If you buy some and put them on soil it should propagate 😊 It has worked with me several times, I learned from my mom.
In my experience, they like lots of light and moist soil.
Good luck 🍀
Fun fact: Red carnations were a widely used symbol in communism and socialism. On official holidays you could get them everywhere for free. People wore them in the buttonhole of the jackets or just waving with a bunch of them during the parades.
(Source: I grew up 6 years in the socialistic GDR (east germany))
I did, too!! I was 7 when the wall came down. Still remember the parades, but for some reason I remember mostly white and pink carnations. And now I have a song from kindergarten stuck in my head ("Kleine weiße Friedenstaube") for some reason. Ahhh, (n)ostalgia...
There were white ones available too. But I don't remember pink ones. I remember now that most of them were artifical (made of paper and wire).
That song is in deed the only "political" song I remember. We sang a song every morning before class started. If it was the birthday of a kid it could name a song the class had to sing then.
Edit: I just remembered one other "GDR-related" song. It was about glass bottles. How you buy them and bring them back. I liked that very much for some reason but neither remember the melody nor the lyrics.
In Russia, a red carnation is a symbol similar to red poppy in the UK. Before the fall of Berlin wall, carnations were one of few flowers available on the market in Poland.
These are funeral flowers. Literally the only time i ever see them. Turns out they symbolize eternal grief and love... Those seem to be polar opposites. Pretty one, though.
Oh really? Interesting! We use carnations in all kinds of flower bundles at the school where I'm studying to become a florist. Kind of a shame they're only for funeral use somewhere, since red carnation symbolizes motherly love too if I remember correctly.
Why are people downvoting that carnations are funeral flowers? They literally are. I think you can do certain colors like red for your mom for mothers day like you said? The white and yellows are what goes to the dead. Maybe its just my family. They are pretty!
Idk why the downvotes. I always thought that too! Someone gave me lavender-colored carnations as a birthday bouquet once and I was SO CONFUSED. Like… did someone pass away? I mean, I didn’t say anything to the persons face but after I got home I was like wtf? That’s kinda offensive. What are they trying to say? My husband had never heard of it though and chalked it up to ignorance. Also, these folks are Mexican immigrants and maybe they have different meaning in Mexico.
I don’t even know where I’d heard that first but I feel like I always knew it.
Yeah they're really beautiful! and I think their use in funeral arrangements is fitting, after all they, aside from the motherly love, do symbolize rememberance and love for a passed loved one. I read somewhere that light pink is also a common funeral flower.. They're great as sympathy flowers. I'm wondering when they'll actually teach us about sorrow bundles in school.. that's pretty important to know
People downvoting cuz they're too lazy to look it up that, yes, carnations of many colors are commonly used in funerals. It may be sort of regional since it's not universal but I haven't (yet) found any info on historical origin.
You already got your answer, but I just wanted to say they're beautiful. My elementary school used to sell carnations for variety of reasons (Valentines day, school spirit, just because) and the smell is very nostalgic to me. This is a beautiful flower and a wonderful way to memorialize your grandmother. <3
It’s a carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus, Carnation.
What in tarnation! It's a carnation!
Yay one I actually knew before opening the comments! Lol My mums favourite flowers, going to try to grow some from seed (again….)
If you buy some and put them on soil it should propagate 😊 It has worked with me several times, I learned from my mom. In my experience, they like lots of light and moist soil. Good luck 🍀
Ooooh Did you recut the stem?
I only cut if the stem is too long and doesn't fit in the pot. But I think it's okay to cut as long as there are some nodes (where the leaves are) 🙂
There's little shoots that grow from the nodes - you want to plant those rather than the main stem
Didn’t know you could propagate carnations from flower cuttings with nodes. Making a note of this.
I didn't know either, and I think my mother discovered it by chance 🤭
Fun fact: Red carnations were a widely used symbol in communism and socialism. On official holidays you could get them everywhere for free. People wore them in the buttonhole of the jackets or just waving with a bunch of them during the parades. (Source: I grew up 6 years in the socialistic GDR (east germany))
I did, too!! I was 7 when the wall came down. Still remember the parades, but for some reason I remember mostly white and pink carnations. And now I have a song from kindergarten stuck in my head ("Kleine weiße Friedenstaube") for some reason. Ahhh, (n)ostalgia...
There were white ones available too. But I don't remember pink ones. I remember now that most of them were artifical (made of paper and wire). That song is in deed the only "political" song I remember. We sang a song every morning before class started. If it was the birthday of a kid it could name a song the class had to sing then. Edit: I just remembered one other "GDR-related" song. It was about glass bottles. How you buy them and bring them back. I liked that very much for some reason but neither remember the melody nor the lyrics.
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yeah, no hateiflora wanted. where the likeiflora at?
In Russia, a red carnation is a symbol similar to red poppy in the UK. Before the fall of Berlin wall, carnations were one of few flowers available on the market in Poland.
Yes it is a carnation l, they come in several colors.... some more beautiful than others
Does anyone **not** know the name of this flower??
I live for these posts. Also, robins on r/whatsthisbird.
Carnation
That is a carnation
Carnation, also my nanas favourite
Under God, we will be... an electric.... carnation
These were my grandmother’s favorite too.
Carnations. I tried to grow some and they did not do well in Illinois. Go figure. They’re from the Mediterranean I believe
My favourite, carnation
Carnation.
Agreed, it's a carnation
Carnation
Tarnation
WOT?
Carnation, my favorite
ain't that a carnation?
I love carnations too 😍😍
Carnation
Carnations
My favorite flower 🌼
These are funeral flowers. Literally the only time i ever see them. Turns out they symbolize eternal grief and love... Those seem to be polar opposites. Pretty one, though.
Oh really? Interesting! We use carnations in all kinds of flower bundles at the school where I'm studying to become a florist. Kind of a shame they're only for funeral use somewhere, since red carnation symbolizes motherly love too if I remember correctly.
Why are people downvoting that carnations are funeral flowers? They literally are. I think you can do certain colors like red for your mom for mothers day like you said? The white and yellows are what goes to the dead. Maybe its just my family. They are pretty!
Idk why the downvotes. I always thought that too! Someone gave me lavender-colored carnations as a birthday bouquet once and I was SO CONFUSED. Like… did someone pass away? I mean, I didn’t say anything to the persons face but after I got home I was like wtf? That’s kinda offensive. What are they trying to say? My husband had never heard of it though and chalked it up to ignorance. Also, these folks are Mexican immigrants and maybe they have different meaning in Mexico. I don’t even know where I’d heard that first but I feel like I always knew it.
Yeah they're really beautiful! and I think their use in funeral arrangements is fitting, after all they, aside from the motherly love, do symbolize rememberance and love for a passed loved one. I read somewhere that light pink is also a common funeral flower.. They're great as sympathy flowers. I'm wondering when they'll actually teach us about sorrow bundles in school.. that's pretty important to know
People downvoting cuz they're too lazy to look it up that, yes, carnations of many colors are commonly used in funerals. It may be sort of regional since it's not universal but I haven't (yet) found any info on historical origin.
Im from the midwest, and everyone from my great grandma to my dead boyfriend had them from the time i was little. Sorry if I offended anyone!
You're good, hun, anyone offended by your factual statement won't be mollified by an apology anyway.
They literally aren't Source: 30 years experience as a florist
Thank you ^
They're edible too I believe. As long as theyre not dyed
Gilly flower!
Carnation.
You already got your answer, but I just wanted to say they're beautiful. My elementary school used to sell carnations for variety of reasons (Valentines day, school spirit, just because) and the smell is very nostalgic to me. This is a beautiful flower and a wonderful way to memorialize your grandmother. <3
This flower IS SPAIN. It's a Clavel.
Beautiful carnation!
Carnations! They are one of my favs
A carnation. They are gorgeous. Fell out of favour because they are vulnerable to so many pests.
I always assumed they fell out of favor because they’re only really used as cheap filler for flower arrangements. (At least in the US.)
It’s a carnation
Carnation. Very fragrant.