Meaning of Flowers - ROSE

Rose is one of the most beautiful of all flowers. It is a symbol of fragrance and loveliness. Its name calls to mind pictures of the sweetbrier, or wild rose, the loveliest wild flower of the country roadsides. No other flower has been mentioned so often by the poets of all ages and all countries. In the language of flowers its blossoms have always been the symbol of love. The rose has even played its part in history. In England, when the Houses of York and Lancaster were fighting for power, they chose white and red roses respectively for their emblems. The flowers gave their name to the War of the Roses. Today the rose is the national flower of England. It is also the state flower of several states in the United States. The rose is not limited to any one country, however. Its many species and varieties can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They will even grow in the mountain districts of the tropics. All present-day roses are descendants of wild roses. We may doubt this if we compare a full-flowered cultivated bloom with a five-petaled swamp or prairie rose. But many wild-rose species tend to bear double blooms—flowers with more than five petals. A skillful gardener can select a wild rose plant that shows an occasional double blossom, give it and its descendants expert care for several years, and produce plants that consistently bear handsome double flowers.
Until the 19th century all rose culture was of this type. Many species were popular for cultivation, including cabbage, damask, and French roses. The cabbage (Rom centifolia) is a large pink rose that grows wild in the Caucasus. It was cultivated in ancient Greece and Rome.  Later the French called it Flower experts recognize three main classes of cultivated roses. Members of the first class, sometimes called old roses, bloom once a year, usually in early summer. They include the yellow briers, damask roses, moss roses, and many climbers. The second kind of roses bloom in early summer and again in fall. The best-known members of this class are called perpetual roses or summer-and-autumn roses— are the hybrid perpetuals. Members of the third main class, the ever blooming hybrids, flower almost constantly during the growing season. These roses include floribundas, grandifloras, hybrid teas, and polyanthas.

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Meaning of Flowers - LOTUS

LOTUS (lo’tus) serves as a popular name for several flowering plants belonging to different families. The Indian or sacred lotus of the Orient is a member of the water lily family (genus Nelumbo). Also called the sacred bean, this lotus is grown in many lands. It has pink flowers and round leaves that usually grow well above the water surface. Its nutlike seeds are held in pits in the seed pods.



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2011香港花卉展覽

香港花卉展覽是康樂及文化事務署推廣園藝和綠化意識的重點項目。每年為數十萬本港市民和世界各地的園藝愛好者提供一個賞花和交流種花經驗的良機。二零一一年香港花卉展覽將於二零一一年三月十一日至二十日在香港銅鑼灣維多利亞公園舉行。市民除了可以欣賞到花型秀麗、顏色奪目的主題花「報春花」及各地的花卉之外，更可以觀賞到來自本地、內地及海外園藝機構展出悉心栽培的盆栽、造型優美的花藝擺設，以及色彩繽紛的園景設計。會場更設有售賣花卉及其他園藝產品的銷售攤位。

展覽期間，大會將會為入場人士舉辦一連串教育與娛樂並重的活動，計有學童繪畫比賽、攝影比賽、展品比賽、音樂及文娛表演、花藝示範、廚藝示範、植物護理工作坊、綠化推廣攤位、導賞服務、康體活動及親子遊戲等。

展覽地點: 香港維多利亞公園

展覽日期及時間: 2011年3月11日至20日﹝共十天﹞ 上午9時至晚上9時

主題花: 報春花

主題: 春花妙韻

入場費:

• 成人 14 元
• 小童、學生及六十歲或以上的長者 7 元
• 殘疾人士及其照管人 7 元
  (每名殘疾人士只可與一名照管人同享優惠)

星期一至星期五期間之入場優惠

• 六十歲或以上的長者免費參觀
• 殘疾人士及其照管人免費參觀(每名殘疾人士只可與一名照管人同享優惠)
• 三十人或以上團體參觀，成人半價優惠

預售入場劵:
由2月21日至3月20日，市民可以到康樂及文化事務署分區辦事處、設有「康體通」服務的康樂場地預先購買入場劵，同時可於3月11日至20日花展期間在維多利亞公園花展入口處即場購票。

康體通訂場處名單
查詢電話 2601 8260
傳真: 2691 7264
電郵: hkfs@lcsd.gov.hk

Meaning of Flowers - DAFFODIL

DAFFODIL

Daffodil’s have meanings of faith, honesty, truth, forgiveness, and forthrightness. They are ever vigilant in returning each spring, and with their return we are reminded that their beauty is capable of following on the shirttails of even the harshest winters (or tribulations). Give daffodils to someone when as a token of forgiveness or give them away as a token of appreciation for their honesty.

Meaning of Flowers - BLUEBELL

Bluebell

Bluebells have long been symbolic of humility and gratitude. They are associated with constancy, gratitude and everlasting love.

Bluebells are widely known as harebells in Scotland. The name originated due to the hares that frequented the fields covered with harebells.

Meaning of Flowers - ORCHID

ORCHID

The most highly coveted of ornamental plants, the delicate, exotic and graceful orchid represents love, luxury, beauty and strength. In ancient Greece, orchids were associated with virility. In fact, Greek women believed that if the father of their unborn child ate large, new orchid tubers, the baby would be a boy. If the mother ate small orchid tubers, she would give birth to a girl.

Anniversary Flowers List with Romanic Meanings

1st       Red & White Roses - Unity
2nd     White Carnations - Pride, beauty, living for love
3rd     Bird of Paradise - Magnificence
4th     Alstroemeria - Devotion, friendship
5th     Bonsai/Topiary - Stability
6th     Red Tulips - Declaration of love
7th     Ivy Plant - Wedded love, fidelity, friendship
8th     White Lilies - Purity, It's heavenly to be with you
9th     Living Plant - Growth, everlasting
10th   Pink Rose - To my friend, perfect happiness
11th   White Daisies - Innocence, loyal love
12th   Sunflower - Loyalty
13th   Stock - You'll always be beautiful to me
14th   Gladiolus - Remembrance, strength
15th   Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage
16th   Statice - Lasting beauty
17th   Red Carnation - Deep love, passion
18th   Porcelana Roses - Admiration
19th   Bronze Mums - Joy, long-life, truth, wonderful friend
20th   Pink & White Roses - I love you still and always will
25th   Sterling Silver Roses - Love at first sight
30th   White Rose - Purity
35th   African Violet - Faithfulness
40th   Red Roses - Perfect love, respect
45th   Blue Iris - Faith, wisdom and health
50th   Yellow Roses - Joy, gladness and friendship
55th   Calla - Magnificent beauty
60th   Orchids - Love, beauty, mature charm