Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Expert's Advice On Choosing The Appropriate Flowers For Occasions

By Cassandra King

Gifting flowers to people on special events or to express love or compassion towards close acquaintances has been an age-old tradition all over the world. However, due discretion and judgment should be exercised while selecting flowers, because they come in numerous varieties and have been associated with certain meanings to fit certain occasions.

If you have an idea of the taste of the person, who you are presenting the flowers to then your choice can be quite simple, but when you are doing this keep in mind the sense of occasion. For example, flowers with bright colours such as daisies or roses can be chosen for joyful occasions, as they are in keeping with the mood of such events. But when it is an occasion of grief, flowers like white carnations that appropriately express sadness and suffering should be chosen.

Too much experimentation from your side regarding choice of flowers might not be fruitful if the receiver is not very familiar to you, and in such a scenario it is better to opt for traditional and safe choices. Here again, the event will decide which flower you can select. On successful completion of graduation, a person can be presented with a cluster of multi-coloured lilies, while a new couple can be wished a happy married life by presenting seasonal flowers on their wedding day.

If you are confused about which flower to select, you should seek advice from a professional florist in a flower shop or an online florist to guide you in your decisions. A florist having a wide variety of flowers and bouquets, and good credibility in the market or one who is associated with a renowned brand in the flower market must be able to provide you the best value for money. If you are living in Singapore then this would not be very hard. You can find a good Singapore flower shop in any commercial complex as well as on the internet if you are comfortable with technology. To get an exhaustive list of online flower shops, you just have to go to any major search engine and search for 'florist Singapore'.

It is quite likely that if you purchase flowers online, you will have a wider variety of flowers to select from than an offline florist. But you should keep an eye on the additional charges imposed by online stores on home delivery of flowers, and how timely it would be. You should also make sure that the credit card information that you are submitting is on a secure network and is not likely to be misused. There are still a lot of people who prefer it the old-fashioned way and walk into a flower shop because of the invaluable advice of the florist, something which is generally not available in online shopping.

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