Interesting Facts about Carnations

Carnations are very beautiful flowers and very popular to be given as gifts on several occasions. One of the reason for carnations becoming more popular is that they come in various colors and their meanings respectively. Few of them are listed below:

Carnations	What they Mean
Carnations in general	Attraction, Woman's Love
Pink Carnations	Mother's Love
Light red Carnations	Appreciation
Dark red Carnations	Deep Love and a Woman's warmth
White Carnations	Pure Love and blessing
Striped Carnations	Apologize, rejection
Green Carnations	St. Patrick's Day
Purple Carnations	Unreliability
Yellow Carnation	Distress, sadness

Some Interesting Facts about Carnations

• Carnations express love, attraction and dissimilarity.
• Carnations are native to Eurasia.
• Greeks and Romans used the Carnations  in Garlands  for the first time.
• Since 1954 Australia has been growing Carnations commercially as a flower crop  but  before this they were exotic.
• Carnations stay fresh for a long time even after they are cut.
• Carnations flowers are known to symbolize mother’s love and very popular for Mother’s Day as a gift.