Understanding the meanings of common kinds of flowers is very important when you send flowers to someone, because human beings have invested flowers with different feelings and implications.

Roses are often interpreted as signifying passionate love and deep friendship. Lotuses, peonies and lilies are often symbols of courtesy, tenderness and loyalty. Orchids often mean noble beauty and maturity while sunflowers mean youth, eagerness and a promising future.

To choose a tub or a bundle of flowers as a gift, you have to think of what kind of flowers your receiver likes and what occasion it is. If you are sending flowers to a just married couple, the best ones are red roses and peonies, to wish them love and a happy marriage. If you are the one who prepares the flowers for a bride, you should choose lilies, orchids and roses.

When you go to a birthday party, you have to think of the age of the receiver to choose flowers. If she is a youngster, roses and ivies will suit her best. However, if she is middle-aged, orchids should be chosen and with the elderly, you can send them small pot plants. When visiting your friend's house for a New Year occasion, you should bring flowers with the meaning of luck such as daffodils or primroses.

Sending flowers to sick people is also very popular but requires more caution. You can send them flowers, which have delicate scents, such as roses or lilies. You should avoid flowers or plants, which may cause allergy or have a strong smell.

Colours have many special meanings as well. Red means eagerness; white means pure and innocence; yellow means wealth, green means youth, sky blue means peace and violet means nobleness.

In some countries, the number of flowers also matters. Chinese people always send flowers in even numbers and when seeing off a female friend, they never send her a sole flower. In Germany, you shouldn't send your friend's wife a red rose and in France, they usually don't give daisies to their friends because they think daisies mean grief. Besides, in some western countries, they never send 13 or 15 flowers because they think that means bad luck.