Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Debbie and the Girls at Basketcase, Your Cannon Beach Florist. Thank you for all of you who support locally in the Cannon Beach, Arch Cape, Seaside, Gearhart, and Manzanita areas. :) We appreciate you!

Christmas Flowers

Come Check out our lovely Christmas Arrangements! Call us toll free today to place your order: 1-800-611-5826

Let us make your perfect Christmas Centerpiece!

Stormy Weather Arts Festival

Stormy Weather Arts Festival! November 6th from 4-6pm three artists will be showing their talents in floral design - yours truly!, fabric art - Janet Vonada, and glass fusion - Nancy Brown. Come join the fun while listening to live music and enjoy some nibbles and sips!

Summer Finale

Well, it's coming to an end for the Season. Weddings are still going strong until the end of September, but with the majority of the Tourist Season happening between July 4th and Labor Day here in Cannon Beach, we are just about at our Summer Finale. :) We had a wonderful Summer Season full of gorgeous original weddings, beautiful floral arrangements and an abundance of Cannon Beach Logo items flying out our doors this Summer. Thanks to everyone who supports Basketcase, also known as your locally owned and operated Cannon Beach Florist. We have had a wonderful Summer thus far.

Wedding season is in full swing..... The beach is just calling for all those "I do's" in the sand!

Flowers!

Flower Ideas for the next wedding or special occasion.

Alstroemeria

(also known as Peruvian lily)

-- These flowers have small, bright blooms that grow in clusters and often have freckled petals. These wonderful flowers are avaliable year round in many differrent colors.

Calla Lily

-- This blossom originated in Africa and symbolized "magnificent beauty" to the Victorians. There are two types of Calla Lilies: a large or miniaturere.

-- These flowerrs can be found year round. They also come in a variety of colors such as ivory, yellow, orange, light pink, dark pink, red, or dark burgundy.

-- The Calla Lily has four different meanings: gardor, magnificent beauty, feminininity, and modestisty.

Carnation

-- Don't turn up your nose at the common carnation ... this long-lasting flower is full of possibilities for weddings. The ruffled-heads look offers an inexpensive way to bring lushness and color to bouquets and arrangements.

-- Carnations have a long history; they were reportedly used to make ceremonial crowns in ancient Greece.

-- Today, more than 300 species (in large, single blooms and miniature spray varieties) are available year round in every color imaginable. And they also have a lovely sweet clove like scent.

-- The meaning of carnations are: admiration, fascination, strong and pure love, and unfading beauty.

Chrysanthemum

-- There over a thousand varieties of this long-lasting, versatile mum. The mum originated from the Far East where it has been cultivated for more than 2,500 years.

-- These flowerrs can be found year round, with its peak in lat summer and fall. It comes in a variety of colors such as white, yellow, green, orange, russet, red, and burgundy.

-- The meaning of mums are: cheerfulness, optimism, long life, and joy.

Daffodil

-- Shakespeare and Wordsworth both created rhapsodies about this humble bulb flower. Perhaps it is so well liked because its merry yellow bloom is one of the first to appear after winter's frost subsides.

-- The daffodil is a flower of true variety -- blooms can be single or multiple, with large or small cups, in solid colors or in combinations of white and yellow with touches of orange.

-- It can be found in November-April, coming in white, yellow, apricot, or orange. Daffodil's have a clean sweet scent.

-- The meanings of this flower are: regard, respect, chivalry, and gracefulness.

Dahlia

-- Dahlia's have a long histry. Conquistadors found the dahlia in the gardens of the Aztecs and it caused a sensation when they brought the flower back to Europe. As the dahlia gained popularity, the pursuit of its potato like tubers was conducted with intrigue and deception ... dahlia tubers were reportedly stolen even from the garden of the Empress Josephine!

-- They can be found from Summer to Fall in white, yellow, orange, pink, red, or purple. Dahlia's have sweet/spicey scent.

-- It means gratitude, dignity, and forever thine.

Dutch Tulip

-- These tulips are widely available and should not be overlooked. Tulip's have a versatility and wide range of colors make it a wonderful flower at weddings.

-- These kind of tuplips have shorter stems and smaller blossoms and are avaliable November-May. They come in almost every color with a sweet scent to compliment.

-- It's meaning is a declaration of love, honest, happy years, and memory.

Freesia

-- The green buds clustered along the thin, arched stem open gradually into delicate flowers. Freesia has a fresh, fruity scent and is avaliable year round. It also comes in most common colors.

-- It's meaning is innocence.

Gardenia

-- Surrounded by dark green, waxy leaves, the exquisite gardenia exudes a very sultry and heavy scent. It was this intoxicating fragrance that captivated an English sea captain traveling through South Africa in 1754, prompting him to bring home one of the native plants as a souvenir.

-- This expensive and delicate flower with creamy ivory petals can bruise easily, so handle with care.

-- These lovely flowers are avaliable year rorund and come in an white/ivory color.

-- This fragrant flower means transport of joy, ecstasy, I love you in secret, purity, and peace.

Gerbera

-- This graphic flower is so flawless in its form that it almost doesn't look real. They are grown in the hottest climates of Asia and Africa and are avaliable year-round gem.

-- They come in a crayon-box range of colors -- nearly 350 intense shades are available.

-- It means: needing protection or friendship.

New & Improved Website!

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http://www.wix.com/cbflorist/basketcase

Beach Weddings!

2010 Wedding Season is here!

All we need is a Bride & Groom! :)

Mother's Day | Sunday May 9th 2010

A huge truck load of flowers just appeared at our back door.....

nothing better than the smell of fresh flowers!

Mother's Day is Sunday May 9th.

We Deliver!

Call us toll free to place your order today:

800-611-5826

Secretary's Day - April 21st 2010

We would love to assist you with your floral needs for Secretary's Day (Wednesday April 21st 2010). Send your secretary a beautiful floral arrangement in appreciation for all the hard work she does for you. Call us toll free at (800)-611-5826 or check out our website: http://www.cannonbeachflorist.com

Found some amazing new lines to showcase in the shop this spring at the Seattle Gift show last weekend. Ordered and on their way! Soon the shop will be filled with the latest trends - come by and check it out!