Not just flowers, but plants available for your valentine
Not just flowers, but plants available for your valentine Valentine’s Day,s one of the busiest days for florists, is followed by Mother’s Day. At Prairie Flowers, 121 S. 5th St., they receive varied preorders for For Valentine’s Day that include house plants , mixed flower arrangements, and red roses. “Our problem is we never get so far enough ahead (on orders) that they can come in and pick up a bouquet of flowers,” said Bob Michael, owner of Prairie Flowers. The store receives so many orders that there are too many to count, he said. “I don’t even have an idea of how many orders we get each year." The store just received a shipment of vases and flowers to stock up for the big day. On a recent visit, Prairie Flower already has its first pre-orders in its cooler waiting to be picked up. The fresh bouquets awaiting the customers included a dozen red roses, pink roses, carnations, a colorful arrangement of daisies, a flower arrangement in a silver vase, an arrangement of white orc...