Flowers are a great way to express love, friendship, condolence and camaraderie. There is something so softly exotic about flowers that it appeals to one and all. There are some specific flowers for specific occasions and it helps to have knowledge about them. You would not want to end up bringing the wrong flowers to the wrong occasion; it might convey the wrong meaning unintentionally. For example did you know that yellow roses signify friendship and giving it to a girl who you have a romantic interest in might just convey the wrong meaning, the perfect roses to gift to such a girl, in your life, would be red roses. Red roses convey a feeling of love, desire and care like no other flower can making it the most passionate flowers you can ever gift a girl. Let’s look at some other flowers and their significance.
Carnations
Carnations are extremely elegant flowers. They epitomize grace and are highly suitable for occasion where you need to felicitate someone or grace their presence. Carnations look great at weddings too. The most expensive weddings usually have carnation imported from around the world. This officially is the best flower to gift your mom on Mother’s day. Carnations last long and symbolize lasting love. Mother’s lasting love for her child is encapsulated in the beauty of this flower. Carnations come in different colors. The color of the carnation has a specific meaning to itself. For example, red carnations signify love and affection whereas pink carnations signify a sense of gratitude. White carnations are best delivered along with get well soon cards as well as during the well wishes occasions.
Lilies
The smell of these flowers is alluring to say the least. There is something completely heavenly about the aesthetic sense of this flower. The aroma of this flower spreads across the room in a jiffy and is extremely soothing and enticing at the same time. These flowers have a sense of melancholy about them as well as sense of dignity. Lilies are mostly presented during funeral as well as during occasions of achievement. You would have noticed the presence of lilies at graduation functions and they are highly evident in funeral processions. There are various types of lilies available which grace different occasions the important ones being the calla lily which has a sense of dignity about it and is used in funerals while the stargazer lily has a romantic value as well as camaraderie, hence can be gifted as a get well soon or a congratulation flower.
Roses
There has already been a discussion on the power of red roses and yellow roses above. There are other colors available in roses like pink and white which have a great significance of their own. Pink roses signify admiration. On teacher’s day most teachers get pink roses gifted to them. White roses signify a sense of innocence and purity. White roses can be gifted to your grandparents and parents. White roses can also be gifted on religious occasions.
Orchids
They a grace value like none other. Orchids have an oriental feel to them and their exotic nature is evident. People associate a sense of dignity as well as sensuality with this flower. A great flower to gift to your girlfriend as well as to grace occasions such a Christmas celebration and Thanks giving. It is also a flower with a business value, and can be gifted to your business associates.