7.29.2009

sending flowers

Here's a useful guide for sending flowers to someone you care about:

  • Carnations are tacky. Unless the person specifically says, "I love carnations! They're my favorite flower!" you will come across as cheap if you send them. SATC ruined it for carnations.
  • Tulips are a fantastic flower to send.
  • Daisies are cute, but you know, a little boring.
  • Baby's breath went out with shoulder pads.
  • Lilies are risky if the person is allergic to them, which a lot of people seem to be. I think they're pretty though...
  • Roses are tacky. Especially red roses. Be very careful when giving them.
There are a lot of amazing flowers to send, obvi, but these were the highlights from a conversation at work we had about it. Apparently guys, the ones who send them the most, thought it didn't matter what kind of flowers are sent. Fail.

2 comments:

valmo said...

Reminder: Regular daises smell absolutely terrible, too!

Cool, prettier daisies: Gerbera daisies

Turns out you learn a lot about flowers when you plan a wedding.

Shawbee said...

I've always known about the red roses being a bad thing. One time I was biking and I caught a rose as it fell off the back of a cart in the mountains of Southern China, and brought it home in my teeth for that special someone. Nope. Roses really smell like ooh ooh ooh ooh.