Millions of flowers have personified beauty, pleasure and the perfection of nature.

An artificial flower shop in HCM City.

Flowers are given to everybody, it does not matter whether you are rich or poor, and you feel the wondrous nature of the world, which makes you happy. People always try to decorate with these surprising gifts, not only on celebratory and gala days, but also everyday life. It helps people to feel the pleasures of our short time on Earth.

It seems that mother-nature has presented us with these wonderful creations, which over millennia have brought us beauty, pleasure, and put us in good moods and promoted emotional health, any time of year.

In the opinion of scientists there are more than 270,000 colors. Each flower, in its own way, is beautiful and unusual and bears in itself a part of pleasure, to make our life happier.

All nations of the world associate flowers with warmth, sun, Spring and pleasure. And it is not important if it is Winter in the street or Summer, Autumn or Spring. Flowers always remain symbols of good mood and the wonderful seasons of Spring and Summer.

People have discovered hundreds of thousands of different kinds of flowers over the years, yet not all have been found.

Flowers have been cultivated for their beauty and fragrance in every region of the world.

There are many kinds of flowers, wind flowers in forests, strange flowers in the sea, and purebreds. It is still not enough; people make artificial flowers for the market. We make them from silk, bulbs, fruits and even dried flowers.

There are many ways to enjoy flowers; people enjoy flowers when they are drinking tea, and talking to friends, people enjoy flowers under the moon and sun. Flowers are written in poems, placed in pictures and glass-ceramics, and carved in wood. Flowers are also embroidered on clothes and carpets. Flowers become friends and familiar with people, we can see flowers everywhere around us.

Flowers are part of the eating and drinking culture, many kinds of flowers are used for cooking, such as squash flower and Thien Ly flower. Flowers are used to refine perfume.

Each kind of flower is used on various occasions, such as weddings which are used to celebrate a grand event in our lives. Flowers for funerals are a common way of expressing the deep sympathy and esteem in which a departed individual is held. Every flower in a Valentine flower bouquet is full of symbolic meaning, where each flower and each arrangement is a delivery of a special message that is more felt than understood.
Flowers at an anniversary have been associated with items that value the anniversary itself. Birthday flowers offers the symbolic message to us, and to others, that our time has come and deserves the life affirming symbolism that to receive or to send flowers on a birthday is momentous indeed.

Today flowers are exported around the world and have become an expensive produce.

To develop flowers, flower growers have to research new seeds, collect rare flowers, and create new varieties by cross-breeding and choosing suitable soil for each type. Growers need to use garden tools and learn measures to help flowers stay fresher longer. People also make many kinds of flower vases, flower cards with many colors.

By chance, flowers have created jobs and by such virtues are brought to life through their fragrance and beauty.

So what causes flowers’ beauty and existence? It is soil, a dull brown color, which provides the opportunity for flowers to blossom and stay alive.

People are the soil for flowers, they help give rise to many beautiful flowers and we are rewarded with millions of symbols of Spring and the ever-lasting circle of life.

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