Floriography, by Gina Margolies

February’s Birthday Blossom is the lovely violet, but we think you will agree that the rose gets all of the attention when the 14th of the month rolls around. It will surprise no one to know that Valentine’s Day is the single largest day of the year for rose purchases (more than 250 million), and that the red rose is the most popular choice. To honor the romantic rose, Birthday Blossoms would like to share this short poem by D.H. Lawrence, written in 1923. Nature responds so beautifully. Roses are only once-wild roses, that were given an extra chance, So...

The headquarters of Birthday Blossoms in New York City recently received the gift of over a foot of snow outside our door, courtesy of Old Man Winter. Accompanying the snow is a pocket of extreme cold which, according to forecasters, intends to hang around. Put those two sentences together and you get the perfect situation for a book recommendation. And what better than a book about flowers? Science tells us looking at flowers can make one feel happier. Which, naturally, begs the question, might a book about flowers make one feel warmer? As with many things, there is only one...

Though the winter season seems an unlikely time for flowers to bloom, nature gave us plants which don’t mind the cold. January’s Birthday Blossom, the carnation, is one of them. This bloom often makes an appearance in centerpieces and bouquets, where it symbolizes love and affection. Found in a number of colors ranging from white and very light pink to dark red, the carnation is sometimes called gillyflower. Carnations are a pretty addition to any floral bunch, and can add a drop of warmth to a cold winter day.

Hello October Birthday Blossoms and Happy Autumn!   Welcome to the latest edition of Fun Flower Facts, where whimsy meets who, what, where, when, and why. In this edition, we will be introduced to Mr. Luther Burbank. Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and agricultural scientist. Burbank grew up on a farm and had a high school education. He taught himself botany and agriculture. Burbank developed over 800 strains and varieties of plants. You might be familiar with some of the flowers he cultivated, such as the Shasta Daisy.  The Russet & Burbank potato, often called the Idaho potato, is...

With the official first day of autumn seven days away, here at Birthday Blossoms HQ we are enjoying the golden season. The dog days of summer have melted into warm afternoons and barely cool evenings. It is the late summer into early fall golden time of year. And speaking of golden, this time of year brings to the forefront something golden that Birthday Blossoms loves, namely the Golden Proportion, close cousin of our beloved Fibonacci sequence.   Regular readers of Floriography know all about the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two...