In a recent article we wrote about how choosing the right get well soon flowers can really make a difference to someone feeling under the weather. Flowers make people happier, and happier people recover from sickness or surgery faster and with fewer complicating issues. Our previous article gave advice on choosing get well soon flowers that are bright and bold, to cheer and enervate. In this article we’ll talk about sending serene and calming flowers to say get well soon. There’s no doubt that flowers make people happier, and happier people recover from sickness or surgery faster and with fewer complicating issues. So what are the best get well soon flowers, sunny yet subtle?
For those who expect a long recovery, or suffer from a chronic condition, you may want to create or maintain an atmosphere of serenity with pastel shades. Perfect for this would be Star Gazer bouquet, in pink, white and purple. Alternatively, the natural wonders bouquet couples lilies with irises and daisies for a glorious arrangement.
You can still express whimsy as you maintain serenity; the Big Hug bouquet, pairs an arrangement of majestic purple lisianthus and feathery limonium with a cuddly teddy bear.
Sending get well soon flowers starts with a decision on what kind of flowers to send; flowers to say get well soon, or flowers to say I’m sorry you’re sick? Choosing the best get well soon flowers will let the recipient know that you’re thinking of them, and will cheer them up every time they look at them. In a 2005 paper published in Evolutionary Psychology, entitled An Environmental Approach to Positive Emotion: Flowers, Professor Jeannette Haviland-Jones of Rutgers University presents compelling evidence to support what we humans already anecdotally know: that flowers make us feel better. In her words, they are “a powerful positive emotion inducer.” In a separate study, researchers at Kansas State University followed patients recovering from an appendectomy; those with plants in their rooms used less pain medication, had less pain and anxiety, lower blood pressure and heart rate and a higher overall satisfaction with their experience than patients who were not given plants. 