Did You Know the Carnation is the Mother's Day Flower?

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I came across this article about carnations and found it to be quite interesting. At Hearts 'n Flowers we use a wide variety of fresh flowers to make beautiful arrangements. Many times when customers call to place an order, they will say, "I don't like carnations, please do not put any into my order." As you read on, I think it's very cool to know the true story behind carnations and Mother's Day.

Carnations

Carnations have come to represent Mother's Day since Anna Jarvis delivered 500 of them at its first celebration in 1908. Many religious services held later adopted the custom of giving away carnations. This also started the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day. The founder, Anna Jarvis, chose the carnation because it was the favorite flower of her mother. In part due to the shortage of white carnations, and in part due to the efforts to expand the sales of more types of flowers in Mother's Day, the florists promoted wearing a red carnation if your mother was living, or a white one if she was dead; this was tirelessly promoted until it made its way into the popular observations at churches.

Pretty interesting? I think so.

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