FIVE STARS FOR THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT!!…read more
I live in California, and on Wednesday, May 29th, I brought my dad's ashes to bury in the Louisburg "old" cemetery. However, I didn't have any flowers. Price Chopper is two minutes away from the cemetery. I barely had five minutes to make a selection, but immediately an associate was at hand to assist me. She recommended an orange rose mixed bouquet called "Carribean Sunrise", a spray of red roses, and a red-white-and-blue Memorial Day arrangement with a flag included. One of my relatives suggested I save a red rose, blue flower and baby's breath, plus an orange rose to hang upside-down to dry, for a keepsake. As I would be in town for two more days, I put the arrangement in water. I was delighted at how well the flowers held up, losing no petals or leaves in the meantime. Two days later, they were then bundled in damp kleenex inside a plastic bag, and packed into the outside pocket of my carry-on luggage next to two frozen packaged dinners that I hadn't eaten. At my Los Angeles hotel, I put them in water again, noting that no leaves or petals had been lost. Two days later, I packed them tnto an open carry bag inside a wet kleenex and plastic bag, and made a 15 hour trip home by car, in the heat, including three long visits. Again, when I packed them earlier that morning, I noticed that no petals or leaves had been lost.
I arrived at home at 2:30 a.m. on a Sunday night, unpacked the flowers, and was shocked that still no petals or leaves had been lost. I taped them to the bannister on my porch, but the tape didn't hold, and they fell to the ground. ONE ORANGE PETAL fell off the orange rose.
The flowers were no fewer than five days old, and only one petal was lost, after a hot, exhausting, rigorous trip. They are now on my wall, drying upside down, and no more petals have been lost.
If ever flowers were put to a test of endurance and resilience, this was the time. All acclaime goes to Price Chopper in Louisburg, Kansas, for carrying the highest quality product, and to the associate who recommended them.
