Valentine's Day Flowers

 

Valentine's Day is a holiday where you can openly express love to your beloved.  What a better way to do so than sending the unexpected gift of a beautiful flower arrangement? Every year lovers use flowers as the medium to convey their feelings for their Valentine. The most common flower sent on Valentine’s Day is of course, the red rose.  The red rose is symbolic of love and passion.  The red rose is by far the most in demand flower during this holiday season.  From a simple, single red rose stem to an artfully arranged dozen roses with lush greens in a vase they all will bring the feeling of love to the receiver. 

With evolving trends, more than a third of today’s rose sales are of other colors including mixed spring colored hues.  In fact, almost half of today’s valentine flower sales are mixed fresh cut arrangements; lilies, tulips, irises are increasing in popularity every year.  It is said that fresh cut flowers represent the genuine feelings of love towards the recipient.  Its no wonder that there is such envy of the recipient of an arrangement on Valentines Day!

 

Origin of Rose as a Valentine's Day Flower

 

According to popular legends red rose is considered to be a favorite flower of Venus - the Roman mythological Goddess of Love and Beauty. Hence the red Rose came to be associated with love and romance. Historians believe that the tradition of giving red rose on Valentine's Day became popular in the 1700s when Charles II of Sweden introduced the Persian custom of "the language of flowers" to Europe. Books giving details about meanings of particular flowers were published which demonstrated to people how entire conversations could be carried out using just the flowers. Poets and romantics at heart also eulogized red rose as a symbol of love, passion and beauty that helped to create strong association of rose with love and Valentine's Day

 

 Meaning of Different Colors of Roses

 

Rose of different colors symbolizes different emotions and feelings. One therefore needs to be careful while presenting a rose to loved one:

 

Red Roses - Love and passion 

White Roses - True love, purity of the mind and reverence 

Yellow Roses - Friendship, celebration and joy 

Pink Roses - Friendship or Sweetheart, admiration 

Peach Roses - Desire and excitement or appreciation 

Lilac Roses - Love at first sight and enchantment 

Coral Roses - Desire 

Orange Roses - Enthusiasm and desire 

Black Roses - Farewell or "It's Over" 

Bouquet of Red and Yellow Roses: Happiness and celebrations 

Bouquet of Red and White Roses: Bonding and harmony 

Bouquet of Yellow and Orange Roses: Passion

  

Arrangement of Valentine's Day Bouquet

Traditionally a bouquet of dozen red roses is considered to be ideal and most romantic Valentine's Day gift. However, you may try and be a little more creative. A bouquet can be made to look charmingly different by adding balloons, candy or small stuffed animals to it. Besides ribbons, hearts, and toys can also be used to spice up the arrangement. With the help of your local florist one can make a mixed flower bouquet by selecting flowers that convey the emotions of your heart. As Valentine's Day comes at the end of the winter season one can find a large number of spring flowers in their full bloom.

 

 Tips on Presenting Valentines Day Flower

Select the flower with love and use your own knowledge of the recipient’s tastes to do so. Your bouquet does not have to be enormous to show your love, only selected with the recipient in mind.  It is the feelings that are evoked when the bouquet is sent/received that matters most.  Thoughtful additions to the traditional bouquet are a personalized note or sentiment, a small indulgence of chocolates or a stuffed animal, or even an interesting vase that can be treasured and used again.  Do something unique in your own sweet way to make Valentine's Day more special for your beloved.

  

Women should not think that it is their sole right to receive flowers as surveys reveal that most men have the secret desire to be pampered with flowers by their sweethearts. It has been noticed that men like crisp colors like red, orange and yellow. A gift basket, balloons or blooming plant is also a great Valentine's Day Gift Idea for men.