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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Growing Orchids for the Newbies

Growing orchids is challenging work for those flower lovers out there. It requires lots of patience and determination for you to be able to see your first blooms. There are variety of orchids that can be grown here since Philippines is a tropical country. But that does not mean that orchids have to be totally exposed to sunlight. Different growing methods are also practiced. One is the soft method, wherein the orchids are not exposed totally to the sun leaving it's leaves in full dark green color. The hard method, is done by totally exposing the plants to  large amount of sunlight, and the leaves will turn into a yellowish green in color. This is done by choosing an appropriate location where sunlight can penetrate faster on the leaves of the plants, no barriers that holds the plants from sunlight. According to some who uses this method, it gives more blossoms compared to the soft method. But there should always be a limitation to the amount of sunlight that the orchids must absorb. Too much of which will cause the leaves of the orchids to turn dry and then will fall off from the group. It will cause your orchids to die. That is why for newbies out there who loves to grow these such a lovely flower, care have to be observed. And if you're the kind of person who can't sustain lots of pressures and have no time to devote on growing these plants, then this kind of flower is not for you.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

How to Create a Glamorous Garden of your Own

Many people love to plant different flowering plants of diffrent kinds in their yard. Everything that they had seen in the store that sells all those seedlings, they bought it ,then place it on flower pots and put it anywhere they wanted it to be placed. And every now and then, new additions to the plants will come, and just the same, leave it there. And within few months, you'll realize the disaster that you've just done to your own yard. Instead of creating a very beautiful garden with flowers, what results is a garden with full of plants cluttered in the yard, some even extends to the driveway. And you will took a lot of time and effort, arranging them again, and doing stuffs to make it look alright. Therefore, before taking your shovel and those pots, think first what you want your garden to look like. Create a layout of your garden and be sure to have ideas already on what plants you want to put in there. If you wish to plant those that crawls, make sure to put them near the fence or anywhere that they can get support. That way they won't create a mess. Knowing what is it that you want to have in your garden and what's the looks of your garden will be like if all the flowers will be blooming already will be a great way to create a flower garden that will always gets wow from your visitors and neighbors.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Why flowers are colorful?

  Do questions like this pop up in your mind once in a while as you wonder in awe with God's beautiful creations? I have often asked myself with this question when I was young until this age. I ask myself why flowers are unique, having it's kind bear dfferrent colors of it's flowers. Why do flowers are colorful? Why God did not make them to be all white, all lilacs or all red? The differences in the colors of this flowers makes Earth even moe beautiful. It does not make the area boring to look at. These flowers showered with vey colorful beauty makes it stands out among all plants which God created. The beauty of Nature will show at it's fullest when you look at this colorful flowers.  Maybe that is the reason why God created flowers to be full in colors with different shades so that men and women on Earth will have them as inspiration that with each one's differrences, we all make everyone's lives colorful, just like what flowers did.

Monday, May 17, 2010

My Flowers are not blooming?

  I envy the garden of a neighbor because her flowers are always in season. Meaning to say, every day of every year, her garden always have it's blooms, whether from her collection of orchids, to her roses, to her lilies and anthoriums, there are always blooms for her to see. And looking back at mine, it's none, very blunt and dry.What's her secret? I also watered mine. I put fertilizers, I sprayed insecticides, but why is it that it does not give the blooms that I wanted to see?

 Every day I observed my neighbor how she do it, and everytime I saw her doing the same as what I did, watering, pulling weeds, nothing extraordinary. But as I get to observed more, I observed something missing in what I do. And you know what? It's music. It's with a song that her flowers were always in blooms. It's her singing that influences her flowers to be inspired to show it's buds and in a few days opened into a very beautiful flower. I asked myself what's the connection of singing and music to the flower?

How about you? Do you have any idea of the connection of the two? Does music affects the plants to show it's flowers just like a baby in a mother's womb would be affected by the music listened to by the mother? We don't know, but laws of nature can never be bended.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Flower Shop Business

   Flower shops can be seen everywhere. Why are these businesses thriving? Several flower shops are found specilly in crowded cities because of the many people who are coming in there to order their flowers. Different occasions call for a flower to be given,  and having a flower shop business is good. That's if you have a wide array of mrket, you have a reliable supplier of flowers who can give you the fresh of it's kind, and also if you can store your flowers in  a way that it won't wither. Making a flower shop as your business is challenging. But if you know how to play well in the business, you will sure to earn profit because so many occasions that needs people to give flowers. Think of occasions that will need you to send somebody a flower? There are many, and if you have the flower shop in a good location, you are sure of your market.

Flower Delivery

 
   Sending flowers to your special someone during special occasions is always necessary. And even just ordinary days when you will send flowers to somebody whether to your mom, friend, colleague, business associate or to the girl of your dreams is a gesture of thoughtfulness and it shows that you value their roles in your life. Thankfully, in these modern age, we can now send flowers even to the farthest place because of technology. You order the flowers in opposite side of the Earth and one will receive fresh flowers in opposite side in just a matter of a day, the very fast is in hours. In these modern times, different methods of sending flowers are discovered that even how far you are you can still send to your special someone the fragrant bouquets which you want to give to them.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Which is a better gift, chocolates or flowers?

  Chocolates and flowers are associated with each other specially during the courtship days. When your beau comes, you are given with the flowers, then comes the chocolate after. But which is preferable and which will the woman gives more importance, the chocolate or the flower? Different women have different answers for that.  But what's most important is that it's the thought that counts. The thought that he's thinking of you and had never forgotten you feels very good. The giving of the flowers or the chocolates is only the demonstration of how he really feels for you. It's a matter of understanding. But don't also get mistaken for this ruthless guys who will give you bundles of bouquets but in the end will just leave you frustrated and hurt.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Why do most women love flowers?

"It enhances the aura of a place. Flowers are so good to look at, makes you forget a stressful day just by looking at them.," by April J., student

"I love sampaguita among all flowers. It smells good and very beautiful, specially when made into a necklace.", by Hana, employee

    Most women, if not all of us have this preference of admiring the beauty of a flower. But what makes us love and appreciate these pretty little things? And why do women feel special when they are given with flowers?

   Flowers are symbolism of beauty and it carries with it different meanings, fully dependent on the occassion when the flower is given. Women love flowers because they can associate to it their life stages. A woman is like a flower in different ways. When she's young, specially on her teens, she's like that of a small bud that had just started to bloom, to show to the world how beautiful she is. When she turns into a full grown woman, she's like that of a flower whose petals are fully spread and open, catching the eyes of bypassers and making them wonder of her natural beauty. And as a flower withers, so as the beauty of a woman. Wrinkles and old age cannot be hidden anymore as she had travelled wide and far and have fully enjoyed her existence.

  Of all the things that Nature presents, it's the flower that belongs to a woman, for a woman, and love by a woman. This is why the enduring beauty and fragrance of a flower makes the heart of a woman jump in joy when someone she dearly loves would offer to her a bouquet of these little thing, called flowers.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Which color of Rose is the best to give to your partner?

Will it be red? Or pink? How about white? How about a mixture of these colors?
When it comes to giving flowers to somebody important to you, rose, will always be the first of the choice for so many. But what is the in rose that attracts most person to have it as the first choice? What's in the rose that they feel it to be more pleasant and admirable when given? Ever since history started, flowers are given to another person specially to a woman to show admiration, to offer peace offering, to congratulate one's achievement, and even in ordinary days, a flower can be given anytime, and the most abuse of all flowers is the Rose.

But what is a rose flower?

A rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colours. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance.
The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plant's fleshy edible fruit, which ripens in the late summer through autumn, is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 7 meters in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.
The name rose comes from French, itself from Latin, rosa, which was borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδιόν rhodion (Aeolic υρόδιόν wrodion), from Old Persianwurdi "flower." 
So now that we know a little about the background of our most beloved flower, it's up to you men, on what color is the best to give to your love ones over there...

What a Flower Means?

Throughout history, lovers have given flowers to each other as a token of their longing, devotion, and love. The language and meaning of flowers has evolved through the years.
When choosing a flower as a gift, consider how special the flower is to your lover and what message it communicates. This guidelines will let you know what a flower means.


ACACIA: Concealed love, chaste love.
AGAPANTHUS: Love letters, love.
ALIUM: Strength.
ALMOND, FLOWERING: Hope.
ALLSPICE: Compassion.
ALSTROMERIA: Wealth, prosperity, fortune.
ALYSSUM: Worth beyond beauty.
AMARYLLIS: Pride, beauty.
AMBROSIA: Love is reciprocated.
AMERICAN ELM: Patriotism.
ANEMONE: Forsaken, expectation.
ANTHURIUM: Lover.
APPLE BLOSSOMS: Good fortune.
ARBUTUS: Thee only do I love.
ASH TREE: Grandeur.
ASPARAGUS FERN: Fascination.
ASTER: Variety, elegance, daintiness. This purple wildflower was once burned by the ancients because they believed the resulting smoke would drive away evil. It was named for the Latin word for "star." Also known as the birthflower for September.
ASTILBE: I'll still be waiting.
AZALEA: Love, romance, first love, fragile passion, temperance. It is also the Chinese symbol of womanhood.
BABY'S BREATH: Innocence.
BACHELOR'S BUTTON: Single blessedness, felicity, celibacy.
BALSAM: Ardent love.
BAMBOO: Strength, loyalty, steadfastness.
BASIL: Best wishes.
BAY WREATH: Merit reward.
BEECH TREE: Prosperity.
BEGONIA: Be cordial, fanciful nature, beware.
BELLS OF IRELAND: Good luck, gratitude, whimsy.
BIRCH: Meekness.
BIRD OF PARADISE: Magnificence.
BITTERSWEET: Truth.
BLACK POPLAR: Courage.
BLUEBELL: Humility, constancy, grief.
BLUEBERRY: Prayer.
BOUVARDIA: Enthusiasm.
BROOM: Humility, neatness.
BUGLE: Lovable, cheers the heart.
BUTTERCUP: Childishness, riches, ingratitude.
BUTTERFLY WEED: Let me go.
CACTUS: Endurance, warmth.
CALENDULA: Grace, grief, jealousy. Also the birthflower for October.
CALLA LILY: Magnificent beauty. Associated with the sixth wedding anniversary.
CAMELLIA: Gratitude, loveliness.
CAMELLIA, PINK: Longing for you.
CAMELLIA, RED: You're a flame in my heart.
CAMELLIA, WHITE: You're adorable.
CARNATION: Fascination, distinction, divine love, woman, yes. Also the birthflower for January.
CARNATION, PINK: A woman's love, I'll never forget you, mother's love.
CARNATION, PURPLE: Capriciousness.
CARNATION, RED: Alas for my poor heart, admiration, my heart aches for you, friendship, pride, fascination.
CARNATION, STRIPED: Refusal, No, sorry I can't be with you.
CARNATION, WHITE: Innocence, faithfulness, sweet and lovely, pure love, ardent love, good luck. These lovely flowers have lasting qualities, and are often handed out on Mother's Day to symbolize the purity and strength of motherhood. They were handed out at the first Mother's Day service in 1908.
CARNATION, YELLOW: Disdain, rejection, you have disappointed me.
CATTAIL: Peace, prosperity.
CEDAR: Strength.
CHESTNUT TREE: Justice, luxury.
CHRISTMAS/LENTEN ROSE (HELLEBORE): Beautiful year ahead.
CHRYSANTHEMUM: Cheerfulness, optimism, rest, truth, long life, joy. Considered to be a noble flower in Asian culture, mums are used as an object of meditation per a suggestion by Confucius. Also the birthflower for November.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, RED: I love.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, WHITE: Truth, loyal love.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, YELLOW: Slighted love.
CLEMATIS: Clever, intellectual. Associated with the eighth wedding anniversary.
CLOVER, FOUR-LEAF: Good luck, be mine. Faith, hope, love, and luck are represented by the four leaves. If you give your lover a four-leaf clover that you found, you belong to each other.
CLOVES: Dignity.
COLUMBINE: Salvation, strength, wisdom.
COREOPSIS: Cheerful.
CORN: Riches.
CORNFLOWER: Delicacy.
COSMOS: Modesty. Associated with the 2nd wedding anniversary.
COWSLIP: Grace, beauty.
CRANBERRY: Heartache cure.
CROCUS: Cheerfulness, gladness, abuse not.
CYCLAMEN: Resignation, good-bye.
CYPRESS: Mourning, death.
DAFFODIL: Regard, rebirth, new beginnings, unrequited love, you're the only one, chivalry, eternal life. Associated with the tenth wedding anniversary. Also the birthflower for March.
DAFFODIL, SINGLE: Misfortune.
DAFFODIL, SEVERAL: Joy, happiness.
DAHLIA: Instability, dignity, forever, good taste. Associated with the fourteenth wedding anniversary.
DAISY: Innocence, loyal love, I'll never tell, purity, love that conquers all. Associated with the fifth wedding anniversary.
DANDELION: Faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle.
DAY LILY: Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother. Associated with the twentieth wedding anniversary.
DELPHINIUM: Big-hearted, fun.
DOGWOOD: Durability.
ELDER: Zealousness.
ELDERBERRY: Zeal, kindness.
ELM: Dignity.
EREMURUS: Endurance.
EUPHORBIA: Persistence.
FENNEL: Strength, praise.
FERN: Sincerity, magic, fascination, confidence, shelter.
FEVERFEW: Good health.
FILBERT: Reconciliation.
FIR: Time.
FLAX: Domestic symbol, fate, kindness.
FLEUR-DE-LIS: Flame.
FLYTRAP: Deceit.
FORGET-ME-NOT: True love, hope, remembrance, memories.
FORSYTHIA: Anticipation.
FOXGLOVE: Insincerity.
FREESIA: Innocence, thoughtfulness.
FUSCHIA: Taste. Associated with the third wedding anniversary.
GARDENIA: You're lovely, secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck.
GARLIC CHIVES: Protection, courage, strength.
GERANIUM: Stupidity, folly, comfort, gentility. Associated with the fourth wedding anniversary.
GINGER: Strength, safe, pleasant, warming, comforting.
GLADIOLUS: Strength of character, remembrance, infatuation, splendid beauty, give me a break, I'm really sincere, flower of the Gladiators, admiration, tells recipients that they pierce the heart like a sword. Because the gladiolus has blade-shaped leaves, the name comes from the Latin word gladius which means sword. Also the birthflower for August.
GLOXINA: Love at first sight.
GOLDENROD: Encouragement.
HAZEL: Reconciliation.
HEATHER, LAVENDER: Admiration, solitude, beauty.
HEATHER, WHITE: Protection, wishes will come true.
HEN-AND-CHICKENS: Welcome home husband however drunk you are.
HIBISCUS: Delicate beauty.
HOLLY: Foresight, defense, domestic happiness, enchantment.
HOLLY BERRIES: Christmas joy.
HOLLYHOCK: Ambition, fruitfulness. Associated with the thirteenth wedding anniversary.
HONEYSUCKLE: Bonds of love, generous, devoted affection.
HOPS: Mirth.
HOSTA: Devotion.
HUCKLEBERRY: Simple pleasure.
HYACINTH: Sport, play, games, rashness, flower dedicated to Apollo.
HYACINTH, BLUE: Constancy.
HYACINTH, PURPLE: I am sorry, sorrow, please forgive me.
HYACINTH, RED OR PINK: Play.
HYACINTH, WHITE: Loveliness, I'll pray for you.
HYACINTH, YELLOW: Jealousy.
HYDRANGEA: Thank you for understanding, frigidity, heartlessness, heartless.
IRIS: Wisdom, Fleur-de-lis, emblem of France, valued friendship, faith, hope, valor, my compliments, passion. Associated with the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
IRIS, BLUE: Faith, hope.
IRIS, PURPLE: Wisdom, compliments.
IRIS, YELLOW: Passion.
IRIS, WHITE: Purity.
IVY: Fidelity, wedded love, friendship, affection, marriage.
IXIA: Happiness.
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT: Associated with the seventh wedding anniversary.
JACOB'S LADDER: Come down.
JASMINE, WHITE or INDIAN: Amiability , I attach myself to you, sensuality, attachment.
JASMINE, SPANISH: Sensuality.
JASMINE, YELLOW: Grace, elegance.
JONQUIL: Sympathy , love me, affection returned, desire.
JUNIPER: Protection.
LADY'S SLIPPER: Capricious beauty, win me.
LAMB'S-EARS: Support.
LANTANA: Rigour.
LARKSPUR: Fickleness, ardent attachment, levity, lightness. Also the birthflower for July.
LARKSPUR, PINK: Fickleness.
LARKSPUR, PURPLE: First love.
LAUREL: Glory, success.
LAVENDER: Devotion, happiness, success, luck, distrust.
LEATHERLEAF FERN: Fascination.
LEMON BLOSSOMS: Faithful love.
LILAC: Youthful, humility, confidence.
LILY: Majesty, wealth, pride, innocence, purity.
LILY, WHITE: Purity, modesty, virginity, majesty, it's heavenly to be with you. The white lily is linked to Juno, the queen of the gods in Roman mythology, by the story that while nursing her son Hercules, some excess milk fell from the sky creating the group of stars we call the Milky Way, and lilies were created from what milk fell to the earth. The Easter lily is also known as the symbol of the Virgin Mary.
LILY, ORANGE: flame, I burn for you.
LILY, YELLOW: I'm walking on air, false, gay.
LILY OF THE VALLEY: Return of happiness, purity of heart, sweetness, tears of the Virgin Mary, you've made my life complete, humility, happiness, love's good fortune. The legend of the lily of the valley is that it sprang from Eve's tears when she was kicked out of the Garden of Eden. It is also believed that this flower protects gardens from evil spirits. Also known as the flower of May.
LIVE OAK: Liberty.
LOTUS BLOSSOM: Estranged love.
MAGNOLIA: Dignity, love of nature, nobility.
MAPLE: Reserve.
MARIGOLD: Affection, cruelty, grief, jealousy. The marigold was called Mary's Gold by early Christians who placed garlands of marigolds by statues of the Virgin Mary.
MARIGOLD, POT: Grief, despair.
MARJORAM: Blushes.
MIMOSA: Sensitivity.
MINT: Virtue, warmth, protection.
MISTLETOE: Kiss me, affection, to surmount difficulties, sacred plant of India.
MONKSHOOD: Beware, a deadly foe is near, danger.
MORNING GLORY: Loves you, affection. Associated with the eleventh wedding anniversary.
MOSS: Maternal love, charity.
MULBERRY TREE: Wisdom.
MUSHROOM: Suspicion.
MYRRH: Gladness.
MYRTLE: Love, Hebrew emblem of marriage.
NARCISSUS: Egotism, conceit, self love, self admiration, formality, stay as sweet as you are. Also known as the birthflower for December.
NASTURTIUM: Conquest, victory in battle, patriotism. Associated with the fortieth wedding anniversary.
NIGHTSHADE: Truth.
OAK LEAVES: Bravery.
OAK TREE: Hospitality.
OLEANDER: Caution.
OLIVE BRANCH: Peace.
ORANGE BLOSSOMS/FLOWERS: Purity, innocence, eternal love, marriage and fruitfulness, fertility, pure loveliness, chastity.
ORANGE, MOCK: Deceit.
ORANGE TREE: Generosity.
ORCHID: Rare beauty, love, refinement, beautiful lady, Chinese symbol for many children, mature charm, beauty, long life. Associated with twenty-eighth wedding anniversary.
PALM LEAVES: Victory, success.
PANSY: Receipient is being thought about, loyalty. The flower's name comes from the French word pensée which means thought or remembrance. Because pansies often have three colors in one blossom, they have been symbolic of the Trinity. Associated with the first wedding anniversary. Engaged couples placed garlands of pansies around their portraits.
PAPERWHITE: Aphrodisiac due to its intoxicating scent. It is also the national flower of Wales because it often blooms on March 1st which is St. David's feast day, Wales' patron saint.
PARSLEY: Festivity, thanks, gratitude.
PEACH BLOSSOMS: Captive, unequalled qualities, longevity.
PEAR BLOSSOMS: Affection.
PEAR TREE: Comfort.
PEONY: Bashfulness, shame, happy life, happy marriage, good health, prosperity. Associated with the twelfth wedding anniversary.
PEPPERMINT: Cordiality, warmth.
PERIWINKLE: Friendship.
PETUNIA: Resentment, anger, don't despair, your presence soothes me.
PHLOX: Unanimity, united hearts, united souls.
PINE: Pity, warm friendship, vigorous life, spiritual energy.
PINE CONE: Conviviality, life.
PINEAPPLE: Perfection.
PINKS: Boldness.
PLUM TREE: Fidelity, longevity.
POMEGRANATE: Foolishness, elegance.
POPLAR: Courage, time.
POPPY: Eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination. Associated with ninth wedding anniversary.
POPPY, RED: Pleasure, consolation.
POPPY, WHITE: Consolation, sleep, rest.
POPPY, YELLOW: Wealth, success.
PRIMROSE: Happiness, satisfaction, I can't live without you.
PRIMROSE, EVENING: Happy love.
PUSSY WILLOW: Illness recovery.
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE: Haven.
QUINCE: Temptation.
RANUNCULUS: You are radiant with charm, radiant charm, attractive.
RHODODENDRON: Danger, caution.
RHUBARB: Advice.
ROSE: Love, passion, perfection. The rose was named for the Latin word rosa which means red. It has been a symbol of love since ancient times. Associated with the fifthteenth wedding anniversary. It is also known as the birthflower of June.
ROSE, BURGUNDY: Beauty within.
ROSE, CORAL: Desire.
ROSE, DARK CRIMSON: Mourning.
ROSE, HIBISCUS: Delicate beauty.
ROSE, LAVENDER: Love at first sight, enchantment.
ROSE, LEAF: You may hope.
ROSE, MOSS: Confessions of love.
ROSE, ORANGE: Fascination, display feeling of enthusiasm.
ROSE, PEACH: Desire, gratitude, apprecation, admiration, sympathy, modesty.
ROSE, PINK: Happiness, appreciation, admiration, friendship, sympathy.
ROSE, DARK PINK: Thankfulness.
ROSE, LIGHT PINK: Grace, gladness, joy, perfect happiness, please believe me, gratitude, admiration, gentility.
ROSE, RED: Love, passion, respect, courage, I love you, beauty, pure and lovely, prosperity.
ROSE, DEEP RED: Un-selfconscious beauty.
ROSE, SINGLE, FULL BLOOM: I love you, I still love you, new love.
ROSE, BUD, SMALL: Pure and lovely, beauty and youth, a heart innocent of love, confession of love.
ROSE, THORNLESS: Love at first sight.
ROSE, WHITE: Innocence, purity, secrecy, I am worthy of you, silence, friendship, truth, virtue, girlhood, humility spiritual love, but of the soul, reverence, charm, happy love.
ROSE, WHITE, DRIED: Death is preferable to loss of virtue.
ROSE, YELLOW: Joy, friendship, true love, decrease of love, jealousy, try to care, freedom, slighted love, shows "I care", gladness.
ROSES, BOUQUET, MATURE: Gratitude.
ROSES, RED & WHITE TOGETHER: Unity, flower emblem of England.
ROSES, YELLOW & RED TOGETHER: Happiness, congratulations.
ROSES, YELLOW & ORANGE TOGETHER: Passionate thoughts.
ROSEMARY: Remembrance, devotion, purity, rebirth.
SAGE: Virtue.
SALAL: Zest.
SCABIOUS: Unfortunate love, widowhood.
SHAMROCK: Light heartedness.
SMILAX: Loveliness.
SNAPDRAGON: Deception, dazzling, gracious lady, presumption.
SNOWBALL: Bound.
SNOWDROP: Hope.
SORREL: Wit, affection.
SPEARMINT: Warm sentiment.
SPIDER FLOWER: Elope with me.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM: Purity.
STATICE: Sympathy, remembrance, success.
STEPHANOTIS: Happiness in marriage, desire to travel.
STOCK: Lasting beauty, bonds of affection, promptness, you'll always be beautiful to me, happy life.
STRAW, BROKEN: Broken contract.
STRAW, WHOLE: Union.
STRAWBERRY: Esteem, love.
SUNFLOWER: Follows the sun as it grows, adoration, haughtiness, devotion. "I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life." - Chris's (Helen Mirren) comment in the movie, "Calendar Girls."
SWEET BASIL: Good wishes.
SWEET PEA: Lasting pleasure, good-bye, departure, blissful pleasure, thank you for a lovely time, I think of you. Supposedly this delicate flower was named by the poet John Keats. Associated with the thirtieth wedding anniversary. Also known as the birthflower of April.
SWEET WILLIAM: Gallantry, smile, finesse.
SYCAMORE: Curiosity.
THISTLE: Retaliation, austerity.
THYME: Activity.
TREE OF LIFE: Old age.
TRUFFLE: Surprise.
TRUMPET FLOWER: Fame.
TUBEROSE: Dangerous pleasure.
TULIP: Perfect lover, frame, flower emblem of Holland.
TULIP, RED: Believe me, declaration of love, fame.
TULIP, VARIEGATED: Beautiful eyes.
TULIP, YELLOW: Hopeless love, there's sunshine in your smile.
TURNIP: Charity.
VALERIAN: Accommodating disposition.
VERONICA: Fidelity.
VINE: Intoxication.
VIOLET: Modesty, faithfulness, innocence, understated beauty, you're in my thoughts. Worn by the ancient Greeks to induce sleep and to calm tempers. Associated with the fifieth wedding anniversary. Also known as the birthflower of February.
VIOLET, BLUE: Watchfulness, faithfulness, I'll always be true.
VIOLET, PURPLE: Thoughts of you, blue love.
VIOLET, WHITE: Let's take a chance, youthful innocence.
VIOLET, YELLOW: Love of country.
WALNUT: Intellect.
WATER LILY: Purity of heart.
WHEAT: Friendliness, riches.
WILLOW, WEEPING: Mourning.
WISTERIA: Welcome.
WITCH HAZEL: A spell.
WOODBINE: Fraternal love.
WORMWOOD: Absence.
XERANTHEMUM: Cheerfulness under adverse conditions.
YARROW: Healing, sorrow.
YEW: Sorrow.
ZEPHYR: Expectation.
ZINNIA: Thoughts of absent friends, in memory of an absent friend.
ZINNIA, SCARLET: Constancy.
ZINNIA, WHITE: Goodness.
ZINNIA, YELLOW: Daily remembrance.

I love Flowers, how bout you?

Ever since I was young, I have this fascination of flowers. Perhaps because I am a woman, I tend to appreciate and love the blooms that I found in our yard very often since then. I could remember how much I love the small buds of bougainvillea and the sunny colored daisies in our front yard. And and as I grow into an adult,  I became more attracted to flowers and promise to myself that I will have a very beautiful garden full of blooms and buds. I may not be able to have that dream for now, but I know in the future, I will be able to realize it....

This site is dedicated for all those people like me who appreciate the beauty of nature specially the beauty inspired and shown by these little thing called flowers. Because no matter how beautiful  a place is, if there's no single vase of flowers you can see, it will look blunt and dry. But if there are flowers, it will make a room lively and give the ambiance of joy and happiness.

So, for flower lovers over there, I'll be posting on this site different types  and kinds of flowers from time to time.....This is just a part of my passion, to tell to the world how much I appreciate the beauty of Nature that God had given to us to enjoy and replenish.