Friday, October 30, 2009

How To Select The Proper Flower For A Particular Event

By Kathy Drilon

Presenting flowers to people on special events or to convey love or compassion towards close acquaintances has been a timeless tradition all over the world. However, with so much variety in flowers and with particular meanings associated with most of them, you have to be cautious to make sure that you are selecting the right flowers for an occasion.

While choosing flowers, you have to strike a fine balance between what the person likes and what is suitable for the occasion. For instance, cheerful flowers like roses or daisies go well with a happy occasion such as a wedding ceremony, an engagement or an anniversary. However, if the event is a distressing one you must opt for something more sombre like gladiolus or white carnations.

If you are not acquainted with the receiver very well then it is always better to stick to conventional and safe choices rather than being too experimental. In this case as well, the choice should be absolutely decided by the occasion. For example, seasonal flowers are a great choice for a wedding and a cluster of lilies of different colours is excellent for someone's graduation.

Birthdays are generally a time for sending bold and brightly coloured flowers. For milestone anniversary such as 25 years, a more conventional and luxurious bouquet is proper, perhaps with a specified colour scheme to suit the occasion. In observance of giving birth, pink flowers are good option for a baby girl, and yellow or orange flowers for a boy. Gerberas are bright and bold flowers, absolutely fit to a happy occasion like a birthday, anniversary or birth.

If you are indecisive about which flower to pick, you should ask an expert florist in a flower shop or an online florist to guide you in your choice. A florist having a large collection of flowers and a famous brand name attached to his shop must be selected if you are looking for excellent service. If you are a resident of Singapore and are looking for good flowers, then this job would not be difficult at all. Most commercial centres have a nice Singapore flower shop, and the option of buying through the internet is also available for more convenience. To get an exhaustive catalogue of online flower shops, you just have to go to any major search engine and look for 'florist Singapore'.

Online shops allow you to browse through virtual catalogues and offer more options than offline shops. But you should keep an eye on the additional charges imposed by online stores on delivery of flowers, and how timely it would be. You should also make sure that the credit card data that you are submitting is on a secure network and is not likely to be misused. On the other hand, for some people there is nothing even remotely similar to buying from a specialist florist, and they would never trade his suggestions for the convenience of online flower shopping.

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