Varietal Variations

Editor's note -- In a provocative piece of investigative journalism, The Daily Beast has learned from the Society of American Florists that Mother's Day accounts for 25 percent of all holiday flower sales.

Lilies are America's second most popular flower. Image: Tom Marks/Corbis

The Daily Beast then ranked floral data obtained through the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to determine that the Gerbera Daisy, at 114 millions stems sold annually, is America's top-selling flower!

The Gerbera Daisy Wins! Image: Lindsay Pierce, The Daily Times/AP Photo

Editor's note -- The third most popular flower in America is the tulip. The Editor's Mom is receiving a large bouquet of white ones tinged with pink and wrapped in a pink bow, according to Mike at Marianne's Floral Garden.  

Happy Mother's Day!!

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 by KarenAGardner

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