Autumn is a season that enchants us with its magical colors and crisp air. As the leaves turn into vibrant shades of red, orange, and yellow, nature surprises us with its beautiful blooms. From delicate dahlias to charming chrysanthemums, autumn flowers paint the world with their vibrant hues.
As the temperature drops and the days shorten, autumn brings forth a breathtaking display of floral wonders. The world transforms into a mesmerizing tapestry of colors, reminding us of the beauty that lies within nature’s embrace. During this season, nature offers us a kaleidoscope of blooms that captivate our senses and warm our hearts. Here are two of our favorites, which look beautiful indoors and out!
The Majestic Dahlia
One of the most iconic autumn blooms is the majestic dahlia. These stunning flowers come in a myriad of colors, ranging from rich burgundy to vibrant yellow. Their intricate petals form intricate patterns that resemble works of art. Each dahlia bloom is a testament to the beauty that can be found in the fleeting moments of life.
The Enchanting Chrysanthemum
Another enchanting autumn bloom is the chrysanthemum, often referred to as the queen of autumn flowers. These resilient plants come in various shapes and sizes, and their vibrant colors fill the landscape with joy. Whether it’s the classic golden chrysanthemum or the striking purple variety, these flowers symbolize longevity, happiness, and abundance. Their presence in autumn gardens is a reminder to embrace the change of seasons with open arms.
Fall in Love with Nature’s Vibrant Symphony!
Autumn not only brings us blooms that dazzle the eye but also a symphony of scents that invigorate the spirit. The air is filled with the earthy aroma of fallen leaves and the delicate scent of blooming flowers. This olfactory feast heightens our senses and immerses us in the beauty of the season.
Moreover, autumn blooms provide a haven for an array of awe-inspiring creatures. The bright colors and nectar-rich flowers attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds, adding an element of liveliness to the scenery. Observing these graceful creatures dance among the petals is like witnessing a natural ballet – a spectacle that adds an extra touch of magic to our autumn experience.
As we immerse ourselves in the vibrant symphony of autumn blooms, we can’t help but fall in love with the season’s charm. Autumn reminds us of the transient nature of life and the beauty that can be found in its fleeting moments. So let’s embrace the arrival of autumn and revel in the kaleidoscope of colors that nature has to offer. It’s time to let our spirits soar and fill our hearts with the joy of nature’s vibrant palette!
As autumn blooms grace our gardens and parks, they bring with them a sense of wonder and joy. The vibrant colors and delicate fragrances awaken our senses, reminding us that even in the midst of change, there is beauty to be found. So, let’s immerse ourselves in nature’s vibrant palette and fall in love with autumn’s kaleidoscope of blooms. From majestic dahlias to regal chrysanthemums, let these exquisite flowers be a reminder of the enchantment that nature offers us each and every day.
The lilac is often considered the herald of spring, with flowering lilac trees and lilac bushes foreshadowing the arrival of the season. Early lilacs mean an early spring, and vice versa. Lilacs are related to the olive, and are native to Europe and Asia, with small flowers grouped in large panicles, blooming in spring time. The genus name of the lilac is Syringa, the root of which also gives us the word syringe; it means hollow tube, or pipe, and refers to the shoots of some lilac species, from which early musicians made reeds and pipes. Pan, of Greek mythology, player of pipes made from the lilac shoots, features in the naming of the genus. He was infatuated with Syrinx, a lovely water nymph, while she – aware of his reputation as being, shall we say, a little indiscriminate with his affections (not for nothing is he so strongly connected with fertility and spring) – ran from him, twisting and ducking through the forest to avoid him. Her sisters, not wanting her to be found, changed her into a reed, from which Pan made his pipes, and was never seen without them again.
With this story, the lilac came to mean love. They have a sweet and enchanting fragrance, often used in cosmetics and perfumes. You’ll find lilacs blooming in white, yellow, lighter blues, lavender, lilac and purple. The purple lilac flower symbolize first, or new, love, and so you will often find purple lilac wedding flowers. White lilacs symbolize youthful innocence, and are often given to celebrate a mother’s love for a new-born baby. Our favorite online florist, 
When you order flowers in an arrangement, they usually come in a vase, basket or some other container. We were recently asked if sending flowers with no vase is possible. Why would you want to send flowers with no vase? Maybe you don’t want to clutter up the recipient’s house with yet another vase. Maybe they have their own ideas on interior design. Or, maybe you’re having the flowers delivered to them at the end of their triumphant performance on stage. Whatever the reason, you’ll be delighted to hear that sending flowers not in a vase is indeed possible, and here’s how to do it. We’ll use as an example ordering flowers through our recommended online florist (
When should you send a man flowers? Think about the occasions when you like to receive flowers yourself. There are personal annual events, like birthdays and anniversaries; there are also holidays, like Thanksgiving and July 4th; there are special times to be acknowledged, like a work promotion, a new job, or a personal milestone achieved. There’s Superbowl Sunday, or a backyard barbecue. And what man, when feeling a little blue, wouldn’t brighten up when a bouquet of flowers arrives from someone wanting to cheer them up? So, as you see, there are many occasions for which you can buy a man flowers. And don’t let us forget 
What flowers should you send to a man? Many men (the author included) appreciate the beauty, color and fragrance in any arrangement, and for these guys you can choose anything you think they would appreciate. From 
Because of its long history, the Iris carries additional meanings in some regions of the world. In France, for instance, about 800 years ago it was taken by royalty as a symbol of the crown, and so now the French ascribe to the iris the meanings of perfection, life and light. When England lay claim to the French throne (in 1338, during the reign of Edward III, as all you historians will no doubt recall), the iris, and its stylized version, the “Fleur de Lys”, became part of English heraldry. It survives today in the coat of arms of Prince Charles. In Japan, enjoyment of the iris was restricted to royalty in times past; now they mean heroism. 
With such a long history of cultivation, and being native to much of Europe (as well as the Middle East, North Africa, North America and parts of Asia), it’s no surprise that the flower name for the iris comes from Ancient Greek mythology. Iris was the goddess of the rainbow, who brought messages from the gods at the top of Mount Olympus, to the humans on the surface of the Earth. Greek men planted purple iris flowers at the graves of the women they loved, hoping that they would call the goddess Iris to guide them on their journey to the afterlife.
The freesia is today a very popular flower, a flower that symbolizes friendship, innocence, trust and sweetness. Compared to the long history of cultivation and hybridization of some flowers, the freesia is a fairly recent entrant; native to the Cape Town province of South Africa, the freesia was named, with all due modesty, by Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese, a 19th Century German physician and botanist who discovered many native South African plants. The freesia came to wide acceptance and acclaim in the late 1950s, due no doubt to its delightfully delicate flower blossoms, and light, sweet fragrance.
Freesias, like the gladiolas and the crocus, grow from corms, bulb-like tubers. They’re available as cut flowers almost all year round, though you’re most likely to find them between February and April. During November and December, white freesias dominate availability (with their meaning of innocence, they are a popular Christmas flower.) The available color range is broad: in addition to white, you’ll find freesias in yellow, purple, pink, and red, as well as combinations in shades of red, yellow, and orange. Both single-headed and double-headed flowers are to be found.
As we wrote above, the freesia symbolizes sweetness and innocence, as well as trust and friendship. It’s a wonderful flower to show appreciation to a trusted friend, in return for an act of kindness. You’ll often see them in boutonnieres or corsages. And thanks to its meaning of sweetness and innocence, it has become a common flower given to a new mother to welcome a new baby, the sweetest and most innocent thing in all the world.
How to choose the right flowers for each of the many occasions we all have in our lives to celebrate, and to be celebrated? Among the great variety of flowers you’ll find at a florist, rest assured that there are flowers perfect for each of these occasions. The question is, how do you pick the right flowers to send the message you intend? The Victorians promoted floriography, the language of flowers and their meanings, and the Japanese had their own, completely separate language of flower meanings, called hanakotoba. Whole books were published on the subject of flower choice and meaning. Flowers didn’t always have the same meaning in different books, so if you were giving flowers that carried a certain meaning, you had to be very sure the recipient had the same book, or their book had the same meaning, or you could be sending a very different message. Nowadays, not so many people pay attention to the traditional meaning of flowers; but if you do, you can add a very special symbol to your floral gift, and the receiver will treasure your bouquet or arrangement for as long as they can.
So if you want to pick the right flower for an occasion, how do you do it? Are you going to rely only on what the florist gives you? Wouldn’t you rather guide the florist to the right flower choice for you celebration? But how do you do it?
Giving a bouquet or flower arrangement as a gift is sure to be appreciated. Taking just one extra moment to tailor the meaning and presentation of your floral offering, and picking the right flowers to echo and support the message you’re intending to send, will really make it a super-special and long-savoured present.
Popular since the Ancient Greeks, dianthus (the genus name of the flower more commonly known as the carnation) is flower of the gods or flower of love. The Romans knew carnations as “Jove’s Flower”, after Jove or Jupiter, king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder. Carnations flowers are one of the oldest cultivated, thought to be native to the Mediterranean region, though no-one can be completely sure now, since it has been in widespread cultivation for so long, all around the world. Christians believe that the first carnations, pink in color, sprang from the tears that The Virgin Mary wept for Jesus as he carried his own cross to the crucifixion. For this reason, pink carnations have always signified a mother’s love.
They flower tops long stems which carry long, slender leaves. The usual natural color is a bright pink-purple, but centuries of cultivation give us a wide variety of colors today, from white, through yellow, orange, peach and red to purple. You may even find green carnations if you hunt around. One color that’s extremely rare is blue; only recently has genetic engineering been put to use on the carnation to develop a blue blossom. Most carnations have a delicious, clove-like scent, and with their pleasant shape and wide variety of colors on offer, they’re always a delightful sight.
Carnations are for mother’s day, for your first wedding anniversary, for weddings and for prom. They’re popular for any occasion. And now you’ll know what message you’ll be sending to the recipient when you give them a bouquet of these graceful blossoms, standing atop their tall and slender stems. 
The pansy is a sister flower to the violet, as they’re both of the viola genus, and descend from a pretty weed that grew in the grain fields and hedgerows of early 19th Century England. Cultivation began, with the desire to produce a round flower with overlapping petals, and as you can see from the picture to the left, that objective has surely been met. 
Pansies are available in a huge range of colors from white and pale yellow, through gold and orange to red, and on to blue, violet, and finally to a purple so dark it appears almost black. A great many bi-colored and many tri-colored flowers are also available, and many variants have quite showy markings on the face of the flower. Ah yes, the face. The common name, pansy, is derived from the French word pensée (which means thought.) The flower is so named because some think it resembles a human face; and indeed, in the heat of August, the plant often droops forward, as if in deep thought.
Pansies have an forgettable, delicate perfume-like fragrance. Many observers (can one observe a scent?) say that the fragrance is more noticeable in the early morning and at dusk, especially for a concentrated arrangement. The yellow or blue pansy flowers seem to have the strongest fragrance, but don’t be shy, if you’re buying in a florist, of putting your nose down into the flowers (allergies permitting) and inhaling deeply to find the most fragrant available.
The pansy, because its name is derived from “thought,” carries the meaning of loving thoughts. Some consider the pansy to be a flower of remembrance, and they’re often seen at memorial services and in cemeteries. The same meaning, of loving thoughts, is also applicable to those who are still with us, and in this case the pansy not only sends loving thoughts, but also asks for loving thoughts in return. For this reason, pansies are always an appropriate bouquet for someone with whom you share a friendship or a special bond.
Native to South and Central America, and the South Pacific, there are about a hundred species of the fuchsia (commonly misspelled fuschsia or fuschia), almost all of which are flowering shrubs. One exception is kotukutuku, a tree native to New Zealand, which grows up to 50 feet tall, far dwarfing the shrubs which tend to reach around 10 to 12 feet when fully grown. The flowers -and there are lots of flowers, for the fuchsia blooms profusely during the summer and fall – droop delicately from the parent, and are a very decorative shape. 
In color the fuchsia often has bright red sepals and purple petals, but the colours can vary quite a lot; some have white or yellow coloring, while others lean from orange, through red, to dark red and a dark purple or dark blue color. They aren’t often a very fragrant flower, but the beauty, grace and delicacy of the flower more than make up for it. They really are a delight to see.
As for the flower meaning of the fuchsia, some say it’s confiding love. Some say it’s amiability (but frankly, who wants to be told they’re “amiable”?) We much prefer the meaning most often given to the fuchsia in Japan – it’s a symbol of good taste. Because, frankly, the fuchsia portrays such wonderful good taste, it is always as appropriate floral gift.
The dahlia is native to the uplands of Central America, and was brought to Europe by returning explorers; it remains the national flower of Mexico. At first, Europeans thought of the dahlia as rather a simple flower, even a little plain, until the late 18th Century when the Europeans learned how to cultivate and hybridize the plant, producing many of the wide variety of sizes and large number of colors we find the dahlia available in today.
Before then, dahlia tubers were the most useful part of the plant, being used not only for food (rather like a potato), but also for medicine, with fructose being extracted for use by diabetics, in pre-insulin days. Further back in time, the Aztecs used the tubers to treat epilepsy; and looking forward, the Chinese have selected the dahlia tuber as one of the few dozen herbs which they’ll use to treat the HIV virus.
Once the flower became popular in Europe it was renamed after Andreas Dahl, a pupil and friend of the great Swedish botanist and plant classifier, Carl Linnaeus. Today, a variety of shapes and sizes are available, in warm colors from red, orange, yellow and pink to white; more are being added, thanks to the many organizations and events dedicated to enjoyment and further hybridization and development of the dahlia.
When you give a bouquet or arrangement including dahlias, you could also add flowers that compliment their shape – perhaps slender flowers, or flowers of contrasting color. The complimentary flower you choose can also moderate or modify the message you’re sending by selecting dahlias. This is because the dahlia carries many messages, including gratitude, dignity, pomp, instability and misrepresentation (even betrayal.) You may not want the recipient to hear they they’re unstable or untrustworthy, so add another flower, and make the message clear on the card you attach. In addition, some also give the flower the meaning “I am forever yours,” which is much more acceptable. In Japan the dahlia carries the meaning “in good taste.” And the dahlia is, always, in good taste.
Red tulips represent a declaration of love that is true, perfect and undying. You can’t go wrong giving these to your most special loved one, at any time of the year. 
Purple tulips symbolize royalty, mystery and passion.
The meaning of yellow tulips has changed over the years. They used to be a symbol of hopeless love, but have become now a simple and delightful way of saying “there’s sunshine in your smile.” You can give a gift of yellow tulips to anyone without fear; they’re a wonderful compliment, showing cheerful thoughts and a sunny disposition.
White tulips express forgiveness, and claim worthiness, so if you’ve got reason to forgive someone or to discretely ask that they take your attentions seriously, white is the color you need.
Variegated tulips have come to mean “you have beautiful eyes”, with some extending the meaning to “you have a beautiful soul.” A lovely way to pay someone a heart-felt compliment would be to present them with a bouquet of variegated tulips.
Despite its sunny disposition and cheerful nature, the Gerbera Daisy is shrouded in mystery. By all accounts this daisy was named after Traugott Gerber, a German doctor who lived in the early 1700s, but it was actually discovered by either Carolus Linneaus (also known as Carl von Linne) or his patron, Jan Frederik Gronovius, who were contemporaries of Gerber, and to this day, nobody knows why von Linne chose to name this beautiful flower after Gerber.
Sunflowers are among the warmest and happiest of flowers; who can fail to smile when their eyes fall upon the large and vibrantly-colored heads of these bright and bold beauties? Sunflowers grow tall and strong, typically 8 to 15 feet in height (though there’s evidence of a 40 foot monster being grown in Spain in the 16th Century), with the heads ranging from 6 to 12 inches in diameter. But it’s not size alone that makes these such a gorgeous gift. Sunflowers come in colors from bright yellows, through vibrant oranges to glorious reds and bold bronzes, mirroring the colors of the sun, and bringing warmth, energy and vitality into the home. 
Big, bold and brassy, sunflowers brighten us up, nourish our soul and sustain our bodies with oils and seeds. Give a gift of sunflowers and as well as giving sunny thoughts of warmth and energy, you’re sending the recipient a message of adoration, of loyalty, and a wish for longevity, of friendship and of life. Our favorite online florist offers a wide variety of 