The praying hands arrangement features all white flowers - Easter lilies, pussy willow and ranunculus, she said. Dusty McGuire with the Southwest Garden Club said she wishes flower arranging was as popular a hobby as it used to be. We used to have flower show schools and instructors who came in and showed us how to do it. McGuire, who is a master flower show judge, recently spoke at a Southwest Garden Club meeting on the legends surrounding the Madonna and how to incorporate the Madonna into floral arrangements for the Easter season. McGuire used several different floral arrangements to show the Madonna figurine in various stages of her life, including the Madonna of Love, which is probably the most recognizable.
Several flowers have religious symbolism, as well.