Send Flowers

Using the historical meanings of different flowers and your own creativity, you can make beautiful and powerful gifts that express more to the recipient than your words ever could. Visit one of the thousands of floral web sites, and send flowers to a loved one with a simple gift card attached, and rest assured that the beautiful, fragrant gift will warm their heart and brighten their day.

Flowers make excellent gifts for almost any celebration. As well as designing your own unique flower arrangement – or indeed, engaging a professional florist to do so, there is also the fun of choosing between an unusual selection which best expresses your feelings for the recipient or a classical selection and arrangement which carries the meanings historically attached to those particular flowers.

Roses, for example, are popular flowers for giving as gifts, and each of the different colors possesses its own particular meaning. Red is the color of passion, and red roses are most often given to express romantic love. White is the color of purity and innocence, and white roses express feelings of reverence or humility. A bouquet of red and white roses signifies unity and love. Pink roses say thank you, and yellow roses express friendship and joy. A thornless rose is given to express a feeling of 'love at first sight'.

Other flowers with important historical meanings include carnations, orchids, daisies and tulips.

Pink carnations express gratitude, and are often given to friends and family to say thank you. White carnations, on the other hand, signify remembrance and a celebration of memories. These white carnations can be given in sympathy on the death of a friend, for example.

Purple is a color that has long been associated with royalty – hence regal robes tend to be colored purple. Purple tulips also signify royalty, and are often given to express admiration at, perhaps, a great achievement or simply the recipient's character. Red, again, represents love and passion, and red tulips are given to express romantic love. White tulips signify forgiveness, and are often given as gifts to say sorry to a loved one.

Daisies represent innocence, with connotations of the child-like daisy chain; and the orchid symbolizes a delicate beauty.