The florists from the old houses on Shaoxing Road are filled with the most difficult flowers in Shanghai.

A new flower shop called Lumos Flower Bar was recently opened on Shaoxing Road, named after a spell in Harry Potter: Lumos (fluorescent flicker).

This flower shop has no tacky and disturbing perfume lilies, nor can you see the best-selling roses on the market.

Both shopkeepers named Xiao Gao opened Lumos into a small flower museum, choosing flowers that most florists can't find. Nine times out of ten, you haven't seen them, and you can't name them.

Palace lantern lily, bluebells, Ludan bird, freesia, blue potted flowers, bridal flowers, echinacea, finches, dodder, evening fog, purple Wan, candles, green flowers, Jialan. Each has its own delicacy and cuteness.

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Two little heights

Most of Shaoxing Road's fame comes from the established buyer shop Triple-Major and Hanyuan Bookstore. Since the two houses were closed, only cicadas have been left on Shaoxing Road in summer.

Lumos unexpectedly chose such a quiet to slightly declining street, and two months ago, started a trial business in a low profile, with the confidence that the smell of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley.

The picture is from the Internet.

Pay attention to Lumos because of their active mobile flower market, the mixed space FiuFiu gathered by new fashions and the pop-up activities of fashion shopper Nininio over the recent weekend, all supported by Lumos.

So in the past two days, I visited the florist in Lumos and two shopkeepers. Lumos has two store managers, one surnamed Gao and the other also surnamed Gao.

The two Xiao Gao are really alike, both post-90s, girls from the north, with sweet smiles. They first met by chance at Catherine Muller Flower School in London.

Obviously, they were both shy and shy, but they talked on the first day of their acquaintance. Probably because there are too many similarities between the two people, they both like flowers, and their aesthetics, preferences and personality are very similar, so there are really many topics to talk about.

Jo Chaker, the teacher of two Xiao Gao at Catherine Muller Flower School.

When talking about what they want to do in the future, the two people bump into their dreams and both want to open a flower shop. I don't remember who suggested "maybe together". Anyway, if it was a joke, it became a common goal for two people at the end of a week-long floral course.

The two Xiao Gao seriously planned to open a flower shop together, and they described it as: every day after that, except for bedtime, they worked hard for the flower shop for two.

The two first continued their studies in London for a period of time, and then decided to come to Shanghai to start their common career.

Because the florist was planning to run a workshop in the future, the two chose Shaoxing Road, where there were few people. The florist was formerly an old-fashioned stationery shop. The process of transforming a gray and old shop into today's florist shop is a nightmare.

The two Xiaogao are northerners who do not have a deep understanding of Shanghai and have never run a florist at all, but when they say they want to do it, they have to move on even with a smear in their eyes.

Many girls have had the dream of opening a flower shop, but the actual implementation is not as light as a dream. For the two Gao, many of the questions in the flower shop are encountered for the first time, and they have to give the best possible answer for the first time.

The former storefront.

The transformation picture that Xiao Gao posted on Weibo can already see the embryonic form of the store.

Although the location of the old house is good, it is not good for a long time: the usable area is small, the wall absorbs too much water, the foundation needs to be knocked down, and some walls are too thin to be cut through. In the process of transformation, we stumbled across a lot of problems, which can be solved as much as possible, and those that cannot be solved can only be compromised with reality.

Under the pull of two small tall people, Lumos opened its business. There is a little more fresh vitality on the quiet Shaoxing road.

In Harry Potter, Miranda mentions the Lumos spell by saying, "Simple, but requires concentration."

Although the Lumos flower shop is not big, the two Xiao Gao put a lot of thought into creating a unique flower shop in Shanghai.

When you walk into the shop, many of the sights you can see are fresh. The flowers themselves are fresh, the flowers are fresh, and the forms of selling flowers are fresh. There are too many things that you can't see in florists elsewhere.

What is displayed in the window is a cloud made up of large clusters of flowers and plants suspended by two threads.

Passers-by from outside the store, see the window will almost slow down, study this "floating air" flower cloud, and then look at it, can not help but want to push open the door of the flower shop.

After entering the store, the first thing I noticed was not the flowers. But the pattern on the Changhong glass on the second floor.

Although Changhong glass is a common element now, there are not many shops that are willing to do it. Moreover, the size of the Lumos is large, and it is on the second floor. The two small tall people also run from door to door to make glass shops. It took a long time to find them.

This is Lumos's Logo, like the light after raising a magic wand and chanting a spell, like a gentle fluffy dandelion, and like a small "Zizi" fireworks on a summer night, lovely and playful.

Changhong glass wall is also the heart of T paste, behind the glass are potted decorative plants, looking through the glass, there is a kind of out-of-focus hazy beauty, can take photos similar to the Swedish photographer Samuel Zeller who wander between reality and reality.

Unlike a regular florist, Lumos's flowers are laid out in walls and buckets. Each kind of flower will not be very much, nor will it be particularly full, so some of the sought-after flowers may be taken away on the same day.

The two shopkeepers also have a strange preference for flowers and plants. There are a lot of flowers in the store that you can't name at all, but the two tall people can call them out one by one like the names of vegetables, happily and contentedly introducing the flowering period and paying attention to them, just like two encyclopedias of flowers and plants that can move.

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This kind of flower is like a lantern and a bell, but the real identity is … "

For example, the fastest-selling palace lantern lily in the store is something I have never seen before in a flower shop or flower market. Xiao Gao said that because the cost is too high, the general florist is not willing to enter at all. Although the palace lantern lily looks delicate, but the accident is not so difficult to raise, even if it is dry, it will maintain the state of a fluffy skirt, very playful.

Conventional flowers in a regular florist can't be seen in Lumos. Even if you choose some popular flowers, there must be something special when it comes to shape and color.

The same sword orchid, Lumos will not choose the conventional pink or orange, but will choose the light purple that is rare in China; a more conventional flower material: Platycodon grandiflorum, you will not see the green or white regular style in Lumos, but will choose pink with crumpled petals and less saturation.

Just as the theme color in the store is green, you can even see as many grasses and leaves as flowers in Lumos. The taste of the two Xiaogao is really great. The grass and leaves they pick out are wild and smart. They are playful, lovely and interesting, and they are not defeated by flowers at all.

If you are a weird girl who doesn't like flowers, you may be able to find the plant you really like at the Lumos flower shop.

Lumos is perfect for buying flowers for yourself. Because in an ordinary flower shop, if you want to buy a single flower, you will probably be rolled your eyes silently by the shopkeeper.

But Lumos took the initiative to put a single flower into a bag and hang it up for sale. People who come to buy flowers will pay more attention to this piece than the flowers in the bucket.

This form of display can restore the most natural and simple form of the plant itself, and it will be easier to find the lovable points of each flower / grass.

Moreover, it will not be a great financial burden to buy flowers alone. The bouquets of flowers sent during the holidays are too grand and need to be taken care of every day.

A small flower, as long as it is your favorite, is enough to light up your mood every day.

Nine times out of ten, nine times out of ten you can't remember the oral introduction made by the shopkeeper every time you buy flowers. Because Lumos had met a guest before and asked, "do flowers need to be put in water?" Such a problem, so simply make a flower information card every time you put on a new flower to prolong the state of the new flower as long as possible.

Lumos is not just an ordinary flower retail store, the two Gao will often do some interesting flower creation, small as cake flowers, as big as art installation, two people have a lot of fun.

I like the creation of cake flowers very much.

When Xiao Gao was studying flower art in London, he happened to be on his birthday, so he made a bouquet similar to a birthday cake in class. Although I can't eat it, it is more suitable for Xiao Gao than the real cake, so I brought the idea back to Shanghai.

When the Fiu Gallery on Yuyuan Road opened, Lumos sent over a large illustration, which was regarded by many visitors as an exhibit of Fiu itself.

When Nininio, a fashion shop, held a pop-up event, Lumos took inspiration from summer umbrellas to make two green leaf umbrellas with mountain wildness. Probably only two Xiao Gao who prefer grass to flowers can come up with such a strange idea.

Lumos also has a customized bouquet of flowers. If you want to customize the flowers, you can find two small tall ones, but there is no bouquet of flowers that have been tied up in the store for reference. The two high schools will customize your personal bouquet according to your budget, favorite flowers and colors.

A very warm little thing, that is, after you buy flowers, Lumos will give you a card and membership card with your English name on it. These graphic designs are designed by two small high schools themselves.

By the way, what did I finally bring home from Lumos?

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Congratulations to me. I like to bring a handful of pea shooters home.

By the way, this weekend Lumos will take their lovely convertible and drive the mobile flower market to BARLOTUSS, the fashionable space of coffee and wine, where they can go to play with two little highs.

If you usually want to buy flowers, I suggest you can choose Thursday and Sunday, is the purchase day of Lumos, flowers are the most, and there will be fresh flowers shipped by non-stop plane from Holland.

Shop: Lumos Flower Bar

Shop address: 100 Shaoxing road, shanghai

Opening hours: 10:30-19:00, Monday to Sunday

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After smelling 1000 kinds of flowers, I still indulge in the aroma of coffee.

Shaoyao girl x Yongpu coffee joint funds should be supplied in season!

Eat everything, anytime, anywhere, enjoy a cup.

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The picture part of this article is a real shot.

Partly from the official Weibo of Lumos