Celebrate Grandparents' Day
with Flowers
September
Grandparents Day 2002 will be celebrated this
Sunday, September 8, and what better time could
there be to remember those senior folks, who are so
special in our lives, with a colorful bouquet of
fresh flowers. With the advent of autumn
approaching, there is a plentiful selection of
blossoms available at your local florist, including
all sorts of perky varieties which are sure to
delight any grandma or grandpa.
National Grandparents Day originated with the idea
of a West Virginia housewife, Marian McQuade, who
wanted to champion the cause of lonely elderly
people in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade
grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their
grandparents could provide. After years of lobbying
and gathering state by state support, President
Jimmy Carter proclaimed in 1978 that National
Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on
the first Sunday after Labor Day......
......so you see that Grandparents Day wasn't
actually invented by the floral industry or the
greeting card manufacturers! Nonetheless, it's still
a good idea to send our cherished elders some lively
flowers just to let them know how much we love and
appreciate them.
Among the popular blooms for the beginning of the
fall season are the chrysanthemums. They're
available in an ever-increasing range of shapes,
colors, and sizes, some of which you may not even
recognize as chrysanthemums. They also happen to be
some of the longest-lasting cut flowers you can buy.
Spray chrysanthemums (sometimes known as "pompons")
feature several individual blossoms on one stem, and
can be purchased as daisy, cushion, or button types,
as well as many novelty forms, such as spoon-petaled
or anemone-flowered. Colors run the gamut of every
hue in the spectrum, except blue (so far). A
particularly vivid variety is the daisy type known
as "Splendid Reagan", with hot magenta petals around
a chartreuse green center....easy to see even with
diminished eyesight. "Vyking" looks just like a
Blackeyed Susan, with its golden yellow petals
surrounding the velvety brown middle. "Kermit" is a
lime green button type, and "Bayfrank" sports a
mauve-toned, semi-double or anemone type flower.
Durable and long-lasting, chrysanthemums may be the
perfect metaphor for our wishes for a long and happy
life for our grandparents. Your local professional
florist can see to it that Gramps and Granny know
you're thinking of them, whether they live near you
or across the country, with an arrangement of fresh
flowers for Grandparents Day. Besides,they already
have everything else!
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