Choosing The Perfect Flower

Although it is common to give a single rose, other flowers are often given as bouquets, consisting of either a single variety/colour or a combination of a few different flowers and colours.
It's nice to know what's popular, but how do you choose the perfect flower? First of all, you need to know what flowers symbolize.
Almost every type of flower has its own individual meaning. Throughout history, certain types of flowers have been used to symbolize different things. For example the rose, in ancient times a symbol of joy, later became a symbol of secrecy and silence, and is today associated with love and romance.
If you don't know what type of flower to buy you might want to decide what you want to say and choose the flower that says it better than you ever could. Use the Language of Flowers chart to find out what your favourite flowers symbolize.

Guide to the Most Popular Flowers people Send
Lilies
Most often associated with Easter, lilies are a popular flower for weddings, funerals and as floral arrangements for the home. Available in a variety of colours, the most commonly bought variety is the white lily.Symbols of beauty, purity and innocence, white lilies are commonly used for both weddings and funerals. The other common variety is the yellow lily which symbolizes happiness and gratitude.
Roses
Ever since ancient Greece when mythological Aphrodite is believed to have presented a rose to her son Eros, god of love, the rose has been a symbol of love and desire. The official flower of England, the rose is perhaps the most versatile flower to give with red roses denoting love, white roses symbolizing innocence and silence, pink roses signifying friendship, and if you want to say something different, simply mix up the colours.
Carnations
A long lasting flower, carnations are the flower of choice for many professional florists. Also popular with flower purchasers, carnations are relatively inexpensive, survive longer than their more delicate counterparts and come in a choice of colours.
Due to the wide variety of colours, carnations are a very versatile flower with pink carnations being the flower of choice for Mother's Day, white carnations popular for weddings as well as adorning sympathy wreaths, and red carnations being used to express love and affection.
Carnations can be given as a bouquet of just carnations or, as is more often the case, dressed with a few sprigs of white, lacy baby's breath. Carnations are also used to complement other flowers, often small roses of a similar colour, in a mixed bouquet.
Irises
Denoting friendship, help and faith, irises (meaning "rainbow") come in a variety of fabulous colours. Once a symbol of faith to the ancient Greeks, the iris has more recently been associated with French nobility as the Fleur-de-lis.Irises are a popular choice of flowers due to the their strong colours, fragrance, and delicate appearance. Irises are not immediately associated with romance so can safely be given to a friend or acquaintance.

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