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Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum comes from Greek 'Chrys' meaning golden (the color of the original flowers), and 'anthemon', meaning flower. This name was given to it by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist also known as the father of modern taxonomy.

Chrysanthemum flowers bloom in various forms, and can be daisy-like, decorative, pompons or buttons. Chrysanthemum blooms come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes and in a wide range of colors. In addition to the traditional yellow, other popular colors are white, purple, and red. Chrysanthemums have a wealth of meaning associated with them and therefore they are very popular as florist flowers. The Chrysanthemum flower symbolizes fidelity, optimism, joy and long life.

·            A red chrysanthemum conveys love

·            A white chrysanthemum symbolizes truth and loyal love

·            A yellow chrysanthemum symbolizes slighted love

About Chrysanthemum Flowers

Each Chrysanthemum flower head is actually a cluster of many flowers, composed of a central group of short disk flowers surrounded by rings of longer ray flowers. Chrysanthemums are classified into nine categories according to the type and arrangement of disk and ray flowers - Incurved, Reflexed, Intermediate, Late Flowering Anemones, Singles, Pompons, Sprays, Spiders/Spoons/Quills, Charms and Cascades. For example, the 'reflexed' Chrysanthemum consists of ray flowers that curve downward into an umbrella shape; the 'quill' has tubular ray flowers that radiate from the center of the head.

Some Interesting Facts about Chrysanthemum

·      Chrysanthemums are tropical flowers. Chrysanthemums were   

originally grown in the Eurasian region.

·     Chrysanthemums belong to the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, which

is one of the largest families of flowering plants with over 1,000

genera and about 20,000 species.

·      The Chrysanthemum was brought to Japan by Buddhist monks in

AD 400. Japanese emperors so loved the Chrysanthemum flower that they sat upon Chrysanthemum thrones. Chrysanthemums, kikus in Japanese, were featured on the Imperial Crest of Japan.

·      Even today, a number of Japanese cities hold spectacular annual chrysanthemum exhibitions.

·      Chrysanthemums are well suited for container gardening in patios.

·      Chrysanthemum flavored tea is very popular and is used as a relaxant.

Different Species of Chrysanthemum
Scientific Name	Common Name	Common Uses
Garden Varieties
C Segetum	Corn Marigold or Corndaisy	Ideal plant for a wild flower meadow or natural planting scheme.
C Carinatum	Tricolor Daisy	Leaves are edible and flowers are cultivated as beds.
C Coronarium	Crown Daisy	Medicinal use, used in conjunction with black pepper for treatment of syphillis and gonorrhea.
C Maximum	Shasta Daisy	The Chrysanthemum is excellent as a ground cover or border plant since the foliage is attractive and remains green all year.
C Majus	Alecost	The Alecost Chrysanthemum flower petals are used for conserves and leaves are used as flavoring in soups.
C Multicaule	Yellow Daisy	Grown in small pots, or combined with other plants in larger containers.
C Parthenium	Fever Few	A popular, though dubious headache remedy
C Morifolium	Florist´s Chrysanthemum	The Chrysanthemum is ideal for growing in beds and pots
Florist Varieties
C Coccineum	Pyrethum Daisy	The Chrysanthemum is used as an insecticide, especially against bookworms
C Frutescens	Marguerite	The Chrysanthemum is ideal for decoration and cultivation
C Sizzle Salmon	-	Ideal for flower exhibitions

source : http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/tropicalflowers/chrysanthemum

Birth Month Flowers

The Origins of Birth Month Flowers

The first flowers appeared on our Planet over 130 million years ago creating beauty, color and wonderful scents. Flowers have been given as gifts since time immemorial. It is believed that birthday celebrations originated in the Roman Empire and the origins of birth month flowers could be said to date back to these times. The birthday celebrations included honoring the Roman Gods and decorating their altars with flowers. During Roman birthday celebrations family and friends offered congratulations and brought gifts. The gifts included flowers - the first traditions and origins of Birth Month Flowers.

Birth Month Flowers and their Meaning

January Birth Flower 
- the Carnation or Snowdrop

February Birth Flower 
- the Violet or Primrose

March Birth Flower 
- the Jonquil (aka Daffodil or Narcissus)

April Birth Flower
- the Sweet pea or Daisy

May Birth Flower 
- the Lily of the Valley

June Birth Flower 
- the Rose or Honeysuckle

July Birth Flower 
- the Larkspur or Water Lily

August Birth Flower 
- the Gladiolus or Poppy

September Birth Flower 
- the Aster or Morning Glory

October Birth Flower 
- the Calendula or Cosmos

November Birth Flower
- the Chrysanthemum

December Birth Flower
- the Narcissus

source : http://www.birthstones.org.uk/birth-month-flowers/

Flowers for Wedding

Wedding is one of the most important occasions in our life. Whatever the scale and type of the wedding, well chosen flowers can transform the location of the event, whether indoor or outdoor, and make it into a special occasion. Your wedding bouquet should compliment your wedding dress. You can have the wedding of your dreams and you can have it at any location imaginable - when you carefully plan and select your wedding flowers and lighting. The charm and fragrance of flowers in combination with theuse of natural light, candle light and lighting fixtures sets or enhances your wedding theme. If you've always planned to be married in a romantic paradise, set the scene with soft lighting and warm or pastel shades of pink, lilac, creamy white, gold-tones in the lights, flowers, and ribbons. 

Flowers have always been part of the love and romance of weddings, right back to Europen’s brides and grooms, who wore garlands of flowers to symbolise new life and fertility. Later brides wore light orange blossoms in their hair to represent purity and fruitfulness. Flowers set the mood and tone for your entire wedding and choosing them has never been easier. That’s because the newest trends in wedding flowers are not about matchmaking - the bridal bouquet, boutonnieres, corsages and centerpieces no longer have to be identical. The latest floral styles are all about color, boldness and individual design.Wedding  flowers usually follow fashion trends and right now individuality is in, while conventionality is out. This means that the bridesmaids’ bouquets do not have to match the bride’s and each bridesmaid can potentially 
have a unique bouquet. Colorful blossoms, as opposed to conventional white, are also in style especially plums and lavenders. This makes it easy for brides making their own centerpieces because anything goes. Be creative! Create a different floral assortment for each table. Beautiful wedding flowers will enhance your special day and will remain in your memories and pictures forever. Your wedding day will be one of the most important days of your life.

source : http://www.flowers-cs.com/wedding_flowers.html

Flower

A flower is the part of a plant that forms seeds or pollen or both. And only those parts of plant involved in the forming of seeds are parts of flower. Basically, a flower have bright colors and sweet smell which will attract insects. Thats what is called the beauty of nature where actually the insects are needed to help the flower make seed. And the insects won't attracted to the flowers if it have lame color and bad smell.

In our daily life, when people started talking about flowers, the first thing that will come out of the mind is the beauty and calmness of it. Maybe that is why flowers can be made as a great and ideal gift for any occasion. There are various type of flowers in this world which have its own specialty. Moreover each of the flowers have its own meaning that even makes it so special.