Valentine’s Day Roses & Other Flowers

The color red has been associated with love for quite a long time as red roses were the favorite flower of Venus, the love goddess. And Valentine’s Day being the day to celebrate love, roses unanimously top the charts on Valentine’s Day. Red rules widely, but other colored roses are also sent out on Valentine’s Day. It is interesting & even funny to know what the different colors of roses stand for, because where a red rose symbolizes undying, passionate love, a dead rose says that the relationship is over for sure ! Believe it or not, people do send out dead roses as well on Valentine’s Day ! So if your style is saying it with flowers, then go ahead & send a few Valentine’s Day roses to your beloved.

As mentioned already, red roses say ‘I love you’ in the perfect way. Pink roses stand for delight & joy & white roses symbolize honesty & purity. So before you send out your Valentine’s Day roses, make certain you convey the right message through them & select the right colors for that ! Because if you want to tell some one you have fallen in love with them at first sight, then do not send yellow Valentine’s Day roses to him/ her, for that would indicate friendship ! The color best suited for this is lilac. Similarly orange & coral roses convey your desires & peach roses express gratitude. A yellow rose with a red tinge at the tip of the petals signify a friendship that is about to bloom into love.

Though roses verbalize your feelings best on Valentine’s Day, other flowers are also sent out on Valentine’s Day. And if you want some variety this year round, then why not give a few Valentine’s Day tulips or carnations or orchids to your sweetheart or loved ones ? These flowers are generally, but not always, sent out to family members & to folks with whom you’re not romantically involved. However it’s quite cool to send out an uncommon or unconventional Valentine’s Day flower to your beloved too. So if you want to tell that special some one in your life how very fascinated you’re with him/ her, you may do it with a fern too. And if you want to return someone’s affection on Valentine’s Day, then you can send him/ her a few Jonquils. There is more. These Valentine’s Day flowers would indeed be a sweet delight !

On & before Valentine’s Day, flowers are to be seen everywhere. Did you know that a whopping 156 million roses are sold on an average each year during this time ? Well, that is quite a handsome figure ! Though California grows the maximum number of roses in America, the majority of the roses are imported from South America.

Now if you’re alone this Valentine’s Day & there’s not many to send you some fragrant Valentine’s Day flowers, you needn’t worry. You can always gift some roses or other flowers to yourself. And do not labor under the impression that you’ll be the only one doing that, because every year fifteen percent of the American women (and even some men) send flowers to themselves ! It is just one of those cute things you can do for yourself. So treat yourself to a wonderful Valentine’s Day with some lovely Valentine’s Day roses or carnations or lavenders or tulips.

And here’s some interesting data on purchasing Valentine’s Day flowers. Right. When it comes to purchasing flowers, men seem to surpass women by a enormous margin, because as per statistics, of all the people purchasing flowers on Valentine’s Day, 73% are men & only 27% are women. And that is not too surprising either. Quite naturally men would want to woo their ladyloves with a bunch of sweet-smelling roses on Valentine’s Day, is not it ?

So whether you go with the traditional appeal of Valentine’s Day roses or select some other flowers to wish a ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’, make certain you find expression for all your feelings & emotions this February 14 on Valentine’s Day. It’s the time for love & no matter how or what you do or say, the most significant thing is that you get closer to your love. So if a little advice can be given, roll it off with a few Valentine’s Day flowers?be it virtual or real !

Sean Carter writes on holidays, Valentine’s Day & world events. He also writes on family, relationships, celebrations, religion, love & friendship. He is a writer with special interest in ecard industry & writes for 123greetings.com. He is an active blogger at Valentines Day Blog.

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