Reliable Source: After floral flap, White House announces new head florist

Just in time to oversee the stems that will grace the tables of next week's state dinner in honor of China, Iranian-born Roshan Ghaffarian has been named the new head florist at the White House.That post has been vacant since Feb. 13, the date that Laura Dowling, who had held the job since 2009, was escorted out of the building, leaving a potpourri of whispering behind (floral-world sources told us her "fussy" style clashed with the first lady's more modern aesthetic).