Everyone knows that it is customary to give a woman flowers but did you know that each flower has its own significance?

Whether it is choosing a flower for your anniversary, or looking for the best flower to let her know that you are sorry for an argument, flowers have meanings and choosing a flower based upon its significance shows her that you are genuinely interested in her feelings and shows that you have a romantic side. So next time you choose a flower, bouquet, or even a plant choose one that is appropriate for the occasion or compliments your heartfelt apology, expresses your truest feelings of love, or compliments your fiery passion. Choosing flowers for anniversaries based upon their meanings are also a wonderful gift that any woman will welcome with open arms. Here is a list of flowers associated with anniversaries.

1st Anniversary - Pansy
2nd Anniversary - Cosmos
3rd Anniversary - Fuchsia
4th Anniversary - Geranium
5th anniversary - Daisy
6th Anniversary - Calla Lily
7th Anniversary - Jack -in -the - Pulpit
8th Anniversary - Clematis
9th Anniversary - Poppy
10th Anniversary - Daffodil
11th Anniversary - Morning Glory
12th Anniversary - Peony
13th Anniversary - Hollyhock
14th Anniversary -Dahlia
15th Anniversary - Rose
20th anniversary - Day Lily
25th Anniversary - Iris
28th Anniversary - Orchid
30th Anniversary - Sweet Pea
40th Anniversary - Nasturtium
50th Anniversary - Violet

Along with anniversaries, each flower also has its own significance. Here is a list of flowers and their meanings.

Acacia - chaste love
Ambrosia - reciprocal love
Amaryllis - pride
Anemone - forsaken
Arbutus - one true love
Aster - daintiness
Azalea - fragile passion; Chinese symbolism for womanhood
Bachelor Button - single blessedness
Begonia - beware
Bells of Ireland - good fortune or luck
Bittersweet - truth
Bluebell - humility
Cactus -endurance
Pink Camellia - longing for your love
Red Camellia - you are a flame in my heart
White Camellia - you are adorable
Carnation - woman love
Pink Carnation - I’ll never forget you
Red Carnation - My heart aches for you
Purple Carnation - capriciousness
Solid Carnation - yes
Striped Carnation - Wish I could be with you, or Sorry that we are not together
White Carnation - pure love, innocence, sweet
Yellow Carnation -rejection, disappointment
Cattail - peace, prosperity
Chrysanthemum - a good friend
White Chrysanthemum - truth
Yellow Chrysanthemum - slighted love
Crocus - cheerfulness
Cyclamen - good bye
Daffodil - unrequited love
Daisy - innocence, purity
Dandelion - happiness
Fern - Confidence
Flax - domestic
Forget -Me -Not - true love
Forsythia - anticipation
Gardenia - secret love
Geranium - stupidity
Gladioli - flower of the gladiator
Gloxinia - love at first sight
Lavender Heather - admiration, solitude
White Heather - Protection
Holly - defense
Hyacinth - sports
Blue Hyacinth - constancy
Purple Hyacinth - I’m sorry, apologetic
Red or Pink Hyacinth - Play
White Hyacinth - I’m praying for you
Yellow Hyacinth - jealousy
Hydrangea - heartlessness
Iris - friendship, wisdom, valor
Ivy - fidelity, affection
Jonquil - returned affection
Pink Larkspur - fickleness
White Lily - virginity, purity
Yellow Lily - false and gay
Calla Lily - beauty
Day Lily - Chinese symbol for motherhood
Tiger Lily - Wealth
Lily of the Valley - humility
Magnolia -nobility
Marigold - Grief
Narcissus - egotism
Orange Blossom - eternal love
Orchid - Beautiful woman
Petunia - resentment, anger
Poppy - eternal sleep
Rose - love
Pink rose - perfect happiness
Red Rose - I love you
Rose without thorns - Love at first sight
White Rose - innocence, purity
White and Red Rose Mix - Unity
Yellow Rose -Jealousy
Rosebud - Beauty, youth
Red Rosebud - purity
White Rosebud - girlhood
Bouquet of Full Roses - gratitude, thanks
Single Full bloom rose - I love you
Red Tulip - Believe Me
Yellow Tulip - beautiful smile
Violet - modesty
Blue Violet - faithfulness
Zinnia - lasting affection

Flowers have a language of their own, a bright particular language, that is fun to explore.

Almost all women like flowers. They like to receive many flowers even if is her birthday or an anniversary or for no reason at all. The woman consider that it doesn’t really have to be a special day to bring her flowers, it should happen in any simple day in order to show your feelings for her.

If you didn’t bring her flowers for a long time, she might think that you have no feelings any more for her.

If you have already a girlfriend and you care about her you should show your feelings. If you decided to do this by bringing her flowers, you have a large variety to choose from. Every kind of flower has a particular language, all of them express something. So, according to your feelings for her and what you want to show her, choose the flower which it represents you.

For example, ROSES are most use because have a lot of senses. Every color means something else:

* red - imply passionate, romantic love

* white - express innocence, purity, secrecy, virtue and chastity

* yellow - friendship or devotion, a dying love, platonic love, and also means jealousy and
infidelity

* blue - mystery, attaining the impossible

* orange - desire, passion

* burgundy - beauty

* pink - a lesser affection, grace

* light pink - admiration, sympathy

* dark pink - gratitude

* red and yellow - joy, happiness, excitement

* red and white - unity

Another beautiful and used flower is LILY:

* imperial one -express majesty

* day lily - means coquetry

* white - youthful innocence, purity

* yellow - gaiety, falsehood

* water lily - purity of heart

If you want to show her your thoughts, bring her CAMELLIA:

* pink - I’m longing for you

* red - you’re in flame in my heart

* white - you’re adorable

In addition, TULIPS may help you in expressing your thoughts and feelings:

* red - declaration of love, show trust

* variegated - compliments, beautiful eyes

* yellow - there’s sunshine in your smile

IRIS is named after the Messenger of the Gods in Greek mythology

* represents a message being sent, faith, hope, wisdom and valor, compliments

ORCHID are very beautiful and refinement flowers:

* means - love, beauty, compliments like beautiful lady

If you are at the beginning of your relationship, you may give her LILAC:

* purple one - express the fist emotion of love

* white - youthful innocence, purity

Use JASMINES to express amiability:

* yellow - grace and elegance

* Spanish - sensuality

LOTUS means eloquence:

* lotus flower - estranged love

For showing modesty buy VIOLET:

* blue - faithfulness, watchfulness

SUNFLOWERS - mean either haughtiness or respect

MAGNOLIA - express love of the nature, nobility

* swamp magnolia - perseverance

NARCISSUS - compliments as if you are so sweet, and egotism

AMBROSIA - tells her that her love is reciprocated

DAISY - imply purity, innocence, loyal love

IVY - use this for expressing your fidelity

PANSY - means thoughts

Therefore, using flowers is an easy way to express your feelings and it is at your choice which flowers represent you better and your thoughts.

After a long, cold winter, you are probably anxious for the first signs of spring. Springtime automatically brings thoughts of flowers. Choosing the best flowers for spring can be difficult and it is often confusing. Perhaps the most effective way to ensure spring flowers that bloom each year is to plant bulbs in the fall to mid-winter. There are of course flowering plants that you can purchase from your local nursery, but you will want to make sure any chance of freezing weather has passed before planting and in many areas of the country, spring does not arrive until late in the season and by that time you will want to plants flowers in anticipation of summer. You always have the option of purchasing bulbs that have been grown in pots over the winter and are in stock in most garden centers beginning in the late winter months. Here are a few choices of flowering plants that are suitable to plant now and will produce early spring flower:

Winter Aconite, or Eranthis hyemalis, will give you yellow flowers approximately three inches in height and resemble common buttercups. These particular bulbs may begin to flower as early as January if you live in a warm area and you will get the best results if you plant them in masses as they grow low to the ground.

Glory Of The Snow, or Chionodoxa luciliare, produce flowers that are bright blue with a white center. The plants will grow between six and ten inches tall, making this particular plant very handy for walkways, borders, and rock gardens. You may also be able to find white/pink varieties depending on the area in which you live

Spring Snowflake, or leucojum vernum, give you bell-shaped flowers that droop from the green part of the plant. These plants will be six to twelve inches in height and are white in color with small green spots on the ends of the petals. You will get the best results if you plant them in clumps and you can expect to see blooms in late February to early March. As with any other springtime bulb, they are best planted in the fall but you can plant in the mid to late winter if you purchase potted bulbs that have already begun the growing cycle.

Netted Iris, or iris reticulate, are wonderfully scented and are most commonly purple in color, although you can also find light blue and white irises in many areas. Irises are one of the earliest blooming plants and you can expect a beautiful display of flowers in early March. As with any other type of bulb, after several growing seasons you will have to thin the bulbs from time to time, as they tend to reproduce rapidly and could actually begin to stunt the growth of the plants due to over-crowding.