If you’re looking for unique gift for a loved one, then you might well be thinking of buying them flowers. But beware: did you know that, according to tradition, different flowers mean different things? Therefore, if you plump for the wrong bunch, then you could be sending your recipient the wrong message! Take a look at the tips below to equip yourself with the knowledge to pick the perfect posies and avoid the pitfalls of the meaning of flowers…
The best flower delivery London has to offer can provide advice on all this. Likewise those flower delivery Peterborough experts will be able to offer guidance, as will the best flower delivery Belfast has to offer. Perhaps the most famous flower gift is the classic rose. You can probably guess that a red rose is a sign of passionate love, being presented, most traditionally, on Valentine’s day, and often on anniversaries and birthdays between the romantically involved. Buy your beau a bunch of pink roses, however, and you’ll be telling them that you’re celebrating your platonic friendship – a huge faux pas if you’re at the beginning of your relationship! White versions, symbolising purity and innocence, however, are often chosen for weddings.
The most logical place to start is with the type of flowers that florists in Peterborough, Portsmouth and Preston will sell by the vase full in the lead up to February 14 – aka Valentine’s Day – every year and that’s the red rose. Well, in case you didn’t get the hint, the red rose is a symbol of love and passion and it’s traditional to send one or more to your sweetheart at least once a year. The pink rose signifies strong friendship links and white roses, which are commonly used during wedding ceremonies, are a sign of purity.
Moving on, the pink carnation is symbolic of gratefulness, so it’s a perfect choice for parents on their special days or, indeed, at any time of the year. Carnations of the white variety are sent in remembrance and the striped carnation signifies refusal – the recipient will have to really know their stuff if they are going to spot this.
Next, we have pink carnations. These denote gratitude, and are often sent to mothers on Mother’s Day, for obvious reasons, while a white one signifies remembrance. Send a striped carnation, however, and you’ll send the recipient a message of refusal.
In Ancient Greece, the lily was seen to be symbolic of sex and sexuality, although in today’s Britain, associated with purity and is thus seen principally (although not exclusively) at funerals and weddings. Give someone a tiger lily, and you’ll be sending a message of happiness, while the pink stargazer symbolises ambition, wealth and prosperity.
As you might have guessed by now, colours of flowers generally carry greater symbolic significance than shapes and this is also true of tulips. Red tulips predictably represent love and yellow, again, leans towards secret love. White is traditionally offered as an apology and pink is given to express that you care.
Every florists in Belfast, Buxton and Bristol should be able to tell you all about the difference between sending a red or yellow chrysanthemum. For the record, red would be suitable somewhat predictably if you wanted to tell somebody that you love them, while pick yellow if you’ve got a secret crush. White chrysanthemums, meanwhile, are a sign of loyalty.
There are some excellent flowers andflorists in Belfast