Cut a few stems, and you have a lovely bouquet for a table or counter. Their perfume wafting through the air on a cool spring evening causes me to inhale deeply and repeatedly. I’ve heard people criticize the lilac as being “old-fashioned,” but personally, I love the color and delicacy of their clustered blooms. You make me happy,” or simply, “I really like you.” They’re a good choice for a budding relationship. It’s hard to look at a daisy and be sad, and as romance goes, I think these flowers say, “Hey, you bring all the best into my world. But that was a long time ago, and I’ve gotten over it.Īs Kathleen Kelly in You’ve Got Mail tells Joe Fox, “Daisies are the friendliest flower.” So cheerful, so full of sunshine and summer and brightness. Who can dislike daisies? Well, maybe I did for a few summers when the rascals spread throughout my flower bed, nudging my other favorites out of the way. What a pretty bouquet they would make, and they look gorgeous floating in a vessel filled with water too. The most common camellias come in a variety of pinks, reds, and whites. It always brought a smile to my face and was a lovely greeting when I returned home after a long day at work. I loved it even when it wasn’t in bloom, its dark glossy leaves reflecting sunshine, but when it burst into rosy blooms, it was beyond beautiful. When I lived in Northern California, a tall camellia bush grew outside the bedroom window of the little bungalow where I lived. Picture a small bouquet clasped in a suitor’s hand, and my mind leaps to that person doing something different, thoughtful by seeking out a choice in flora that differs from the “norm.” Camellia:Īn all-time favorite of mine. Named after the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow, they’re stunningly vivid, among other attributes. But I love blue irises, and I expect many others do too. I’d never thought of this flower as “romantic” before. Sure, florists are busy assembling vases filled with red roses on Valentine’s Day, but what other flowers say I love you, I’m thinking of you, you rock my world?įrom the Lola Flora blog, I “picked” (I just had to) some of my favorites from among the ten romantic flowers listed there. So does that mean the red rose has cornered the market on romance? Not a chance. If one were to look up “love” in the dictionary, you might expect to find the red rose there. Who wouldn’t be swept off their feet? Well, unless the sender is a stalker, but that’s a different blog.īack to flowers, and specifically, the quintessential red rose. Or the simple red rose laid upon white linen or tucked under an unsuspecting recipient’s windshield wiper to be reminded they are cherished? Or the scene where the object of desire is inundated with dozens upon dozens of flowers. Picture the suitor with an arm filled with flowers and a heart full of hope coming to call on his beloved. These symbols of love endure in our collective brains. Hearts and flowers are a natural accompaniment to love, aren’t they? And seemingly ever have been when one glances back through time. However, though I’ve taken a break from writing, romance is still fresh on my brain which led me to think about flowers. Ah, spring is in the air and a young man’s fancy and all that…Okay, so I’m running behind by a season-it’s early July, and summer is officially here.
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