If you are celebrating this historic Inauguration Day, you can count on flowers to dress up your place. Whether you choose a stylish bouquet from a Teleflora florist or you simply gather together some simple blooms, flowers are particularly fitting to honor our newest president. The bouquet below features gerbera daisies, carnations, white roses and delphinium, all of which lend a special significance to the event.
Since Gerbera daisies signal youth, what better way to celebrate the drive and energy of our 47-year-old president, Barack Obama?
We know that the Greeks used carnations, a flower with a 2,000-year history, as ceremonial crowns. Some theorize that that word carnation comes from the Greek word for coronation.
White roses symbolize reverence and delphinium represents ardent attachment, a prerequisite for any leader! Clearly, there is much more to a floral bouquet than meets the eye.
Flower Fact of the Day: Carnations are also the January birth flower.
