It seems appropriate for Bloomingsales first blog post to be about flowers. Flowers are the root of Bloomingsales. Two friends, Sonnie and Katy, opened a florist shop more than 25 years ago. Bloomingsales still loves flowers, fresh cut colorful stems that greet you as you enter the store. 
Do you know the language of flowers? Of course a red rose speaks true love, but what about a pink rose (grace)? or a blue hyacinth (constancy) ? Test your fluency. Match the following meanings with their corresponding flower. Comment with your answers and enter to win a free bouquet from Bloomingsales! Contest ends November 3rd.
- cheerfulness
- mistrust
- everlasting love
- I mourn your absence
- Joy in love and life
- good health and long life
- grief
- Good Luck
- cure for a broken heart
- anger
- Baby's Breath
- Sage
- Cosmos
- Zinnia
- Peony
- Gerbera
- Bells of Ireland
- Lavendar
- Marigold
- Yarrow
Our definitions are from a new book, Vanessa Diffenbaugh's novel "The Language of Flowers" tells the story of Victoria, a young woman from the foster-care system who uses the Victorian language of flowers to communicate with others and make sense of her troubled past.Diffenbaugh created Victoria's Flower Dictionary by reviewing several dictionaries - "The Flower Vase" by Miss S. C. Edgarton, "Language of Flowers" by Kate Greenaway, "The Language and Sentiment of Flowers" by James D. McCabe, and "Flora's Lexicon" by Catharine H. Waterman - and scanning the meanings, selecting the definition that occurred most often or she liked the best. "My goal was to create a usable, relevant dictionary for modern readers, Diffenbaugh said. "I deleted plants from the Victorian dictionaries that are no longer common, and added flowers that were rarely used in the 1800s but are more popular today."
"Knowing what you now know about the language of the flowers, to whom would you send a bouquet and what would you want it to say?"
Don't forget Bloomingsales "Buy a stem, get a stem for free" every Saturday and Sunday after 2pm
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