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Gift the Gift of Flowers

This gift will help your loved ones stop and smell the pinecones.

We've been shopping all month. And we finally found the top 10 holiday gifts from La Jolla shops and artist. Look for this column at 3 p.m. daily through Dec. 22.

Having a hard time capturing the holiday spirit? Allow the colors and smells of Christmas to blossom inside your heart and home with a gift from .

The posh La Jolla florist, which has been in business since 1936, offers a variety of holiday options, including a keepsake menorah surrounded by white roses, hydrangeas, dendrobium orchids and delicate greenery. Adelaide’s also puts their creative twist on traditional favorites with this year’s Della Robia Wreath, a colorful mix of evergreen, natural grains, magnolia leaves, mandarin oranges, pomegranates and pinecones.

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These arrangements are truly works of art and will spruce up any room (pun intended). They also make a great hostess gift. General Manager Jerry Parent recommends the Italian holiday collection, which features a deluxe Vietri pot. “They are the perfect size, not overly large, and after the tulips die, you can reuse the pot for something else.”        

What: Floral arrangements and holiday wreaths.

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Where: , call 858-454-0146, or shop online. 

How much: Prices start at $45.

When: Be sure to place your orders by Dec. 23, to ensure a Christmas Eve delivery.

Who it’s good for: The Martha Stewart devotees in your life who didn’t have time to harvest their own pinecones and poinsettias this year.

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