Giving your love Roses for St. Valentine's Day is the ultimate Romantic gesture. Roses on St Valentine's Day convey to your loved one the depth of your feelings. This was very useful to our Victorian ancestors as flowers communicated 'thoughts' that dared not be spoken.

Roses are the most popular flower for St. Valentine's Day. Roses speak their own language. A very interesting statistic is that around 90% of flowers given as gifts for St. Valentine's Day are given by men. However, the 5% of flowers given as gifts for St. Valentine's Day by women is growing. Although men traditionally are the main givers of flowers as gifts for St. Valentine's Day, women might like to take note that surveys reveal most men have the secret desire to be pampered with flowers by their sweethearts. Men seem to like crisp sharp colors like red, orange and yellow.

The most fascinating statistic of all is that worldwide, over 50 million roses are given as a gift for St. Valentine's Day. That says a lot about the language of flowers. Although different flowers convey different meanings, the rose is attributed with different meanings depending on its colour. You could confine your Valentines selection to roses and still convey different messages. e.g.

Red Roses - Love and Passion
White Roses - Love and Purity

Yellow Roses - Friendship and Joy
Pink Roses - Admiration

Peach Roses - Desire

Lilac Roses - Love at first sight

Coral Roses - Desire
Orange Roses - Enthusiasm

Black Roses - Farewell

You are now well armed to send the most romantic and appropriate roses as a gift to your beloved on St. Valentine's Day.