Fruit & Gourmet Baskets – an assortment of fresh seasonal fruits arranged in a basket; can also include gourmet items such as cookies, candy, cocoa, tea, coffee, cheese, crackers, to provide a more impressive variety.
Tribute Floral Spray – to honor or pay tribute to a beautiful life passed, most common designs chosen by family members are casket sprays and standing sprays. A casket spray is an arrangement designed for the top of the casket, which can be made size-appropriate whether the casket is half-open, fully-open, or fully-closed. A standing spray can be designed in a container, such as a basket or urn, or in a form that hangs on an easel, and is typically placed on a stand (if needed) at one of the ends of the casket.
Cake Décor – typically done for weddings and anniversaries, flowers can be designed and provided to decorate a cake in the many following ways: on the top layer, between layers, on edges of layers, and around the base of the cake.
Church Pew Décor – typically done for weddings, we can provide decoration for the ends of church pews during a ceremony/service from something as simple as satin bows to fresh/permanent floral bouquets with connecting ribbon/tulle swags.
Flowering Plants – we offer a variety of seasonal flowering plants, such as gerbera daisies, azaleas, kalanchoes, mums, African violets, which can be planted in a container such as a basket, ceramic pot, or novelty container and typically decorated with a coordinating bow.

Just to name some……Have any ideas…spring em’ on us. We are always looking for new and interesting design challenges!

Please feel free to consult with us. We can assist you in creating just the right gift, making those "distinctive designs for lasting impressions"! Remembering that most people say "just because" is the best reason to receive flowers, they have the biggest impact when unexpected. Have the confidence in knowing that flowers fit everyone! When sending flowers, you send memories that last forever. Flowers are powerful and make anyone feel special. Florists are experts in many areas but we usually can't read minds. If you have specific flower or color preferences, be sure to communicate that with us. Don’t forget to provide us with the necessary basic information. The name, full address and phone number of the recipient, the preferred delivery date, your card message and payment information.