Appealing, sweet-smelling and available in an array of colors, flowers, are a gift that can definitely please another. These gifts of nature can be sent to friends, family and co-workers on different occasions whether it's a birthday, anniversary, promotion, Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. Flowers can also be sent or bought for oneself without an occasion.

Flowers bloom in a number of types as well as a variety of colors. Each flower type and its color has its own meaning and representation, for this reason, it's important that you pick out the right type of flowers based on whom they are being sent to and exactly what the occasion is. The following are some of the most popular occasion on which flowers are exchanged together with the perfect sort of flowers that should be sent on them.

Mother's Day is one of the key events on which flowers are gifted all around the world. You can never thank your mother enough for all that she has done for you. On Mother's Day you might go for flowers that express love, thanks, gratitude and respect. Some options include red roses for love, pink carnations for gratitude, pink tulips for care or pink roses for admiration and thanks.

Valentine's Day is another major event on which flowers and gifts are exchanged between lovers, friends, family and colleagues. Red roses, red carnations and red tulips all express love and since Valentine's Day is about love these are the most popularly exchanged flower. Pink roses which represent friendship and admiration and yellow roses which symbolize joy and happiness also are gifted on this special day.

Besides holidays, birthdays and anniversaries are also celebrated each and every year on which flowers do make a perfect gift. Determined by your relation whose birthday or anniversary it is you can pick out the perfect choice of flower. If it's someone whom you love red roses, red carnations or red tulips could be the perfect choice. Conversely, if it's your friend or colleague you might go for flowers which express friendship like pink roses or flowers which express joy and happiness like yellow carnations.

Graduations, promotions, arrivals of new babies are all events that occur in everyone's life. fresh flowers can be gifted to congratulate people who are celebrated such moments. Yellow carnations expressing happiness can be ordered or red and yellow roses together, which would mean congratulations.

Flowers also are sent to sympathize with others or to say sorry. There are special flower types which symbolize such feelings also. White carnations expressing remembrance and also can be sent for condolences. White tulips which symbolize forgiveness may be used when wanting to say sorry to that special someone.