Flowers for Nags Head, NC

Addresses on the Outer Banks work by milepost, and any delivery in Nags Head starts there. The oceanfront rentals line the Beach Road, officially Virginia Dare Trail, in long cottage rows from the old Nags Head Woods end up toward the Kill Devil Hills line; the year-round neighborhoods and the shops sit along the Bypass, U.S. 158; and the quieter sound-side streets tail off toward Roanoke Sound and the marshes. Jockey's Ridge, the tallest natural dune on the East Coast, marks the middle of town, and Whalebone Junction anchors the south end where the roads split toward Manteo and Hatteras. A florist here spends the summer reading rental-house names and changeover schedules, and the winter running quieter locals-and-weddings weeks. There is no hospital in town — the Outer Banks Hospital sits just up in Kill Devil Hills — so a lot of the volume is celebration: anniversaries at the rentals, beach weddings, and the birthday someone wants waiting when a family arrives for their week.

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