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Create a Tussie-Mussie
Ring around the rosy Pocket full of posy Ashes ashes We all fall down
Sugestions for creating a tussie-mussie or nose gay.
Bridal - bridal rose (Rubus rosafolius) for happy love, rose for love, red tulip for declaration of love, lilac for first emotions of love and include, orange flowers for bridal festivity, ivy for wedded love, honeysuckle for generous and devoted affection, rosemary for remembrance, veronica for fidelity.
Christmas - fir for faith, holly for foresight, ivy for friendship, juniper and juniper berries for protection, yarrow for health, red roses for love.
Friendship - ivy for lasting friendship, oak-leaved geranium for true friendship, zinnia for thoughts of absent friends, roses for love, carnations for lively and pure affection.
Good Wishes - artemesia for happiness, basil for good wishes, carnation for lively and pure affection, mint for virtue, rose for love, wheat for prosperity, yarrow for health, red carnations for lively and pure affection.
Happy Birthday - peach leaves for longevitiy, plum leaves for longevitiy, pink rose for congratulations and friendship, lavender flowers for luck, success, and happiness, basil for best wishes, chrysanthemum for joy, and long life, statice for never-ceasing remembrance.
Love - cabbage rose for ambassador of love, everlasting for always remembered, honeysuckle for generous and devoted affection, lilac for first emotions of love, rose for love, red tulip for declaration of love
Thank You - bellflower for gratitude, pink hydrangea for remembrance, daisy fleabane for thank you, parsley for gratitude, festivity, purple sage for gratitude, rosemary sprigs for remembrance.
Valentine's Day - red tulip for declarations of love, honeysuckle for bonds of love, red carnation for passion, larkspur for ardent attachment, silver king artemisia for silver moonlight and unceasing remembrance.
Color Combination Suggestions
Blue and Cream
Cream rose, rosemary, annual echium, cornflowers, marjoram, Verbena bonariensis, euonymus, Chamaemelum nobile 'Flore Pleno', purple sage, golden marjoram, santolina, mint, variegated sage, lavender, leaves of Brachyglottis (Dunedin Group) 'Sunshine'.
Pink, White and Blue
Pink rose, purple sage, Origanum vulgare 'Country Cream', marjoram, annual echium, Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl', lemon balm, mint, golden marjoram, cornflower, clary sage, santolina, verbena, lavender, rosemary, brachyglottis foliage.
Orange and Yellow
Orange rose, golden marjoram, nigella seed pods, rosemary, Chamaemelum nobile 'Flore Pleno', Origanum vulgare 'Country Cream', purple sage, feverfew, Zinnia 'Persian Carpet', Alchemilla mollis, white clary sage, pineapple mint, lemon balm and santolina.
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