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Valentine's Day Ideas

Valentine's Day plants

Both green and blooming plants make romantic Valentine's Day gifts. Spathiphyllum (commonly called "peace lily"), cylcamen, kalanchoes and azaleas are examples of the many varieties available to you. Ask your florist to combine flowering and green plants in a dish garden for a great long-lasting gift.
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Flower Meanings

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Floral Designs

Gratitude Floral Designs

A low, clustered floral arrangement in all shades of pink symbolizes opening the heart and making others more receptive to you. Start and end the day counting your blessings, by placing this floral design of gratitude on a nightstand, dresser or in the kitchen.

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Aboutflowers.com offers flower gift and decorating and entertaining ideas for all occasions, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Easter, Secretaries Week and Administrative Professionals Week. Brides-to-be will find tips for wedding flowers, including bridal bouquets, ceremony and reception flowers and advice for working with a wedding florist. Sympathy flowers help comfort a relative, friend or associate who has lost a loved one. Aboutflowers.com also features get-well flowers, prom flowers, and tips for ordering flowers and sending flowers to a man, and ideas for flowers for every room of your home.

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