When choosing flowers for someone’s birthday why not go for something a little different. Ask your local flower delivery service to incorporate a Protea. Picture below:
Really different and really beautiful. They are described in the Wikipedia as:
“Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants. The genus is very well known especially for the South African species: the South African (English) name is “sugarbush”. In South Africa they are prominent in the fynbos region.”
Any romantic birthday gesture can not fail with a flower other wise known as “Sugar Bush” 
Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 4th August 2006 at 09:00 AM, Filed in Flowers
Roses are the quintessential Valentines Day gift. Undisputed world champions of the flower gift market. The problem is that they are often massively over priced for the key days, to a point where most men I know say to themselves “why bother.” They have a good point, but of course the Rose does some how hold great romantic capital in the love department. I was personally curious as to why this was and found the perfect answer in where else but Wikipedia. Here’s a precis which explains all.
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