Wildflora Blog

House plants can be the domestic superheroes you never knew you needed! How so? Once upon a time in the late 80’s, while people were wearing the brightest of colors with the biggest of hair and getting down to Duran Duran, a little group called NASA did a study to test the benefits of a variety of indoor plants. It turns out that many of our foliage'd friends help reduce an assortment of toxins, including ammonia, benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, toluene, and xylene. These toxins typically enter our homes via detergents/cleaners, paints, glues, insulation, pressed-wood products, thinners, varnishes, and even dry cleaning....

So it turns out San Francisco isn't the only place in California where you can wear flowers in your hair. Here in LA we love a little locks & bloom combo. Want to try it yourself? Order our Bundle of Blooms and give it a try! Just pick you color palette, then use the flower heads, leaving enough of a stem to stick in the hair. For slicker hair, try a little teasing of the hair on the layer underneath to give the stems more of a footing.  

Mmmm - who doesn't love a good color palette posts!? Seasonal Arrangements are a a great way for our designers to flex their creativity while working within the parameters of the chosen palette. However, if you've got specific colors in mind, you can still always go outside our chosen schemes and let us know when ordering. But without further ado, the seasonal color palettes:  

Meet the Snake Plant! Aka Mother-in-law-tongue. Aka Saint George's sword. Aka Viper's Bowstring Hemp. No matter the common name you use for this lovely plant, it is known in the trade by it's Latin name: Dracaena trifasciata. *record scratch* "Hold up! I have that plant, and it's not a Dracaena, it's a Sansevieria!"  You're not wrong. Just like that time that girl, Jenny, from grade school, started going by Jennifer in her 20's, plants sometimes go through a bit of a re-branding. In the case of this classic plant, scientists realized that they were genetically too closely related to Dracaenas to be in their...