Our peonies dining room silk flower arrangements are twenty two inches tall including the pot. The artificial silk flowers consist of three silk peonies, eight Roses and three Cone Hydrangeas. The silk roses are colored light plum, garnet and light salmon. The silk Hydrangeas are shades of dusty rose. The silk flower arrangements also has Astilbe, Heather, Queen Anne’s Lace, berries and other greens used in flower arrangements. The potted silk plants come in a lightweight resin, urn shaped pot. The pot is 9½ inches tall and 25 inches around.
Meaning of flowers Throughout the ages, people have given flowers and herbs symbolic meanings. From these meanings, a language of flowers evolved. Ancient Greeks dedicated flowers to the gods and crowned people of notoriety with wreaths of blossoms and leaves.
The French and English, who had been traveling to Turkey in the mid eighteenth century, brought to their homelands the concept of a language of flowers. During the 1800's, there were books and dictionaries on the language of flowers. These books were compiled of drawings of flowers and their meanings. The arrangements and compositions of flowers and herbs were as significant as the meanings. For example, a marigold alone meant grief; however, if it were brought together with a rose, it expressed the bittersweet or pleasant pains of love. From all of the books that were written, the only thing that seemed consistent was they did not always agree on meanings which has added to the romance of flowers.
In Colonial times, nosegays, or tussie mussies as they were called, were given as gifts. The different herbs and flowers symbolized different things. Imagine receiving a small bouquet of violets and knowing that the person giving them to you was pledging their loyalty without uttering a word. It was common practice at the beginning of a courtship in the Victorian era for suitors to give their intended a nosegay. The types of flowers often changed as the relationship grew, allowing the gentleman to say volumes without speaking a word. Its really no different today, flowers still hold significant meaning.
Flowers create a special language of their own. The meaning of flowers, herbs and leaves has been written about for centuries. Each book written may proclaim a different meaning, but the meaning of flowers are still, whatever you want them to be. The dandelion given by a small child holds as much love as a rose given by an admirer.