“Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
1. Rose (Rosa)
Native to Asia, North America, and Europe, the rose embodies beauty and love, and commands royalty status in the gardening world. Roses can be flowering vines or bushes, simple flowers or multi-petaled, reblooming or not, in an assortment of colors. From sweet wild roses to fancy hybrids, the perfect form, rich colors, and fragrance of roses warm the heart like no other flower.
2. Dahlia (Dahlia)
The beauty of dahlias comes in their huge variety of sizes, colors, and forms. Dahlia plants grow from 1 to 6 feet high, and their magnificent flowers range from 2 to 10 inches in diameter and can be found in a rainbow of colors. Curved, dense petals create pom-pom-shaped blooms, and loose, linear petals form an abundance of eye-popping, starburst shapes.
3. Orchid (Orchidaceae)
The elegant orchid symbolizes unity, beauty, and love in both Asian and Western cultures. This timeless flower’s distinctive allure stems from its shape, form, color, and exotic nature. Most orchids are native to the tropics, where they grow on trees, but many also are native to temperate areas, where they grow on the ground.
Their blooms are unique, often mimicking the shapes of the insects that pollinate them. Orchid flowers and their opening buds are perfectly symmetrical and come in shades of yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, white, or green. These lovely flowers appeal to our perception of rare, exotic beauty.
