| Flowers are popular all year through. They happen | | | | leaves. The flower is in the center of the |
| to be great witnesses to the special occasions in | | | | poinsettia and takes the color yellow. The |
| our lives. They spark that lovey-dovey feeling | | | | poinsettia is at its bloom during the Christmas |
| during Valentine's and get a first hand view of | | | | season which makes it in perfect timing with the |
| blossoming love. Flowers manage to light up any | | | | holidays. With this, there is even a National |
| mother's face whether they may be in a bouquet, | | | | Poinsettia Day established on the 12th of |
| be a few posies or may just be one freshly | | | | December. |
| picked rose from the garden given by a six year | | | | Christmas cactus |
| old on mom's special day. Our petal friends are | | | | We may know cactus only from desert stories, |
| commonly used not only to express love and | | | | but Christmas cactus are a whole different |
| care but all other sentiments as well like empathy | | | | matter. This plant is a well known indoor winter |
| for a friend who has lost a loved one; a | | | | plant that yields orchid like flowers that come in |
| get-well-soon greeting to a sick buddy; a gesture | | | | different colors such as orange, purple, pink, red, |
| to say "you are sorry and did not mean to cause | | | | fuchsia and cream. These cacti are usually |
| any hurt" or simply an act of appreciation. Flower | | | | presented as presents as early as Thanksgiving |
| stands are constantly buzzing with activity all | | | | and throughout the Christmas season to friends |
| through the 365 days of the year. More often | | | | and loved ones. |
| than not, flowers are part of our festivities and | | | | Christmas rose |
| celebrations and this does not leave out the most | | | | When we think of roses, the first word that |
| joyous occasion of the year, Christmas! | | | | comes to mind for most people is love. And what |
| Even if some parts of the world are covered | | | | holiday speaks of more love than Christmas time. |
| mostly in white and there is a definite coolness in | | | | Surely, Christmas would not be complete without |
| the air, flowers still manage to bloom during the | | | | the Christmas rose. This flower specie is known |
| cold season of Christmas. There are a few | | | | as the Hellebores nigger and considers the cold |
| favorite varieties of floras during the holidays. Let | | | | winter months of the year as the most |
| us look into some of them. | | | | opportune time to bloom coincidentally at the |
| Poinsettias | | | | same time as the holidays. This rose is also more |
| Poinsettias top the list of Christmas flowers and | | | | popularly named as the Snow rose. |
| so they are sometimes referred to as the | | | | Mistletoe |
| Christmas plant. Native to the pacific regions of | | | | Almost everyone loves the mistletoe. Who |
| Mexico, these plants are perennial flowering | | | | wouldn't especially if you are just standing right |
| bushes that can actually grow and reach ten feet. | | | | under one giving you the excuse to kiss that |
| Known to be the flame leaf flower, poinsettias | | | | special someone. Typically hanged on doors and |
| take pride in their bright red colorful bracts. People | | | | hallways, these white-berried flowers are |
| often mistake these bracts as the petals of the | | | | commonly grown in the tropics. |
| poinsettia when they are in fact merely modified | | | | |