Single carnation flowers have five petals and vary in color from white, pinks, red, green and yellow. Border carnation cultivars may have double flowers with as many as 40 petals. Petals are ...

As the observance grew in the 1920s, some sources suggest, florists came up with idea of wearing a pink or red carnation if one’s mother was living, in part because there weren’t enough white ...

I grew up Catholic and the big deal in my house on Mother’s Day was getting our mom a corsage to wear to church on Sunday. The gift didn’t matter nearly as much as the corsage. It was a ...

White carnations became associated with Mother’s Day, ... “Carol was actually the hit of the dance because she had this beautiful orchid corsage rather than a carnation,” he laughed.

White carnations often are associated with mourning, while yellow carnations can indicate rejection or disdain. We asked ...

While carnations are a classic flower often spotted in modern-day bouquets, they have a history that goes back far beyond our ...

On the first Memorial Day — in 1868, soon after the Civil War — volunteers decorated the graves of Union soldiers with flowers. The tradition lives on at Los Angeles National Cemetery in ...

The custom of wearing a white carnation on Mother's Day weighs on this holiday. When people wore carnations on their lapels for Mother's Day, churches were filled with those hearty flowers.

White carnations often are associated with mourning, while yellow carnations can indicate rejection or disdain. We asked gardeners and florists about the secret meanings of common flowers like ...

Carnations are the official flowers of Mother’s Day. Jarvis’ 500 white carnations to honor her late mother began the long-running tradition of these specific flowers being used to honor Mother ...