Sweet Flowers Delights

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Tulip Flowers

The word flower have some divine power in it that just mentioning the word flower you feel fresh and a smile appears on your face with momentary heavenly pleasure. Flowers are one of the best creations of God and when it comes to Tulip it means best among the best creations. Tulip is believed to be the flower of 'Pride and love'. It is the National flower of Turkey and Iran and is a bulbous plant from tulipa genus and Lilaceae family. In Ottoman Empire of Turkey the flower was used in Turban and the word Tulip has traveled in different languages from word Turban to tulbend, tulipan and finally Tulip its present name.

Types of Tulips:

There are around 109 species available for Tulip with size from 4 inch to 28 inches and are available in all color, pattern and sizes. Here we can discuss the major 16 divisions of Tulip flowers namely Single early, Double early, Triumph, Darwin hybrid, Single late, Lily flowered, Fringed (Crispa), Viriflora, Rembrandt, Parrot, Double late, Kaufmanniana, Fosteriana or Emperor, Griegii, Botanical species and Multi flowering.

Tulip Flowers

Cultivation of Tulips:

Tulips are cultivated in temperate climate. They are the flowers of mountainous areas which basically needs periods of cool dormancy. The center of diversity for Tulips is Hindu Kush, Pamir and Tine Shan mountain hills. Its native range extends from North America, Anatolia, Iran and Southern Europe and China in North West. All species of Tulips are not cultivated together. Although it's a flower of Spring but yet which part of spring also carries an importance in Tulip cultivation. These three categories are:

Early flowering: In this category greigii tulips, Fosteriana, Kaufmanniana, Species Tulips, Single early tulips and Dounle early Tulips are cultivated. In the beginning of spring these are cultivated.

Mid-season flowering: Darwin Hybrid Tulips, Parrot Tulips, Triumph Tulips are cultivated in mid spring season.

Late season flowering: Single Late, Rembrandt, Double Late, Lily-flowering, Viridiflora, and Fringed Tulips are cultivated in Late season of spring.

Colors of Tulips:

Every color of rainbow is available in these flowers, even black and white too. These flowers are available in almost every color and each color symbolizes something for example red tulip for expression of love, white for innocence and purity, pink for specific occasions, purple for royalty and yellow for friendship.

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Most Beautiful Flower Wallpapers

Flower wallpapers are a very common background for most desktops. When you purchase a computer you may find that the default setting will be of a floral theme. Flower backgrounds are a pleasant and peaceful image to have as your desktops main page. Whether you prefer a huge, exotic flower that's colour explodes on your screen, to a field of daisy's or daffodils. Either way the flower wallpapers on your desktop will bring delight to all that see it.

Photographic images can really bring to life the flower or flowers you are trying to capture for the flower backgrounds. The detail is so intricate that it really does feel like you are in the picture to. But your flower wallpapers doesn't just have to be of real life flowers, it can also be of paintings or drawings. For example, some children can have a much more bright, bold and obvious flower drawing as a background, when compared to that of a picture of fine art that an adult may prefer. Flower wallpapers are beautifully eye-capturing images in whatever way they are portrayed.

Most Beautiful Flower Wallpapers

Flower wallpapers on your desktop are a great form of wallpaper to have all year round. They will fit in with any season and any mood or lifestyle. Yet they are not too over powering and can be seen as therapeutic, relaxing and calming for the user. You can search through the many different species of flower wallpapers, flowers from all over the world. It could be one a breath taking bud from the rainforest to a simple rose in full bloom; flowers will never disappoint the Seeing Eye. In fact, you could follow the seasons and have your flower background change as the year goes on, such as having the carnation in the spring, the lily of the valley in summer, the marigold in autumn and the hyacinth in the winter. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of these flower backgrounds to take your fancy.

So many famous painters have made their own creations of different flower arrangements. You can bet that every single one of these will come up as flower wallpapers for a more sophisticated background on your PC. Offices and libraries are often a big hit, and choose to use flower wallpapers as their theme throughout the company for the employers or users of the device to see.

The way most flower backgrounds for desktops are shown have a certain edge to them; they bring out all the beautiful colours and the spectacular ways in which nature grows. Lots of images will contain raindrops giving rainbow effects, or nature's creatures going about their daily business with such grace. By having a flower backgrounds for your desktop will most definitely brighten up your computer and be almost picturesque when seen from a far. So personalise your pc with one of your favourite flower wallpapers to have a pretty yet intriguing image upon your desktop for all of you to enjoy.

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Rose Flowers

The most delicate and appealing flower which has been around for around thirty million years now, is the rose. Grown naturally throughout North America the rose is the official flower of the United States of America. Roses come in many different types with some of the most popular ones being the hybrid tea rose, grandiflora, floribunda, climber, tree and miniature. Each type of rose has its own different colors as well.

Like every flower has its own symbolism, the rose too has its own meaning according to every different color. Red is the most popular color roses are bought in and red roses symbolize love and beauty. A single red rose, when given, would mean 'I love you.' Pink roses stand for admiration, appreciation and friendship. Yellow roses represent happiness, joy and care. White roses symbolize purity and innocence.

Rose Flowers

When arrangements are exchanged more than one color of roses are often used which symbolize different meanings. For example; red and white roses when given together symbolize unity, red and yellow together symbolize happiness and white and yellow roses represent harmony.

The rose has many different uses and the first one is being used as a gift to send across special messages to your loved ones, especially on Valentine's Day. This is the most common day for exchanging roses and sales in America rise up to over 200 million only for this special day of love and emotions. Anniversaries, birthdays and Mother's Day are other common occasions on which roses are exchanged.

Roses are used to make many medicines as well. A special part of this flower called the rose hip is considered to have a high amount of Vitamin C in it as compared to many fruits and vegetables. This special type of flower has a cooling effect on the body and can be used to relieve one of a sore throat, runny nose or chest infections. They also have a soothing effect on the mind and can be used to treat depression and anxiety.

This multi-purpose flower is also edible and used in a majority of kitchens in different forms. They can be used fresh, dried or preserved and are also used to make herbal teas and Rose Water.

Another major use of the rose flower is in cosmetics whether its perfumes, lotions, shampoos or different types of make-up. Other common uses of this flower include decoration purposes, especially on weddings, honeymoons and romantic dinners.

Roses have also been a major source of inspiration for many great poets and artists because of their uniqueness and natural beauty. You can easily find an unlimited amount of poems, paintings and quotes related to them in every culture. Its sweet-smell and delicate petals can captivate the mind and sooth the heart bringing out great ideas and thoughts.

In conclusion, you can see how much importance and how many uses a single flower can have in a person's life. With their immense beauty and powerful meanings, roses are bound to please all your loved ones and bring a great big smile to their face.

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Flower Names

Mother's Day is right around the corner and for flower lovers it is a fun time to pick out flowers for our mothers that truly express the message we are trying to convey. There are popular, or should I say, more commonly bought flowers that are given to mothers on Mother's Day. Carnations, tulips, and roses are just a few of them. However, just because they are common does not mean you are bound by having a floral arrangement just like everyone else's nor are you bound to just sending flowers on Mother's Day; any day, week, or month of the year is a great day to express your love and gratitude to your mother. The name of a flower and color can help you express just that.

Numbers with flowers do not necessarily convey a stronger message although in some cases it can speak volumes. With a single flower, you can express to the receiver that you think they are considerate and thoughtful, yet a single long stem red rose can express love and affection. Therefore, it is not necessary that numbers bind you either. Giving someone three flowers is to reflect respect, whereas five flowers show affection, and seven express love. Yet, once again, a single long stemmed red rose can also express love.

Flower Names

The color of a flower can express deep feelings as well with a white carnation expressing pure love where a red carnation expresses deep love and affection. Capriciousness means one has a tendency to make quick unexpected changes and is people who are often fickle, unpredictable, or unreliable, yet the word capriciousness is what purple carnations are to indicate. Yet, in France, purple carnations adorn casket as a tradition of showing condolence. Would I personally allow that to stop me from sending my mother on Mother's Day a floral arrangement full of purple carnations when I know she loves them; no. However, it is interesting to know how certain flowers are represented.

If you don't want to risk conveying the wrong message on Mother's Day through the Mother's Day flowers you send to her, you may want to play it safe and send tulips, roses, white carnations, orchid and lilies. However, you may want to stay clear of the asters as they are to represent an afterthought, yellow carnation (indifferences, disappointment, rejection, and disdain), marigolds (grief), striped carnations (refusal), yellow chrysanthemums (tainted love), or orange lilies as they are to represent hatred. If your mom is not a buff in the meanings behind flowers or if she just likes a particular flower or color regardless of meaning, I suggest just go with your heart. In the end, it will be the love that shines through in the flowers that you send to your mother on Mother's Day, and that is all that will matter.