How To Care For Your House Plants

This quick guide gives you important tips for taking care of your houseplants. If you want more detailed advice, especially about watering and pruning, check out our other post called 'General Care Tips for Happy Houseplants.' It has extra information to help you keep your indoor plants healthy and strong.

If you have a dish garden, the general rule is to follow the guidelines for the plant that requires less water and less sunlight. We try to combine plants that require the same care so that your gift can have a healthy life.

For example, if all your plants in the dish garden are green foliage, it's more simple. But if you receive our Tropical Dish Garden, you will need to water the orchids and the rest of the plants differently. The orchids will be in an individual container so they don't get overwatered. (To learn more about orchids follow this link).

Plants are sorted in alphabetical order:

African Violets

Azalea:

Bamboo (Lucky Bamboo):

Bonsai:

Bromeliad:

Calla Lily:

Easter Lily:

Flamingo or Anthurium:

Hosta Plant:

Hydrangea:

Kalanchoe:

Orchids:

Peace Lily:

Pink Wave:

Poinsettia:

Polka Dot:

Schefflera:

Snake Plant or Sansevieria:

Succulents:

Yucca Cane:

Now that we learned all these tips on how to care for houseplants, I hope your plants start to thrive! Remember, no over-watering, and enough sunlight, those are the two main tips when taking care of houseplants! And each plant requires different amounts of these two elements.

These are a few of the plants available in our flower shop. If you have more details or insights about them, feel free to share them in the comments below!

3 Unique Gift Ideas for Everyone

Struggling to find a unique birthday gift? Look no further! This guide offers three creative gift ideas that are sure to delight any personality type. Say goodbye to boring presents!

In the past, there was a tradition of gifting the same number of flowers as the number of birthdays, so if a person was turning 25, they would get 25 flowers. Nowadays, we want to gift something more unique and special.

We have a wide selection of fresh and high-quality birthday flowers and gift baskets, but if you are looking for a Unique Birthday Gift, here are three ideas:

Birthday Floral Cakes:

This gift will make someone happy. We all love to eat cake but then feel guilty about the calories. This Blooming Birthday Cake by Tognoli Florist creates a fun-filled, fat-free birthday cake that they will be able to enjoy for more time than a conventional cake. If you don't like the colors or flowers in this picture, we have other options, or we can customize it for you.

Birthday Balloon Bouquets:

Everyone loves balloons, so how about sending a Giant Birthday Balloon Bouquet? The person who receives this will sure be surprised! A giant balloon do takes a lot of space in your house and in your heart. If a giant balloon is too much, maybe choose a smaller one, but this option will be a unique birthday gift for sure.

Birthday Snickers Chocolates Cake:

We give you a different option for a birthday cake with our Snickers Chocolates Cake. Assorted chocolates surrounded with Snickers! A cake you can share without worrying about getting dirty or spoiling your purse or car when transporting the leftovers.

Tognoli Florist is the best local florist to send your Birthday Gift in Gaithersburg, Montgomery Village, Germantown, Rockville, and Surrounding Areas. In our store, you will find many gifts and flowers among which you can choose the right one for you and if you can’t find one you like, you can always give us a call and we’ll design something special for you.

Let us know in the comments if you have seen gifts like these and if you like any of them!

6 Tips for Sending Flowers to The Hospital

Nobody likes to visit the hospital, since most of the time it means that a relative or friend is sick or recovering from surgery. However, it can also be means for joy, because in some cases the visit to the hospital has to do with the birth of a baby, which is always good news. In any case bringing flowers to the hospital during your visit, either to congratulate the new mom or to encourage your friends or family to get better, is always an excellent choice. And if you cannot be physically present, it is also an excellent idea to send flowers to the hospital, so that they know you are thinking of them, and that you are beside them to overcome any period of convalescence.

Taking a bouquet of flowers to a patient at the hospital is like bringing in a piece of nature, making the cold hospital room a more cheerful and welcoming one.

Furthermore, flowers can have an incredible positive effect on the recovery of patients. Three different studies have recently shown that flowers are a powerful inducer of positive emotions. According to the data, sending flowers to a hospital patient always provokes a smile and even three days after receiving flowers, patients have a better mood. In the case of people over 55, they had an improvement in their mood, and an improvement in their memory; and we all know that a positive attitude is essential for a speedy recovery.

Some other research shows that patients who have flowers in their rooms take less analgesics after surgery, have better blood pressure and experience fewer episodes of anxiety and fatigue than those who do not.

However, we must consider some aspects before sending flowers to the hospital so that in addition to recovering, we do not cause any inconvenience.

Check out these 6 tips for Sending Flowers to The Hospital:

1) Always keep in mind the taste of the person you are sending the flowers to, but it is important to avoid sending flower bouquets with powerful fragrances such as lilies, because they can cause headaches, dizziness or even allergies to other patients, especially in small rooms.

Try to choose hypoallergenic flowers like orchids, alstromerias, carnations, roses, or bells of Ireland. Sometimes even if the person you are sending flowers to, is not allergic, their roommate might be.

2) It is also not convenient to give plants to a hospital patient, since soil can have bacteria that are very harmful to health. These types of gifts are better when the patient is back at home.

3) If your family member or friend is in a specific area of the hospital, it is important that before you buy a bouquet, you ask if they can receive flowers. Some hospital wards, like the ICU, have extremely strict rules about flowers and we will not be able to deliver them. In this case, you can send them a fruit basket.

4) Choose bouquets built in floral foam. Since they have a water supply, they will last much longer than a vase arrangement and do not need much care.

5) Hospital rooms tend to get busy, nurses and doctors come and go often. Try choosing arrangements with vases made of metal, wicker, or plastic, so in case they fall, the vase will not break.

6) Try to avoid sending flowers to the hospital for the birth of a baby. The new parents have lots of new things to worry about and in most cases, they will leave your gift at the hospital. Instead, wait until they are back home, they will enjoy it more.

Whether you are sending flowers to the hospital or if you are taking them yourself, it is important that you consider all these tips to avoid problems and discomfort for the sick.

At Tognoli Florist we have a wide catalog of bouquets of flowers, plants, and baskets to take to the hospital. Choose the one you like the most and place your order. We will take care of delivering it the day you decide or send it to your home so that you can take it with you. With full guarantee that they will always arrive fresh. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact our expert florists so that they can help you.