Plastic straws are known to create a terrible impact on the environment, including especially, the oceans and lakes and the habitat that live there.
In this picture, you will see a “Gerbera Straw” (on the Gerbera on the right) which is a plastic straw used to assist in keeping the large bloom of the Gerbera daisy, upright. We, at Apple Blossom Flowers, are concerned with the environment and we no longer use the plastic straws designed for Gerbera. Instead, you will notice, that the Gerbera on the left has a discrete fine wire that has been positioned on the stem. This method provides the same assurance of holding up the bloom without the use of a plastic straw.