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Valentines Day is Sunday. You’ve decided you’re going with Roses. What message would you like to send to your sweetheart? Red, of course, is the most popular color choice and is easy. It means ‘I love you’. Simple yet sophisticated.
But what of the other colors?
- Coral represents desire
- Lavender means enchantment. This is a good choice for a newer relationship or love at first sight!
- Pink stands for perfect happiness
- Orange can mean fascination or new beginnings
- Yellow has a couple of meanings too. It could stand for decreased love and jealousy or joy. Make sure she knows which one you mean!
- White roses mean innocence and purity OR you are heavenly and I’m worthy of you. Hmmm, not sure about that part.
- Exotic Green represents fertility!
If you want to make a lasting impression, then choose a Phalaenopsis, not the most romantic moniker but it’s more common name is Orchid. Orchids offer exotic, delicate, long-lasting beauty. To the ancient Greeks, orchids were a sign of virility and luxury.
Say it with roses, say it with Orchids, say it with Carnations, it doesn’t really matter just so long as you say it!
Of course adding chocolates is never a bad thing… be it the sweet treat or perhaps the perennial snakeroot plant named ‘Chocoholic’! The fragrant foliage is a beautiful chocolate-purple. It has long, airy upright spikes of white flowers from mid to late summer.
