heirloom flowers

Cockscomb

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Back in the seventeenth century, the word “cockscomb” was used to describe a person, generally male, who was foppish or overly preoccupied with his appearance. The term is so descriptive that it is a shame that it has fallen out of use. “Cockscombs” walk among us still. The word was originally used to describe the … Read more

Bachelor’s Button

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You won’t find a lot of men wearing boutonnieres or, in the more prosaic English translation, “buttonholes”, these days. Individual blooms stuck through the buttonhole of a jacket or pinned to a lapel are still on view at weddings, proms and other festive events, but the days when fashionable, suit-wearing men wore a fresh flower … Read more