Graduation Flowers
Graduation
Flowers:
Order Graduation
Flowers
Celebrate graduation with this bright
bouquet. This graduation flower bouquet is approximately 22 inches h x
18 inches w.
Based on season and availability this
graduation congratulation may contain: gerbera daisies, iris, solidago,
spray roses, statice, leatherleaf and curly willow.
All Florist delivered products and
containers may not be exactly as shown. In each case the individual
florist may make substitutions of equal or greater value.
Graduation Flower Bouquet May Contain
Common
Name(s): Gerbera Daisy
Botanical Name(s): Gerbera jamesonii
Other Name(s): Gerbera Daisy, Gerb, African Daisy
Description: Very similar to the daisy, however quite larger. Layer of
either single, double, and multi-petaled varieties available.
Colors: red, yellow, pink, orange, white, bi-colored
Season: All year round
Meaning: Named for a German naturalist Traugott Gerber. Purity and
strength.
Zodiac: Pisces
Flower of the Month: No
Bloom Size: 2 to 5 inches in diameter
Color Pattern: solid, bi-color, tri-color
Facts: The fifth most popular cut flower in the world. The only color
not available is blue.
Special Handling: Vase life of 7 to 14 days. Flowers need fresh water
often as they are highly susceptible to bacteria. Bacteria could cause
premature wilting.
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Common
Name(s): Iris
Botanical
Name(s): Iris Recticulata
Other
Name(s): Dutch Iris
Description:
Three inner petals that stand upward when in blossom and three outer
petals that tend to drop downward.
Colors: white,
yellow, blue, violet
Season:
All year round
Meaning: Named
after the Greek goddess of the rainbow. Your friendship means the world
to me, faith, hope, wisdom.
Zodiac:
No
Flower
of the Month: No
Bloom
Size:1 to 3 inches in diameter
Color
Pattern: solid, striped, spotted, bi-colored
Facts:
The Iris is the National Emblem of France.
Special
Handling: Vase life of 2 to 4 days. Flower buds can be
forced open by peeling back the protective leaf and gently tapping the
stem. This should make the flower open.
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Common Name(s):
Spray Rose
Botanical
Name(s): Rosa
Other
Name(s): Miniatures
Description:
A multi-petaled blossom that ranges in size. Comes as a multiple flower
branching from the stem. Stem size and blossom count varies depending
on the variety.
Colors:
hues of red, yellow, pink, purple, orange, white
Season:
All year round
Meaning:
All
roses are symbolic for love, however each color has a separate meaning.
Red means love, respect, courage. Pink means grace, perfect happiness.
Dark pink means gratitude. Light pink means admiration, sympathy. White
means innocence, purity, secrecy, I'm worthy of you, you're heavenly,
humility. Yellow means undying lover, platonic love, friendship. Orange
means passion, desire. Blue means extraordinary, mystery. Red and
White. means unity.
Zodiac:
No
Flower
of the Month: June
Bloom
Size: On average 2 to 5 inches in diameter
Color
Pattern: solid, bi-color
Facts:
Many
rose varieties produce a sweet fragrance. Rose perfumes are made by
steam distilling crushed rose petals which produces essential oils.
Very popularly used in Persia, Bulgaria, Iran and Germany. The rose is
the National flower of England, the provincial flower of Alberta and
the State flower of Iowa, North Dakota, Georgia and New York. Portland,
Oregon holds an annual Rose Festival. The rose is often used as a
symbol for the Virgin Mary. The most popular and well known cut flower.
Used in floral arrangements, wedding and corsage work by florists. Red
roses are the most sought after flower for a Valentine's Day gift.
Monk's cultivated rose bushes after the crusades for medicinal uses.
Rose water was successful in curing ailments such as trembling,
constipation, drunkenness, insomnia and skin and throat infections.
There is no such rose with a true blue or a true black color. Black
roses are generally a deep, deep red where as blue roses are typically
purple.
Special
Handling:
Vase life of 7 to 10 days. Thorns should not be removed from stem as
they may cause open wounds to the stem where bacteria can gather and
shorten the life of the flower. Roses are extremely thirsty flowers.
Check water levels frequently.
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Common Name(s):
Statice
Botanical
Name(s): Limonium sinuatum
Other
Name(s): English statice, German statice, seafoam statice
Description:
Narrow stalks branch off into many slender stems, tiny strawlike
flowers.
Colors:
lavender,purple, white, pink,yellow
Season:
All year round
Meaning:
Rememberance
Zodiac:
No
Flower
of the Month: No
Bloom
Size: 1 to 1 and a half feet long
Color
Pattern: solid
Facts:
A popular filler and very useful in dried floral arrangments.
Special
Handling: Vase life of 10 to 12 days
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