The Easter lily, correctly lilium longiflorum, has a long association with the Easter holiday. Legend maintains that there were lilies in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed before he was arrested and killed. It is said that lilies grew up from the spots where Jesus’ tears fell.

Other facts about the Easter Lily include:
* The lily is native to Japan’s Ryukyu Islands
* During the 1880s, this lily was widely cultivated in Bermuda and is sometimes called the Bermuda Lily.
* Prior to World War II, the majority of Easter Lilies were imported from Japan. That ceased …read more

Yes, Easter lilies are lovely, especially this time of year, but if you have pets, it’s best to leave those lilies at church. In addition to the Easter lily, avoid tiger lilies, star-gazer lilies, and many kinds of day lilies. Instead, use pet-friendly plants, such as orchids, daisies, tulips, or violets in your spring arrangements.

Any type of lily can be toxic to pets, especially cats. The first signs of poisoning can occur within 30 minutes to two hours of ingestion and include vomiting, loss of appetite, blindness, paralysis, kidney failure. If you suspect your pet has come …read more

Mine are Lilies and Tulips.
The reason why I’m asking is because a few days ago, I saw this movie, Imagine Me & You, which stars Matthew Goode, Piper Perabo and Lena Headey and it got me into thinking about flowers.
In the movie, they had scenes where in they show different reasons why you give flowers to another person and basically it tells us that flowers do speak of our intention and of the person we’re giving them to.
Luce [Lena Headey] runs a flower shop in the movie, and did the flowers for Heck and Rachel’s [Matthew Goode, Piper Perabo] …read more