April Showers Bring Mother's Day Flowers

It's the season for flowers here in New England, and I've been enjoying watching everything outdoors start to bud. In my backyard, the cheerful yellow forsythia is the first to bloom, with my other flowers just starting to recover from the winter months. Soon, I'll have pink and white bleeding hearts, red roses, lilies, morning glories and plenty of wildflowers in my overgrown garden. I've been working indoors as well, growing seedlings for a vegetable garden and trying to save a marked-down "distressed" moth orchid that needs a whole lot of tender care.

As much as I love outdoor flowers Mothers Day is just around the corner, and my struggling orchid isn't going to cut it. There won't be enough of my own blooms in just a few weeks to make my own gift, and putting together a gift from the local shops or the grocery store can get pretty expensive. One place I like to get pre-made arrangements from is 1-800 Flowers, which has plenty of lovely affordable gifts, and saves me the trouble of shopping. With an easy gift of flowers Mothers Day can be a lot less stressful, and your mother will appreciate the professional touch put into the 1-800 Flowers bouquets.

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A Bouquet of Roses

When you want to give a little more than an "I love you" on Mother's Day, flowers are always the best bet. I like to vary the kind of flowers I get my mother from year to year. Sometimes, I go for a flat or two of impatients for her garden, or a big, potted hydrangea, but the gifts that get the biggest reactions are usually colorful, pleasing flower bouquets. My preferences run to orchids and lilies, but I've also seen gorgeous Mother's Day flower  arrangements with roses, tulips and sunflowers. Once I even saw an amazing arrangement made from flowering cacti, for the off-kilter plant enthusiast!

If you're not too confident about making your own blooming gifts, you can get some beautiful arrangements for a Mother's Day flower  at 1-800-Flowers.Com. I've ordered from them before, back when I was at university and couldn't get home to give gifts in person. My favorite was a completely sweet bouquet of small roses that arrived directly on the day (and was affordable enough for a college student!) Presentation is everything when it comes to gifts, and sometimes, a professional creative display can have much more impact than a big plastic gardening flat. Bring a little touch of May indoors this year.