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The Bird of Paradise Flower: Its Meanings & Symbolism
The stunning tropical plants known as the Bird of Paradise stop people dead in their tracks whether they are displayed in a Dublin office or home . If you’ve seen one of these distinctive flowers and want to know more, read up on both the symbolic and botanical facts about this eye-catching flower.
What Does the Bird of Paradise Flower Mean?
As one of the more unusual looking flowers used for arranging and bouquets, the Bird of Flower carries symbolism such as:
•the 9th wedding anniversary for a married couple
•Freedom and the ability to travel, due to the flower’s resemblance to birds in flight
•Magnificence, excellence and success
•Royalty and a regal bearing
•Paradise on Earth
•Joy through challenges and successes alike
•Faithfulness in romantic relationships
•Optimism towards the future
The movement suggested by the spiked petals brings to mind a flock of birds gracefully departing. It’s not hard to see why it’s developed such a long list of different meanings.
Etymological Meaning of the Bird of Paradise Flower
All five different Bird of Paradise flowers get grouped together under the Strelitzia scientific name. While the common name comes from the bird-like appearance of the bloom, the scientific name is drawn from Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was married to King George III when the flower was first imported into Great Britain, so the royal gardener named it after her. It’s also more commonly called the crane flower in its native home.
Symbolism of the Bird of Paradise Flower
The Bird of Paradise symbolizes many different meanings because it’s such an exotic and unusual flower. Everyone that encountered it developed their own idea of the bloom as a symbol. As a native lily from South Africa, freedom and beauty are the two traditional meanings that stand out the most. The Bird of Paradise also means a royalty lineage or bearing due to its association with ruling families. The sheer beauty of the contrasting petals makes it an obvious symbol of excellence and success. It’s not commonly used as a birth flower, but it is the floral gift given for the 9th wedding anniversary since the Bird of Paradise is reminiscent of faithfulness. As one of the largest individual blooms used for arranging, it’s usually used in the center with clusters of smaller matching flowers to make a statement.
Bird of Paradise Flower Colour Meanings
Since all the Bird of Paradise varieties feature different sets of two contrasting colors, the contrast has more meaning than the specific colors. The look created by combining bright orange and purple or gold and dark blue petals truly makes the flower look alive and like a bird about to take off from the plant’s stem. All five varieties sport bright colors rather than muted or pale tones, adding passion and energy to the symbolism behind them.
Meaningful Botanical Characteristics of the Bird of Paradise Flower
While they respond well to being kept in a greenhouse or other humid and warm environment, there is still relatively little breeding of Bird of Paradise plants to produce new varieties. All five types currently available developed in the wild on their own. These plants usually rely on nectar-feeding sunbirds for pollination, so professionals and hobbyists that want to breed their own flowers must do the delicate work themselves with special tools. A few plants that share the same name with the Bird of Paradise are used for medicinal purposes, but the true version is poisonous and offers no medicinal or edible value. The unscented plant also produces no oils or absolutes for perfume formulation.
Special Occasions for the Bird of Paradise Flowers
Wondering when to splurge on a big Bird of Paradise as a gift for someone else? Stick with an appropriate occasion like:
•Birthdays, especially for adults that already have everything else
•Congratulating someone on a promotion, graduation, or other success
•Celebrating the handling of a sticky situation in a graceful way
•Birth and relocation announcements, or any celebration of a new beginning
•Farewell parties for people departing on long trips
The Bird of Paradise Flower’s Message Is…
Stay open to new possibilities and seek your freedom wherever you can find it. Explore the world with a sense of optimism and excitement.

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The History of Roses

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Roses have a long and colorful history. They have been symbols of love, beauty, war, and politics. The rose is, according to fossil evidence, 35 million years old. In nature, the genus Rosa has some 150 species spread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from Alaska to Mexico and including northern Africa. Garden cultivation of roses began some 5,000 years ago, probably in China. During the Roman period, roses were grown extensively in the Middle East. They were used as confetti at celebrations, for medicinal purposes, and as a source of perfume. Roman nobility established large public rose gardens in the south of Rome. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the popularity of roses seemed to rise and fall depending on gardening trends of the time.
During the fifteenth century, the rose was used as a symbol for the factions fighting to control England. The white rose symbolized York, and the red rose symbolized Lancaster, as a result, the conflict became known as the “War of the Roses.”
Roses were in such high demand during the seventeenth century that royalty considered roses or rose water as legal tender, and they were often used as barter and for payments. Napoleon’s wife Josephine established an extensive collection of roses at Chateau de Malmaison, an estate seven miles west of Paris in the 1800s. This garden became the setting for Pierre Joseph Redoute’s work as a botanical illustrator. In 1824, he completed his watercolor collection “Les Rose,” which is still considered one of the finest records of botanical illustration.
It wasn’t until the late eighteenth century that cultivated roses were introduced into Europe from China. Most modern-day roses can be traced back to this ancestry. These introductions were repeat bloomers, making them unusual and of great interest to hybridizers, setting the stage for breeding work with native roses to select for hardiness and a long bloom season. Many of these early efforts by plant breeders are of great interest to today’s gardeners.
Roses are once again enjoying a resurgence in popularity, specifically, shrub roses and old garden roses. Gardeners realize that these roses fit the lifestyle of today’s gardeners who want roses that are not as demanding with regard to disease control, offer excellent floral quality, have excellent winter hardiness, and fit into shrub borders and perennial gardens without seeming out of place.

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The summer arrangements from Precious Petals Florists Dublin contain the freshest flowers from roses, gerbera, sweet william, protea, alpina and more. These unique arrangements designed by the precious petals florists here in Dublin are available now. If your looking for something stunning and completely different from a bouquet then check out our arrangements section and remember Precious Petals Florists delivers same day throughout Dublin. From Dublin 2 to Dublin 22 and From Dublin 1 to Malahide and everywhere in between and beyond!

These arrangements are extremely popular with the customers of precious petals as they are suitable for a variety of occasions. Whether you are sending it as a thinking of you gesture, get well soon, that all important customer, happy birthday or to that someone special, the unique arrangements always go down well and the stone, glass or ceramic containers can be used again and again. Each arrangement is guaranteed to be unique and unlike anything the recipient has ever seen before, showing that a bit more thought has gone into your kind gesture. All of our arrangements are unique creations thought up by our highly skilled and talented florists right here in Dublin. Each one is designed by us and only us ensuring your loved one, friend, colleague or customer will be both stunned and pleasantly surprised by our unique offering.

Each arrangement from precious petals can be custom made so if there are some flowers you like or don't like simply let us know and we will make the changes for you as we make every single arrangement ourselves from fresh and when you call us on 018101615 (0035318101615) you'll talk to the actual florist who will be making your beautiful fresh flower creation. Be prepared for a fresh, unique and stunning arrangement from Precious Petals Florists Dublin.

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Mothers Day

Mothers Day: Precious Petals florists will be delivering fresh flowers throughout Dublin this weekend. To avoid disappointment please book your flower delivery for this Sunday as soon as you can as our order book is already filling up fast. Our delivery service covers every single are in dublin, no matter where your flower delivery is for we only charge 4.99Euro, so wether you are sending flowers to Howth, Skerries, Sandyford, Sallynoggin, Tallaght, Swords, Santry, Coolock, Dartry, Ranelagh, Rush, Rathmines, Blackrock, Foxrock, Donnybrook, Drumcondra, Terenure or anywhere in between our florists will personally make and deliver your bouquet. Our Dublin florists does not farm out any of our work so we can track your order this Mothers Day from start to finish.

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