Li Xing Florist

I purchased a plant around Chinese New Year, the store was very crowded. I immediately selected the plant I wanted and asked for the price. The woman running the store said 26, stuttered, and said 36. $ 36 for this plant seemed ridiculous. But, I needed it in a hurry, so I went ahead and purchased it. The place is cash only, and I handed her forty dollars. She gave me one dollar in change. I told her she told me the price was 36, and she hesitantly gave me the other four dollars.
The plant is basically dead. I will never return to this establishment, and I suggest you look elsewhere too.

Since I am no expert in plants and flowers, my review is probably not the fairest. I was looking for succulent plants around the city and I just couldn’t find good ones. I stumbled upon this tiny florist and they happened to have quite a few in different sizes! The price is pretty good too.
The owner doesn’t speak English but luckily I speak Mandarin so I was able to communicate with her fine. She even give me a discount card if I want to request anything in particular.
This is not the place to order or get sophisticated floral design or bouquets. But if you are looking for Chinese bamboo or other plants, you should be having no problem getting them here.

The lady in this shop is the sweetest! I needed a bouquet, but didn’t find any when I initially stepped in, so I asked her if she can make me one on the spot. She happily said, «Of course! Just pick the flowers you like!» I immediately asked her for a price for some roses, different colors of carnations, and some baby’s breath. She gave me a reasonable price range depending on how many of each I was choosing.
I told her I wanted 6 pink roses to start. She took some roses out and asked me to choose the ones I like. «It doesn’t matter which ones. I’m not picky,» I told her. Her reply was, «Ok, I’ll pick all the best ones for you then.» That was so sweet of her! She really took her time choosing as I went on to select a dozen carnations (red, yellow, and pink). She carefully combined everything together while adding baby’s breath where needed and some leaves. She topped it off with a nice wrap and a beautiful triple bow.
All the while, she was engaging in conversation with me (in Cantonese, of course). She was kind and soft spoken. It reminded me so much of one of my aunties. I left with a pleasant bouquet and a smile on my face.

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. I came in ready to buy one or two pots of flowers or plants for my new apartment.
Firstly, the shopkeeper could barely speak English. Luckily I can speak Chinese. So I used Chinese to ask reasonable questions about one of the flowers such as how long it will last and how often it needs to be watered. The shopkeeper immediately told me she does not have time to answer any questions unless I bought the plant and left me to prepare some bouquets.
Seriously? I told her that I needed to know how much care the plants need to decide whether or not to buy it. I tried asking again how often the plant needs to be watered and she IGNORED me. I then asked her if she was going to answer my question because I was not going to buy a plant without being informed. She said that there’s nothing she could do about it and she can’t tell me anything about the plant except the price unless I first buy it. I left because I am not going to give my business to a person who runs their company in such a hostile manner.
I have never been to a store that would not answer questions about products without a purchase. This is absolutely ridiculous and I am writing this review so that people will not waste their time coming to Chinatown (unless you want to buy a plant without knowing anything about it).

I knew I had to write a praiseful review of this little shop the minute I exited the door.
Upon approaching the shop, I found myself in front of pomegranite, citrus, figs, tea leaf trees and herbs. I was taken by the exocticness of it all. Upon entering I knew I had found a hidden gem.
This place is by far the best shop I have found in all of NYC for orchids. They often carry genera not found locally anywhere else. Although their inventory varies, These often include Asian Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums, Angraecum, cycnodes, and unusual varieties of the more common oncidiums, and phaleanopsis just to name a few, all jam packed into a store smaller then a common quicky-​mart.
As if that wasn’t enough, their year round selection of citrus, tea plants, and medicinal herbs is also another superb reason to pay them a visit.
Although the staff speaks little English, they are all very warm, welcoming and very knowledgeable on cultivation techniques. I always leave there pleased with my purchase and happy knowing I am helping to support a mom and pop business of honest vendors.

Great bargain for a house warming plant.

Do you hate stores where the sales staff shadow you and try to draw merchandise to your attention? Then you will love Li Xing Florist — because you will be totally ignored as you browse.
No matter how often I’ve stopped in, the shopkeeper has a card table set up; he and his pals always seem to be gambling or loudly arguing in Chinese.
Since the rickety card table commandeers most of the space, you will bump into the gamblers as you handle the potted plants, try to read labels, and compare jasmine specimens and assess budding capability. Don’t worry. They won’t care about your presence as long as you don’t try to peek at the cards.
ATMOSPHERE: 1950-​ish no-​frills décor and a funereal lighting set-​up straight out of Charles Dickens’ time-​stood-​still bedroom for Miss Havisham
PRICES for PLANTS: orchids and blooming clivia (in season) are great bargains; jasmine prices are level with other local vendors; substantial fruit trees offer good value. Clivia in bloom will sell for $ 25 here ($ 75 + up elsewhere). .. pricing as of 2012 and 2013.
QUALITY: when it comes to houseplants, this isn’t the florist from The Ritz — but you won’t find thrips or aphids in the soil and the blooms don’t fall off on the way home
FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS: I have no information on this

Rip-​off. I had an funeral arraignment done there and it don’t compare to the others at the wake which they paid less for. Avoid and go to anyone else in Chinatown.

I am a great lover. of oranges! Once, in the not-​so-​distant past, I drank an excessive amount of orange juice. I could finish a carton in one sitting. I probably still can. I figured, now that producers are infusing orange juice with calcium, vitamin d and vitamin e (i’m mildly lactose intolerant), it would behoove me to drink orange juice like others drink milk. It got to be so much that I could distinguish the different orange juice brands by taste alone.
With that in mind, I was meeting some friends for some Phở in Chinatown. After an adventurous and quite horrendous time trying to find parking, I found a spot. right in front of Li Xing Florist. As I got out of my car, I noted a great many plants in front of the store, as you could imagine a florist would have. However, these were not your typical plants. There was a jasmine plant (like the kind you put in green tea to turn it into jasmine tea) with quite a pleasing scent and a baby mandarin orange tree! $ 20! Naturally and on impulse, I bought the healthiest, bounciest, fullest tree that had a few oranges already growing on it. The florist said, water it once a week and the tree will bear fruit year round. Oranges year round? Yay!
As an added bonus, the sweet smell of orange blossoms will forever fill my apartment.
I shall name you, Mandarin and you will be best friends with Corn, my other plant.
review 7÷29÷2008
I.M.Y.