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ANNIVERSARIES

Marriage is an important occasion in anyone’s life. When you make the choice to spend your life with that special someone, each year that goes by is a testament to that loving unification that was your wedding day.

anniversary01aA wedding anniversary is the opportunity to celebrate how much you love each other, how strong your marriage is, how long you have been married for, and how you have withstood the tests of time, together. It is a promise to build on that love for another year and the best way to show you mean that promise is with anniversary flowers.
Flowers are usually a part of relationships from the beginning. From that first date to Valentine’s Day to birthdays, right through to the wedding day. It is only befitting that your anniversary be marked with a beautiful fresh floral arrangement.

Flowers are a universal way to celebrate wedding anniversaries, and each flower has it’s own meaning. For every year of your wedding anniversary there is a traditional anniversary flower to offer to the one you love.

 

 

 

Flowers, with their combined beauty, vitality, colour and scent are an appropriate means to express our emotions, desires and heartfelt feelings. Without knowing anything about flowers, they are still a beautiful and meaningful gift, but there is so much more to flowers. The natural diversity of flowers helps us communicate a wide variety of sentiments, conveying a message where words may fall short. Sometimes delicate, sometimes robust, flowers transcend language and cultural boundaries to deliver a poignant emotional statement.

The idea that flower bunches or arrangements conveyed a series of secret meanings between lovers was popularised in Europe, especially France, in the early 1800s. This ‘secret’ language using flowers was first introduced into Europe through the letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in 1718. This romantic notion that lovers could speak with each other through a ‘secret’ language quickly gained favour in 18th century Europe.

The language of flowers has evolved to the present-day where thoughtful sentiment and powerful emotion are still communicated with carefully selected flowers.
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ANNIVERSARY FLOWERS

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If your wedding anniversary flower is unavailable speak to your local florist for alternatives.
Anniversary Flower Meaning
1st Pansy Thoughtful, Reflection, Merriment
2nd Cosmos Thoughtful, Modesty
3rd Fuchsia Taste
4th Geranium Stupidity, Folly, Comfort, Gentility
5th Daisy Innocence, Loyal love, I’ll never tell, Purity
6th Calla Lily (Zantedeschia) Magnificent beauty
7th Jack-in-the-Pulpit Associated with the seventh wedding anniversary
8th Clematis Clever, Intellectual
9th Poppy Eternal sleep, Oblivion, Imagination
10th Daffodil Regard, Rebirth, New beginnings, Unrequited love, You’re the only one, Chivalry
11th Morning Glory Loves you
12th Peony Bashfulness, Shame, Happy life, Marriage, Good health, Prosperity
13th Hollyhock Ambition, Fruitfulness
14th Dahlia Instability
15th Rose Love, Passion, Perfection
20th Day Lily Coquetry
25th Iris Wisdom, Fleur-de-lis, Your friendship means so much to me, Faith, Hope, Valour, My compliments
28th Orchid Rare beauty, Love, Refinement, Beautiful lady, Mature charm, Beauty, Long life
30th Sweet Pea Lasting pleasure, Good-bye, Departure, Blissful pleasure, Thank you for a lovely time, I think of you
40th Nasturtium Conquest, Victory in battle
50th Violet Modesty, Faithfulness, Innocence, Understated beauty

 

ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

Year Traditional Modern
1st Paper Clocks
2nd Cotton China, Porcelain
3rd Leather Crystal, Glass
4th Fruit & Flowers Appliances (electrical)
5th Wooden Silver Wear
6th Sugar Wood Objects
7th Wool Desk Sets, Linen Chests
8th Pottery Linens, Lace
9th Willow Leather Goods
10th Tin Diamond
11th Steel Fashion Jewellery
12th Silk & Linen Pearls, Coloured Gems
13th Lace Textiles, Furs
14th Ivory Gold Jewellery
15th Crystal Watches
20th China Platinum
25th Silver Sterling Silver
30th Pearl Diamond
35th Coral Jade
40th Ruby Ruby
45th Sapphire Sapphire
50th Gold Gold
55th Emerald Emerald
60th Diamond Diamond
75th Diamonds, Diamond-like stones, Gold
Along with traditional wedding anniversary flowers are wedding anniversary gifts. Below is a list of both traditional and modern versions of the type of present usually given to your other half every time you reach another wedding milestone.

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