The traditional colors of Christmas are red, white and green, which are all in abundance in the floral world. Often, arrangements that are created for Christmas will include greenery such as holly or pine boughs, to evoke the feeling of the winter season. The holly can last for quite a while while in water, and pine boughs don't even need that to last a few weeks. They are a great touch to add to your Christmastime bouquets and centerpieces.

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Make sure no one misses out with this intensely chocolaty sponge studded with chocolate pieces. Presented in fine muslin, ready to steam or microwave, accompanied by a luxuriously rich chocolate sauce. Serves 4. 300g Available From: Hotel Chocolat Price: £9.95 Delivery: From £3.95 Price: £9.95 Amaryllis Christmas Dream. Details  Amaryllis Christmas Dream - Blow a Christmassy kiss with this flamboyant arrangement of lipstick-red amaryllis swathed in a collar of soft pine needles. Available from: Serenata Flowers (Click Here to Order) Price: £44.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £44.99 Christmas Plant Basket. Details  Christmas Plant Basket - A charming arched wicker basket filled to the brim with long lasting seasonal plants, a cute festive snowman provides the perfect finishing touch! Free chocolates with this basket! Available from: Bunches.co.uk (Click Here to Order) Price: £19.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £19.99 Christmas Table Arrangement. Details  Christmas Table Arrangement - Beautiful Grand prix roses are combined with a selection of festive flowers and foliag, including blue pine and hypericum berries. This festive table flower arrangement is adorned with ilex berries and apples. Available from: Serenata Flowers (Click Here to Order) Price: £44.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £44.99 Christmas Poinsettia Plant Details  Christmas Poinsettia Plant - This beautiful festive christmas poinsettia potted plant will bring christmas cheer to any home. Red, potted and cheery, this is one decoration you won't want to be taking down after twelfth night. Available from: Serenata Flowers (Click Here to Order) Price: £19.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £19.99 Chocolatier’s Table. Details  Chocolatier’s Table - Pull up a chair and take your place at the chocolatier’s table! Inside this enormous presentation box (our largest!) is an impressive spread covering every single type of chocolate we make – zingy real fruit truffles, single estate chocolate, dreamy manons, creamy ganaches, boozy liqueurs, thick slabs, succulent enrobed fruit and much, much more. Available from: Hotel Chocolat (Click Here to Order) Price: £69.95 Delivery: From £3.95 Price: £69.95 Christmas Chocolates Double Layer. Details  Lift the lid and let the Christmas spirit out! Two spectacular layers of lavishly hand-finished chocolates, perfect for sharing and a bestseller every year. 44 chocolates. 520g. Available From: Hotel Chocolat (Click Here to Order) Price: £24.95 Delivery: From £3.95 Price: £24.95 Decorative Christmas Wreath Details  Decorative Christmas Wreath - A traditional and welcoming wreath for your door this Christmas. Made with rustic pine cones, apples and berries. Wreath Details Wreath diameter approx. 35cm Available From: Flying Flowers (Click Here to Purchase) Price: £14.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £14.99 Vintage Rivesaltes & Christmas Chocolates. Details  Sweet, heady Rivesaltes wine is perhaps the finest accompaniment to chocolate there is and this one is a cracking 1982 vintage, ready for drinking. Lighter than a port and superbly paired with our Christmas chocolates, this is the perfect way to round off the big day. 75cl, 520g. Available From: Hotel Chocolat (Click Here to Order) Price: £52.95 Delivery: From £3.95 Price: £52.95 Winter Flower Gift Wrap. Details  Winter Gift Wrap - All the cheer of a special Noel is encapsulated in this armful of cherry red roses, vanilla gerberas and greengage lisianthus decorated with delicate ilex berries and presented in a cellophane pouch. Available from: Serenata Flowers (Click Here to Order) Price: £34.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £34.99 Xmas Table Arrangement Details  Xmas Table Arrangement - A stunning mini Christmas tree! This extra special table arrangement makes the perfect christmas table centrepiece. This little pot of blue pine pleasure is decorated with starry thistles, angelic apples and baubles of hypericum - and don't forget the special parcels of cinnamon scrolls and a lime pomander present! Available from: Serenata Flowers (Click Here to Order) Price: £34.99 Delivery: FREE Price: £34.99 Amaryllis Christmas Pot Plant Details  Amaryllis Christmas Pot Plant - The striking flowers of the Amaryllis Christmas pot plant last for weeks and will return for years to come. This wonderful plant is the perfect gift to deliver this Christmas. Pot Plant Information Height approx 40 - 45cm. - Basket included. 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Another holiday flower that is seen quite frequently is the poinsettia. This flower was first discovered in Mexico when the Spanish colonized the area. The poinsettia was named after Joel Poinsett, who discovered the plant and brought it back to the United States in the 1820's. This flower was eventually cultivated in the US and grown both outdoors and in hothouses for use as a cut flower and in landscaping. In the 1900's the Ecke family of California popularized the poinsettia and are still known as the country's largest grower of the flower today.

Also seen in many florists' shops at this time of year is mistletoe. This plant grows as a parasite on the oak tree, and its white berries and green foliage are a staple of the Christmas season. Mistletoe is used as an ornament hanging from ceilings or doorways, and tradition states that you are supposed to kiss whoever you are standing under the mistletoe with. For many years it has been hard to find mistletoe with the real berries attached, as the berries are poisonous to humans and other animals. Be careful when handling real mistletoe for this reason.

Roses and other flowers are also used in the Christmas tradition. Roses are grown year round, so their hardy buds and flowers are used in many winter arrangements. Red roses, symbols of love, and white roses, symbols of purity, are used in Christmas bouquets for their meaning as well as their Christmas-y colors.

Flowers can also make a great Christmas gifts. Cut flowers can brighten up a house and show love and affection to the recipient. A potted plant or flower can be beautiful as well, and they have the benefit of lasting longer and possibly re-blooming at a later date. Which ever type of flower you choose to give as a Christmas gift, you can be sure that whoever you give the gift of flowers to will be grateful for your love and thoughtfulness.

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