A friend of mine at work just received a bouquet of flowers and in it were these stems of some sort... the stems are very red and appear to have had lots of thorns (i assume they were removed by the florist). The leaves are long and slender, a deep green in the middle surrouned by red on the edges.
We are in eastern MA - I'm hoping these are local, as I'd love to use them in my wedding next year!
I've scoured the internet and can't seem to find anything that even comes close to these. Any help would be appreciated

Thanks so much!
Sorry, I guess I don't know how to post a picture - I'll keep trying to figure it out....
https://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l150/michelleobrock/Garden/?action=view¤t=Redplant1.jpg