Roses may be the most famous flower of love, but they’re not the only variety that are romantic. In fact, flowers convey a wide variety of messages, from friendship to eternal love and even begging for forgiveness. This Valentine’s Day, sending your bae a bouquet of the right flowers is a great way to get your message across. What’s more, you can have the flowers delivered to their doorstep.
Here are some popular flowers to convey love:
Camellia
Camellias come in a variety of colours and represent faithfulness, desire, or passion. White camellias simply say “You’re adorable,” while red camellias say “You’re a flame in my heart,” and pink ones convey a “longing for you.”
Carnation
A common perennial flower, carnations generally represent love. However, depending on the colour, they mean different things: red for admiration, white for pure love, and pink says “I’ll never forget you.”
Gardenia
Bright white with sweet fragrance, gardenias are popular wedding bouquets as they’re associated with purity and joy, and connote deep, old-fashioned love.
Hyacinth
When you receive a purple hyacinth from your loved one with whom you just had a fight, the flower is their way of saying “I’m sorry, please forgive me.” A blue hyacinth represents the constancy of love.
Peony
These thick ruffled blooms represent romance and happy marriage, but also bashfulness. In Chinese cultures, it also represents the blossom of wealth and riches.
Ranunculus
Also called ‘buttercups’, these swirly flowers represent charm, attraction, and radiance. As a ѕуmbоl оf lоvе and bеаutу, it says “I am dazzled by your charms.”
Rose
The most popular flower sold during Valentine’s Day, and with good reason: it symbolises love, romance, beauty, and perfection. However, this only applies to red roses! Other colours mean different things: yellow roses mean jealousy or infidelity, and dark crimson means you’re in mourning.
Sunflower
These huge flowers are ѕynоnуmоuѕ with livеlinеѕѕ аnd cheerfulness – as well as deep adoration and loyalty. These “happy” flowers are also great for cheering someone up.
Tulip
Bеаutу аnd innocence are often symbolised bу flowers likе tuliрs, although it’s only the red tulip that represents passion, and is a declaration of love. Yellow tulips represent cheerfulness, and purple represents royalty.
Violet
Blue violets symbolise faith, affection, and love. This makes them ideal for gifts of a romantic nature.
And if you’re tired of the usual Valentine’s Day activities, you can also see how some other countries celebrate their day of love, which range from fun (carrying wives) to the the sad (Black Day in Korea).
