Several months before her murder she was sent a dozen red roses and 1 black rose to her Mom's house where she was at the time. Kelly said on my show that her daughter burst into tears when she received them. When Kelly asked what the black rose meant,
The Nanjing parade, held earlier this month, involved 50 people, a dozen cars and two horses. It was led by four women wearing white dresses and floral wreaths on their heads, and carrying a square banner in red, white and blue with the couple's names
Valentine blooms: Seeing beyond red
Pink is the new red for Valentine's Day bouquets.
Both colors represent love in the language of flowers. Pink simply speaks in softer tones.
Two factors are behind the push to pink: more adventuresome consumers and the higher cost of red flowers.
"It's simply a matter of economics and customers who are less afraid to venture outside the red zone to show their affection through other lovely colors," Houston florist David Brown says.
"For years a dozen red roses was the standard request to a florist when a gentleman wished to send a bouquet of fresh flowers to his best gal," he says. "Flowers now can be an extension of the fashion industry."
And pink is hot, says the Pantone Color Institute , a research center that identifies color trends. Blushing Victorian pink can take on contemporary airs.
Jack Cross, owner of Arthur Pfeil Florist in San Antonio, says customers are asking for pink flowers to be added to traditional red and white Valentine's Day arrangements to give them a more elegant, soft, feminine touch.
