Lotus: Forgetful of the past, Estranged love

The flower symbolism associated with the lotus is estranged love and forgetfulness of the past. The lotus is the national flower of India. The blue or Indian lotus, also known as the bean of India and the sacred water-lily of Hinduism and Buddhism. Lotus roots are also used widely in Asian cooking.The English name is derived from the flower name, from Latin lotus, from Greeklotos, a name for various kinds of plants before it came to designate the Egyptian "white lotus." The Greek word may ultimately come from Hebrew lowt, meaning "covering, veil."

The Lotus Flower grows in the deep mud, far away from the sun. But, sooner or later, the Lotus reaches the light becoming the most beautiful flower ever.

Gardenia: Secret love, You are lovely

The flower symbolism associated with the gardenia is you're lovely, secret love, purity and refinement. Gardenia plants are prized for the strong sweet scent of their flowers, which can be very large in some species. Gardenias are in the coffee family and are native to Africa, Asia, Australasia and Oceana. Gardenias also grow in Hawaii. They are shrubs or small trees. The English name is derived from the flower name, meaning simply "garden flower."

Carnation (Red): Aching heart, Admiration

Primary Significance: With a history covering over 2,000 years, the carnation is not only one of the world's oldest flower varieties; it has throughout its rich history been one of the most popular as well. There are many meanings of carnations, but the most widely accepted are fascination, distinction, and love.

Primary Significance: With a history covering over 2,000 years, the carnation is not only one of the world's oldest flower varieties; it has throughout its rich history been one of the most popular as well. There are many meanings of carnations, but the most widely accepted are fascination, distinction,  and love.

Green Rose

Green ties in with nature and health. A standalone green bouquet conveys a regenerative quality, incorporating youth and fortune into the symbolic meaning of these flowers. Mixed in with other flowers, the same story carries on. Green is optimistic; green is alive; green is refreshing. Rejuvenate your bouquet with the uncommon beauty of green. 
Let someone you know about their health and hope that they will stay strong with green roses, there aren’t that many different shades of green roses, but the few we know of are: Jade Rose, Chartreuse Rose, Lime Sublime Rose, and Green Ice. All though green roses may plentiful, there are only a few types of green roses. This is quite the meaning of flowers.

Yellow Rose

Nothing dispels gloom like yellow—not even pink—and the happiness, new life, and smiles carried by a yellow bouquet banish all things melancholy. Yellow in a flower arrangement enlivens the rest of the colors. Trading out romance for simple, ordinary cheer, yellow has one of the brightest symbolic meanings of flowers. 
There are so many different ways to cheer up someone with all the yellow types of roses. Might we add to stay away from the Hocus Pocus rose which does have yellow spots on dark burgundy petals but this isn’t the type of yellow we want to give. No the best yellow roses are: Aalsmeer Gold, Concorde, Emblem, Golda, Judy, Message, Papillion.

Peach Rose

Peach offers a little more friendship than the cutesy romance of a straight pink flower. Mixed with orange and yellow, peach confirms gratitude and tender feeling. On its own, the meaning of flowers in this fleshier tone is at once gentler and stronger in thankfulness. Friendship is the true meaning of peach flowers. 
Looking at peach there seems to only be one shade right? Meaning of flowers is stuck on this rose, how is it supposed to come out with just one shade?Well, actually you’d be surprised how many different shades there are for that one color. Learn how to say thank you with your pick of Aphrodita, Donna, Melody, Ossiana, Versilia, Caramel, and Dumka. These flowers make any thank you an unforgettable one.

How To Plant Rose

1.        First, find an area that receives full sun. 

2.        If you have a bare root specimen, soak it in a bucket of water before planting. For roses that are potted, you can water the pot thoroughly and let it sit until ready to plant. Then, when you remove the pot from the plant itself, you will have a moist ball of soil to ease stress on the roots.

3.        Dig a hole about six inches deeper than you will be planting the rose. You will need to add bone meal and compost to the hole before planting and want the crown (or area where the plant first starts growing above the ground) to be just at ground level when finished. Your hole should be twice the width of the pot as well. This ensures plenty of rich, soft soil to encourage vigorous root growth. 

Orange Rose

Warm but not mushy, orange mixes the passion of red with the unbridled happiness of yellow. Pride, energy, and confidence imbue the meaning of flowers ranging from vermillion to ginger. Whether spreading their zest through their own bouquet or else spicing up an assorted bunch, orange flowers are vibrant and vibrancy is fun. 
Orange roses are fun, their subgroups come into great varieties there are the Star 2000, Sari, Terra Cotta, Briana, Corvette, and Estelle. The great thing about orange flowers are the amounts of different shades available. You can get coral, or more of a burnt orange, or even the apricot colors. It never seems to end with the amount of different color of orange roses there are.

Pink Rose

Whereas red is the color of deep and abiding love, pink is red’s youthful counterpart. The meaning of pink flowers is one of innocent happiness. At once caring and also carefree, pink flowers allow you to show love more filial than romantic. Use pink when the meaning of your flowers needs a buoyant touch. 
Just as the meaning of flowers is important the name of flowers is just as important. There are some great names for pink roses that range in all the different shades. We have the Anna, Ariana, Briazur, Cadillac, Cascaya, Charming Unique, Diplomat, Exotica, Femma, Vision, Clear Ocean, Sterling 95. It seams as though this list could go on and on. However it is important to know that the shade of the flower is important.

Red Rose

Love, above all else, is the symbolic meaning of flowers ranging from crimson to scarlet and back. The deeper the red, the deeper the meaning. Dark reds show a charitable love while brighter reds reveal devoted passion. Whether this is love born of beauty, fire, or courage, red is the color to have.
There are two names that have been given to red roses. The first is Red Berlin, this nickname illustrates the type of passion one has. Red Berlin is a tomato red rose, this shouldn’t be all that surprising considering all that comes to mind when you think of Red Berlin. The second name given to red roses is Black Magic This nickname has been given to a dark burgundy rose.

Love Story: Red Roses

Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose.
And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows.
The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door.
The card said, "Be my Valentine," like all the years before.

Each year he sent her roses, and the note would always say,
"I love you even more this year, than last year on this day."
"My love for you will always grow, with every passing year."
She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear.

She thought, he ordered roses in advance before this day.
Her loving husband did not know, that he would pass away.
He always liked to do things early, way before the time.
Then, if he got too busy, everything would work out fine.

Types of flowers

Flowers can be a special gift between two people. Generally, they send messages of friendship, gratitude, love, and cheer. There are many types of flowers, sending different messages. Depending on the situation, a person should be aware of the symbolism of their gift.

  

Of course it is always a positive, good gesture, but the meaning can have varying degrees. It is important to understand the occasions to give different types of flowers. Birthdays and anniversaries and congratulations, get-well flowers, a wedding bouquet, a new puppy, and fresh flowers on a grave, these are all sending messages.

In weddings, for example, the bride and groom would plan the tone and focus of the event, and incorporate that into every part of the decorations and ambience, especially in the types of flowers. One of the most common wedding flowers are, you guessed it,roses. For centuries, the rose has been a traditional symbol of love, romance and commitment. Roses come in more than three thousand varieties, which are different in size, shape of the flowers like dense or few petals, and growing patterns. There are also varieties that give the strong, sweet anticipated scent, while other varieties hardly smell at all.

I Am in Love With My Best Friend

Are you in love with your best friend, your very best friend of an opposite sex?
Well, there have been postings from friends in our forum telling us that they found themselves falling in love with their best friend but were afraid to reveal their feeling for him or her, fearing that it might just ruin the whole friendship. And that some were nevertheless feeling lost wondering whether is it alright of them to be reacting so.
Now, to be falling in love with your best friend whom is of the opposite sex is perfectly alright. There is definitely nothing wrong with that. You, falling in love with someone of an opposite sex; what wrong can there be? It is not that you are falling in love with your best friend whom is of the same sex?
In fact, to put things in a nicer and more encouraging way, I would say that this could just be an establishment of a healthy love relationship.
Well, how would you define a healthy love relationship? One, which both understand each other well; sharing a lot in common and nevertheless always enjoying that companionship of one another? Yup, these are without doubts few of the very key criteria to a healthy and successful love relationship.

What Do Girls Really Want on Valentines’ Day?

Hmmm… what do girls really want on Valentines’ Day?
This has always been a headache for the guys, having to crack their brain just each and every year to come up with some creative gift ideas… And to be coming up with just more and new ideas is definitely not easy.
Running out of ideas?
Ha, what to do? Girls are afterall just always more emotional when compared to guys. Valentines’ Day to them is certainly a day of great significant. And well, though Valentines’ Day is supposed to be a day meant for the both, the limelight would just be on them somehow, isn’t it? They just somehow seem to be the main lead on that very day.
So guys, I guess we just have to give it to them and since there isn’t much of a choice, why not we just make them happy? Well, when she is happy, happy will you just be too, isn’t it?
Afterall, they are not really playing hard to please. Just as like a kid whom will always be excited by the thought of receiving their birthday present, I guess they probably feel the same way too; just wanting to be showered and pampered by your entirety love on this very special day. They do behave like little kids at times, don’t they?
Hmmm… so what would a good gift just be?

Saying I Love You

The all times special three-letters word, “I Love You” is what we would always be hearing when we talk about love. It is the words that one would use to express their feeling of affection for their very loved ones.

But still, why is it that at times one simply just refuses to say it to their love?

There have indeed been a lot of postings from friends in our forum having such experience. Despite of them saying it to their partner, they just never got it back from their love. It is for sure disappointing and at times just hurting, isn’t it?

Are you one of them? One who is still waiting to be hearing that special words from your love or perhaps one who has yet to say it to your love?

Now, why wouldn’t one say it? Why would one be reluctant in saying it to their love, saying an I love you to them?

How Do You Work With Someone You've Fallen In Love With?

Have you ever been in the situation where you fell in love with a colleague of yours?

Oh, this certainly sounds very common. Maybe I should rephrase the question a bit. Ok, have you been in the situation where you actually like that very colleague of yours but find it hard to make that step in expressing your feeling of love for him or her, having that fear of what if you were rejected? Fearing of how to be just facing and working with each other if so.

Many have actually faced such problem, lost for what to do. And this is especially so, when he or she actually likes the job a lot, not wanting to risk creating a bad atmosphere at work. And for this reason, chosen to just run away, hiding away his or hers very feelings.

But very often they can never just lie to themselves, finding themselves falling just only deeper and deeper for that someone each day at work. Not wanting to create a bad atmosphere at work but in the end still not able to avoid it, finding oneself struggling within; losing all his or her drive and passion in work.

Is It Love or Is It Lust?

Ever have the thought that you could be dangerously in love? Falling into the danger of having confusion and

misunderstanding between love and lust, unable to handle your emotions well enough?

Now, what is the difference between love and lust? Well, I should believe that it is something worth our thoughts and understanding.

If you were to look through a dictionary, you should find something like this:

LOVE:

• To have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them

• Warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion

• Unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another

LUST:

• An overwhelming desire or craving: a lust for power

• Usually intense or unbridled sexual desire

• Intense eagerness or enthusiasm

Notice how different they can be? Seeing the sign that you could possibly be dangerously in love?