ALT-1 Valentines Day Flowers
Valentine’s Day was originally a day when Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were honored on February 14th, both were martyred, one in AD 269 and the other in AD 197. Valentine’s Day first became a romantic association during the High Middle Ages in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer when the tradition of courtly love thrived. Since then Valentine’s Day has become a day of annual commemoration to celebrate love and affection between partners and individuals. It has become traditionally a day to express love to one another by presenting flowers, sweets, and sending greeting cards (Valentine’s).
Flowers are one of the classic gifts that many men, and even women, turn to and give to their partner. The classic flowers for Valentine’s Day are roses but there are thousands of types and even more colors of flowers to choose from. Roses are wonderful and definitely a classic but they come in the natural colors of pink, red, white, and yellow. There are also the dyed colors as well on top of the natural colors but which to choose on this day can be tricky. Dyed roses can be a wide variety of colors but the dye can bleed into the water, cause an early withering of petals, and overall can die early. The natural colors are best for Valentine’s Day but each color represents different things. A pink rose represents innocence, a yellow rose represents friendship, a red rose for passion, and a white rose is purity.
One of the next most popular flowers for Valentine’s Day are lilies, they are simple, elegant and can be paired with other flowers or even other colors of lilies. One of the most popular lilies is Asiatic lilies for their simplicity and elegance; LA Hybrid lilies are very similar to Asiatic lilies and are found in a large variety of natural colors. Oriental lilies are a very popular wedding flower and their most popular characteristic is the white lily with pink stripes down each petal.
Many Valentine’s Day arrangements, mostly sprays of roses, are accented with baby’s breath, and lilies are often accompanied by carnations and grasses. Many Valentine’s Day flowers are the more expensive and elegant flowers the most traditional being of course the roses. Flowers are a part of this romantic day that are very important and a real gesture to any partner. Valentine’s Day is a very special and romantic day accompanied by the very best flowers, sweets, meals, and love.
