Choosing a Mother’s Day Bouquet or Basket
A mother is more than just the woman that brought you into the world. She is a friend, a confidante, a disciplinarian, a teacher, a spiritual guide, and everything in between. Without the woman we call mother, most of us would be completely lost. She is literally the rail we grasp to keep a straight course on the path of life. Once a year, on Mother's Day, we are given the opportunity to celebrate our mother and acknowledge all she has done and continues to do for us. One of the best and simplest gifts we can give to show that acknowledgment is a bouquet of flowers. Bouquets are beautiful and they represent all of the beauty that the woman we know as Mother brought into our lives. The question we should ask on Mother’s Day is not whether she deserves flowers, but what flowers best represent her and what she means to us?
The most popular Mother's Day flowers include carnations, roses, and lilies. This isn't an accident. These flowers are beautiful, hardy, and represent many of the aspects of motherhood. Pink carnations signify sweetness and purity, two traits every mother has. They are also a symbol of endurance, which is a trait every mother shows over and over in her lifetime. Red carnations are bold and stand out. They draw attention to themselves. When you buy red carnations for your mother, you're not only telling her you appreciate everything she's done for you, you're also telling her that you will never forget her.
Roses are always beautiful and they come in a variety of colors. Red is the traditional color of love and romance, but pink and yellow are perfect for a Mother's Day bouquet. Pink roses represent grace, elegance, and even appreciation. Yellow roses represent friendship and joy. A bouquet with the three colors combined, red, yellow, and pink, would say "Mom, I love you, I appreciate you, I see grace and elegance when I look at you, and I love the joy and friendship you bring into my life." The bouquet would be beautiful and simple but it would say so much.
Lilies are a popular Mother's day flower because of their fragrance, their unique look, and the meaning behind the flower. White lilies are a symbol of purity and innocence, and while life has required that your Mother be strong, sometimes tough as nails really, purity and innocence are a part of her that she hopes to never have lost. Lilies are a way for you to tell her that you see those qualities in her.
Of course, just because these flowers are the most popular, they are by no means the only perfect Mother's Day flowers. White daisies or the colored gerbera daisies are bright and beautiful and can brighten up a room almost as much as a new coat of paint. White daisies symbolize purity, beauty, patience, loyalty in love, and simplicity. All of these are motherly traits. Gerbera daisies add a touch of color and represent cheerfulness, which is perfect because just looking at these daisies is bound to bring cheer to any person. A big daisy bouquet, created with an even mix of white and gerbera daisies, would be the perfect way to show your mother how much she means to you.
The type of flower you choose to buy for Mother’s Day can add meaning to the gift you are giving. However, sometimes it is the color even more than the flower that will bring your mother joy. Yellow makes everything cheerful so consider yellow tulips, chrysanthemums, or sunflowers. Red and pink say you love and care for her and with the variety of flowers available in these colors, you really can’t go wrong. Peonies, pink lilies, pink chrysanthemums, iris, orchids, and geraniums are all beautiful flowers, in the red color family, that she is sure to love.
As your mother she will be thrilled with anything you give her simply because it is from you, and you are acknowledging her. Having you consider the meanings behind the colors and flowers is an added bonus, one that she will cherish because it's your way of telling her that she means the world to you.